billiting

billiting

1. The excrement of a fox.

   Synonyms: foxshit, scumber

   • 1792, Cartwright, George, A journal of transactions and events, during a residence of nearly sixteen years on the coast of Labrador […] ‎:

     […] 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 […]

   • 1811, The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals […] ‎:

     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.

   • 1842, Nimrod (Charles Apperley), The horse and the hound […] }‎:

     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.

billiting

1. present participle and gerund of billet
   • 1758-05-29, Letter from Sergt. Tinkham, Middleborough‎:

     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.

   • 1983, Kick it Over Collective, Kick it Over #07‎:

     Arrangements can be made for billiting and daycare will be available.

   • 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:

     Paramount paid per diem and billiting costs for the tugboat crew.