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billiting en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

  1. The excrement of a fox.
    • […]in hopes of finding some hares, of which there has been great plenty in former summers, but could see no fresh sign of any; perhaps that was owing to a fox being on it, as I saw the fresh billiting of one, but could not not find him[…] 1792, Cartwright, George, A journal of transactions and events, during a residence of nearly sixteen years on the coast of Labrador […] :
    • The fox the first year is called a cub ; the second, a fox ; and the third, an old fox ; his tail is called the brush or drag , and his excrement the billiting. 1811, The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals […] :
    • The fox goes a clicketting ; the deer goes to rut. The fox barks ; the stag bellows. The billiting (excrement) of the one is termed the feument or feumishing of the other. 1842, Nimrod (Charles Apperley), The horse and the hound […] :

Synonyms

foxshit · scumber

billiting en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of billit
    form of billit
    • Arrangements can be made for billiting and daycare will be available. 1983, Kick it Over Collective, Kick it Over #07:
    • June ye 2 we Staid and Settled our Billiting Roll and paid of Several Their Billiting money, in the afternoon we marched to worcester 4, miles, and there Slept. 1758-05-29, Letter from Sergt. Tinkham, Middleborough:
    • Paramount paid per diem and billiting costs for the tugboat crew. 1991, Conn, Michael David.; Euske, Kenneth J., An examination of the cost reimbursement policies and procedures followed by DoD when providing services to private organizations., →OCLC: