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(obsolete) to peck / to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

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bill

Source Word

bill

IPA(Pronunciation)

/bɪl/

Verb

obsolete

(obsolete) to peck / to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

Japanese Meaning

（旧語）鳩などが互いにくちばしをすり合わせる、または愛情表現として軽く触れ合わせる行為。

The starlings bill the grain scattered under the barn.

ムクドリたちは納屋の下に散らばった穀粒をついばむ。

Sense（1）

(obsolete) to peck

Sense（2）

to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his curb and the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires; and as pigeons bill, so wedlock would be nibbling.

bills

（ present singular third-person ）

billing

（ participle present ）

billed

（ participle past ）

billed

（ past ）