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Old and New London
… Land and Water it was found to be a common jack-snipe. Its bill was fractured across, just at the point where it unites …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… CORDAGE [Patents (1678)]. It is probable that in one hand bill [Tradecards (n.d.)] this term was used in the sense of a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N. wall externally is a trefoil-headed panel with a carved bill-hook. The W. doorway has moulded jambs and two-centred … and label; E. of the N. window is a stone carved with a bill-hook; in the S. wall are two stones carved respectively with an axe and ship and an axe and bill-hook. The South Porch was built early in the 15th …
Old and New London
… gone on still, Fustian had been a new disease i' the bill." The moral of Shadwell's piece is the danger of …
Old and New London
… State Paper Office there is, or was some years ago, a long bill sent in by Vandyke, for work done, and docketed by the …