n. 1. A club; esp., a policeman's club. Also called billy club [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Wool Manuf.) A slubbing or roving machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. see billy, n. 1. [ PJC ]

n. a policeman's club; a nightstick.
Syn. -- truncheon, nightstick, billy, billy club. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ n., or . [ Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of the bullies. ] A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. “The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West.” B. H. Chamberlain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat. Charles Reade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

A male goat. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large amount; British say "it rained like billyo" where Americans say "it rained like the devil". [ British ]
Syn. -- billy-ho. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a policeman's club.
Syn. -- truncheon, nightstick, billy, billy club. [ WordNet 1.5 ]