Twī’bil, n.
n. [A-S. twibill, from twi, twig, twy, two, O. H. Ger. zwi, N. H. Ger. zwie, only occurring in compounds, and bill, bil, an ax, hoe, bill.] [Written also twibill.]
- A kind of mattock, or ax; especially, an instrument formed like a pick-ax, but having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is horizontal, the other perpendicular. [Prov. Eng.]
- An instrument for making mortises. [Obs.]
- A reaping-hook. Simmonds.