Bilberry

[From Sax. bilig, a bladder, and berry.] (Bot.) See VACCINIUM. Bilbo, (bilbō,) n.; pl. BILBOES ( bil'bōz .) [From the Spanish town Bilbað, often pronounced bilboa in English.] A short rapier or sword, first made at Bilbao. "To be compa 'd like a good bilbo , in the circumference of a peck, hilt to point, heel to head." - Shaks . -pl . BILBOES. ( Naut . ) A large bar or bolt of iron, with shackles on it, formerly used for criminals on board ships. "Methought I lay worse than the mutines in the bilboes." Shaks . Bilboquet, (bilbo-kā,) n. [Fr. Etymol. uncertain.) The toy called a cup and ball.