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Bilbo
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain. Shak.
2. 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. Shak.