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BROWN BILL

Definition: BROWN BILL

BROWN BILL

1. A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: BROWN BILL

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Literature

Brown Bill A kind of halbert used by English foot-soldiers before muskets were employed. We find in the mediæval ballads the expressions, "brown brand," "brown sword," "brown blade," etc. Sometimes the word rusty is substituted for brown, as in Chaucer: "And in his side he had a rousty blade"; which, being the god Mars, cannot mean a bad one. Keeping the weapons bright is a modern fashion; our forefathers preferred the honour of blood stains. Some say thè weapons were varnished with a brown varnish to prevent rust, and some affirm that one Brown was a famous maker of these instruments, and that Brown Bill is a phrase similar to Armstrong gun and Colt's revolver. (See above.)
"So, with a band of bowmen and of pikes,
Brown bills and targetiers."
Marlowe: Edward II. (1622.)
Brown also means shining (Dutch, brun ), hence, "My bonnie brown sword," "brown as glass," etc., so that a "brown bill" might refer to the shining steel, and "brown Bess" to the bright barrel. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BROWN BILL

English words defined with "BROWN BILL": American creeper ♦ brown creeper ♦ Certhia americana ♦ ruddy duck ♦ snow goose ♦ Wedgebill. (references)

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Anagrams: BROWN BILL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-b-i-l-l-n-o-r-w"

-3 letters: billon, billow, ribbon, robbin.

-4 letters: bilbo, blown, brill, broil, brown, robin.

-5 letters: bill, birl, blin, blob, blow, boil, boll, born, bowl, brin, brio, brow, inro, iron, lino, lion, loin, lorn, lown, nill, noil, noir, nori, rill, roil, roll, will, wino, worn.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BROWN BILL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 52 4F 57 4E      42 49 4C 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01010010 01001111 01010111 01001110 00100000 01000010 01001001 01001100 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#82 &#79 &#87 &#78 &#32 &#66 &#73 &#76 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0052 004F 0057 004E      0042 0049 004C 004C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3652495748236434646

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography 		5. Bibliography


  

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