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twi⋅bill

  [twahy-bil]
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–noun
1. a mattock with one arm like that of an adz and the other like that of an ax.
2. Archaic. a double-bladed battle-ax.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE. See twi-, bill 3
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twi·bill   (twī'bĭl')   
n.   Archaic

  1. A battle-ax with two cutting edges.

  2. A mattock with one blade like an ax and the other like an adz.


[Middle English, from Old English : twi-, two; see dwo- in Indo-European roots + bil, billhook.]
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