Part 1121

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Saddlery)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A strap which enters a buckle.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.</def>

<h1>Billet-doux</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bil`let-doux"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Billets-doux</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>billet</ets> note + <ets>doux</ets> sweet, L. <ets>dulcis</ets>.]</ety> <def>A love letter or note.</def>

<blockquote>A lover chanting out a <b>billet-doux</b>. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Billethead</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bil"let*head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.</def>

<h1>Billfish</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bill"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name applied to several distinct fishes: <sd>(a)</sd> The garfish (<spn>Tylosurus, or Belone, <i>longirostris</spn>) and allied species. <sd>(b)</sd> The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (<spn>Scomberesox saurus</spn>). <sd>(c)</sd> The <spn>Tetrapturus albidus</spn>, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. <sd>(d)</sd> The American fresh-water garpike (<spn>Lepidosteus osseus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Billhead</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bill"head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.</def>

<h1>Bill holder</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bill" hold`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A person who holds a bill or acceptance.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.</def>

<h1>Billhook</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bill"hook`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bill</ets> + <ets>hook</ets>.]</ety> <def>A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a <altname>hand bill</altname>; when the handle is long, a <stype>hedge bill</stype> or <stype>scimiter</stype>.</def>

<h1>Billiard</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bil"liard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the game of billiards.</def> "Smooth as is a <i>billiard</i> ball."

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Billiards</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bil"liards</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>billiard</ets> billiards, OF. <ets>billart</ets> staff, cue form playing, fr. <ets>bille</ets> log. See <er>Billet</er> a stick.]</ety> <def>A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.</def>

<h1>Billing</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bill"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>Caressing; kissing.</def>

<h1>Billingsgate</h1> <Xpage=145>

<hw>Bil"lings*gate`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.</def>

<h1>Billion</h1> <Xpage=145>