bill

1. bill (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.

Example: At Floddon hyllys, / Our bowys, our byllys / Slew all the floure / Of theyr honoure.

2. bill (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

3. bill (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

4. bill (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.