Twi"bil (?), n. [AS. twibill; twi- (in comp.) two + bill, bil, an ax hoe, bill. See Twice, and Bill a cutting instrument.]

1.

A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it.

[Prov. Eng.]

2.

A tool for making mortises.

[Obs.]

3.

A reaping hook.

 

© Webster 1913.

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