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Definition of Bilbo
1. n. A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain.
Definition of Bilbo
1. Proper noun. (surname rare) ¹
2. Proper noun. A fictional hobbit whose name is Bilbo Baggins and who is the protagonist of The Hobbit and a character of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. ¹
3. Noun. A device for punishment. See bilboes. ¹
4. Noun. A kind of sword with well-tempered and flexible blade, originally produced in Bilbao and Toledo. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bilbo
1. a finely tempered sword [n -BOS or -BOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilbo
Literary usage of Bilbo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... er she bought her newe, Al were it bad of wol and hewe." Ibid. v. 226. [The
Game of bilbo-catch. ..."
2. Significance of Names by Leopold Wagner (1893)
"A Spanish Blade may be either a Toledo or a bilbo, so called after the towns—in
the latter case properly bilboa—that at one time were justly celebrated for ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Joseph Brown Heiskell, Tennessee Supreme Court (1872)
"Mary Brandon et als. sation had reference to her sale to bilbo, and occurred only
a few days before her death We find nothing in the proof which materially ..."
4. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"Truly, mine host, bilbo, though he be somewhat out of fashion, will be your only
blade still; ... bilbo. And do you serve the good duke of Norfolk still? ..."
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