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Webster 1913 Edition


Bilbo

Bil′bo

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Bilboes
.
1.
A rapier; a sword; so named from
Bilbao
, in Spain.
Shak.
2.
pl.
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
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Bilbo

BIL'BO

,
Noun.
[from Bilboa, in Spain.]
A rapier; a sword; so named, it is said, from Bilboa in Spain, where the best are made.