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The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane. Dr. Prior.

A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.

A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Bouvier.

An undress; a careless toilet.

An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille. They breakfast in dishabille. Smollett.

Having the form of a duck's bill. Duck's-bill limpet (Zoöl.), a limpet of the genus Parmaphorus; -- so named from its shape.

Having a bill like that of a duck..

See Duck mole, under Duck, n.

A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. Burrill.

To swell or heave like a [R.] Lisle.

Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]

A pruning hook. [Usually written hand bill.]

A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.

A hedge bill. See under Hedge.

Having a strongly curved bill.

ually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals.

Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.

Incapacity of being engendered or produced. Cudworth.