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The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.

Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.

A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.

The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.

re known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.

A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand. Mace bearer, an officer who carries a mace before person in authority.

To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.

To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.

One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.

ed godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa hæmatica). Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.

The razor-billed auk. See Auk.

The details of a banquet; a bill of fare.

s Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.

Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill.

A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion.

A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.

money. The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. 1 Tim vi. 10 (Rev. Ver. ). Money bill (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue. -- Money broker, a broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called also money changer. -- Money cowrie (Zoöl.), any one of several…

in a time of financial panic, to postpone or delay for a period the time at which notes, bills of exchange, and other obligations, shall mature or become due.

A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin.

e; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming. Bill of mortality. See under Bill. -- Law of mortality, a mathematical relation between the numbers living at different ages, so that from a given large number of persons alive at one age, it can be computed what number are likel…