单词 | wood-bill |
释义 | wood-bill|ˈwʊdbɪl| [OE. wudubil(l: see wood n.1 and bill n.1] An implement used for cutting wood, pruning, etc.: = bill n.1 4.
c725Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) F 48 Falcastrum, wudubil. c890Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. (1900) 113 Sume dæᵹe sealde he him irenᵹeloman, þæt is haten wudubill. 1356in Riley Mem. Lond. (1868) 284, 3 twybilles, 3 wodbilles. 1485in Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees) 373, j wodbill. 1660Blount Boscobel i. (1680) 44 His Name was agreed to be Wil-Jones, and His arms a wood-Bill. 1788Cowper Let. 28 July, The axe and the woodbill..have..been constantly employed. |

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