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English Dictionary: Bilbo by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bilbo \Bil"bo\, n.; pl. {Bilboes}.
      1. A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain. --Shak.
  
      2. pl. A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and
            a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or
            offenders, esp. on board of ships.
  
                     Methought I lay Worse than the mutines in the
                     bilboes.                                             --Shak.
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