| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| twibill |
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| SYLLABICATION: | twi·bill |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tw  b l |
| NOUN: | Archaic 1. A battle-ax with two cutting edges. 2. A mattock with one blade like an ax and the other like an adz. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English : twi-, two; see dwo- in Appendix I + bil, billhook.
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