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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. a cutting tool with a sharp edge
  3. 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.
  4. A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruninghedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called ahand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter.
  5. n a long-handled saw with a curved blade