billen

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈbɪ.lə(n)/

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  • (transitive) to sharpen, to apply grooves to a millstone

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch billen inherited from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (axe).

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Proto-Germanic

*bíþla-

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axe

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