Bill"hook` (&?;), n. [Bill + hook.] A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter.
Bil"liard (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. "Smooth as is a billiard ball." B. Jonson.
Bil"liards (&?;), n. [F. billiard billiards, OF. billart staff, cue form playing, fr. bille log. See Billet a stick.] A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.
Bill"ing (&?;), a. & n. Caressing; kissing.
Bil"lings*gate` (&?;), n. 1. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.