||Bil`let-doux" (bl`l*d"), n.; pl. Billets-doux (bl`l*dz"). [F. billet note + doux sweet, L. dulcis.] A love letter or note.
A lover chanting out a billet-doux.
Spectator.
Bil"let*head` (bl"lt*hd), n. (Naut.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is run out when the whale darts off.
Bill"fish` (-fsh`), n. (Zoöl.) A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish (Tylosurus, or Belone, longirostris) and allied species. (b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus). (c) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).
Bill"head` (-hd`), n. A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.
Bill" hold`er (bl" hl`dr). 1. A person who holds a bill or acceptance.