Bill (weapon) Bill (weapon) The bill is a polearm weapon used by infantry in medieval Europe. The bill is similar in size, function and appearance to the halberd, differing mainly in the hooked blade form. Other terms for the bill include English bill, bill hook or bill-guisarme. Derived originally from the agricultural billhook, the bill consisted of a hooked chopping blade with several pointed projections mounted on a staff. The end of the cutting blade curves forward to form a hook, which is the bill's distinguishing characteristic. In addition, the blade almost universally had one pronounced spike straight off the top like
Sujata and seven types of wives the next). They are: The Buddha then states that the following four types are heading for happiness – in this world or the next. A common feature of each of these wives is that they are also imbued with “long term self-control”. They are: After speaking these things, Sujata was deeply moved by Buddha's words. Upon being asked which wife she was to be, she answered: "I am to be the last of the wives, the slave-wife to my husband." It may be argued that in the last case, the Buddha was not praising the qualities of the husband's abuse.