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twibill
[ twahy-bil ]
noun
- a mattock with one arm like that of an adze and the other like that of an ax.
- Archaic. a double-bladed battle-ax.
twibill
/ ˈٷɲɪˌɪ /
noun
- a mattock with a blade shaped like an adze at one end and like an axe at the other
- archaic.a double-bladed battle-axe
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of twibill1
Old English, from twi- two, double + bill sword, bill ³
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OBSERVATION.—The words enroll, unroll, miscall, befall, befell, bethrall, reinstall, disinthrall, fulfill, and twibill, are very commonly written with one l, and made exceptions to this rule; but those authors are in the right who retain the double letter.
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