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bile

  • noun [ masculine ]
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bile, es; m?
Wright's OE grammar
§386;
A BILL, beak of a bird, a proboscis, the fore part of a ship; rostrum, proboscis = πρoβoσκίs
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  • Bile

    rostrum,

      Wrt. Voc. 77, 26.
  • Ylpes bile vel wrót

    an elephant's proboscis,

      Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 128; Wrt. Voc. 22, 42.
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  • bile, n.