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Bilbo
Pronunciation : Bil"bo
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : 1. A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain. Shak.
2. pl.
Defn: A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships. Methought I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes. Shak.
pl. Bilboes (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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