† twibitn.
Obsolete. rare.
= twibill n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > axe > [noun]
wi-axc897
hand-axeOE
wifleOE
axec1275
poleaxe1294
Danish axe1297
hache1322
gisarmea1325
pollhache1324
spartha1363
battle-axec1380
the sheenc1400
sparc1440
Welsh glaive1483
twibit1510
twibill1558
tomahawkc1612
two-billc1619
sagaris1623
francisca1683
tom-axe1759
tomahawk1761
society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] > two-edged
twibilla1000
besaguec1430
twyvetec1500
twibit1510
axe-adze1925
14.. MS. Lansd. 560 f. 45 Bipennis, twybyte.
1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (W. de W.) B iv b Bipennis, a twybyt.
1560 T. Becon Jewel of Joy in Wks. II. 26 b Is not my word lyke fire,..and lyke a twibytte cleauynge the rocke of stonne?
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