(n.) A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain.
(n.) A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships.
Example Sentences:
(1) First published in 1937, JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit tells the tale of humble Bilbo Baggins, who sets off in search of dragon's treasure.
(2) The Office star Martin Freeman will play the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in Jackson's films, it was announced on Friday.
(3) Peter Jackson's second film in The Hobbit trilogy follows Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, and his mob of dwarves as they continue to try to steal their gold back from the evil dragon Smaug.
(4) In the novel, Bilbo basically sleeps through the main bulk of the battle, and it's all over in a jiffy.
(5) But a new "official" synopsis for final instalment The Battle of Five Armies from the perennially reliable Tolkien site theonering.net suggests our last outing with Bilbo Baggins and his merry band of bearded homunculi might be treading a path more familiar to readers of JRR Tolkien's 1937 book .
(6) The Hobbit is the tale of a hairy footed homunculus named Bilbo Baggins who sets out with 13 dwarves and a wizard, Gandalf, to wrest a priceless treasure from a sly old dragon.
(7) Jackson will return to direct the new films, with The Office star Martin Freeman set to portray the title character, Bilbo Baggins – a homely Hobbit who in Tolkien's tale is bamboozled into joining a thrilling adventure by a wizard named Gandalf.
(8) It was written almost in the first person, his own voice, and it's a tale of the old world, and Bilbo is simply going on an adventure.
(9) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves.
(10) "He is intelligent, funny, surprising and brave, exactly like Bilbo, and I feel incredibly proud to be able to announce that he is our Hobbit."
(11) Part two, The Desolation of Smaug , seemed to consist mainly of anatomically complicated elf-dwarf inter-species romance and an awful lot of Bilbo throwing himself around the dragon's lair like a kid in a Fort Knox soft play area.
(12) None of those characters appeared in Tolkien's book, which sees Frodo's older cousin Bilbo travelling with a band of dwarves and Gandalf to liberate a hoard of treasure from the sly old dragon, Smaug .
(13) The first reviews have hit the web for Peter Jackson's return to Middle Earth, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – and the verdict is almost as puzzling as one of Bilbo's riddles.
(14) In chapter five of The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins finds a ring in the gloom of Gollum's cave.
(15) Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-Earth hangs in the balance.
(16) Eileen Battersby, literary critic at the Irish Times, is behind Ordinary Dogs, a tribute to Bilbo and Frodo, her two pet pooches.
(17) Freeman, best known for his role in the British comedy series The Office, has been cast as Bilbo Baggins in the prequel to the hugely successful Lord of the Rings trilogy, which grossed nearly $3bn (£1.9bn) at the box office.
(18) Freeman plays the main role of Bilbo Baggins , a homebody hobbit recruited by wizard Gandalf to help a company of dwarves wrest their ancient homeland from a great dragon in JRR Tolkien's 1937 children's tale .
(19) As well as Freeman (set to play Bilbo Baggins), Jackson has cast Stephen Fry (as the Master of Laketown), Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis (returning as Gandalf and Gollum), Spooks' Richard Armitage (dwarf leader Thorin Oakenshield) and Sylvester McCoy (wizard Radagast the Brown).
(20) Wearing lived-in clothes and well-used footwear, the bushy-browed farmer who strolls out from the porch resembles an elderly Bilbo Baggins emerging from his Hobbit hole to scold an intrusive neighbour.
Bilboes
Definition:
(pl. ) of Bilbo
Example Sentences:
(1) First published in 1937, JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit tells the tale of humble Bilbo Baggins, who sets off in search of dragon's treasure.
(2) The Office star Martin Freeman will play the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in Jackson's films, it was announced on Friday.
(3) Peter Jackson's second film in The Hobbit trilogy follows Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, and his mob of dwarves as they continue to try to steal their gold back from the evil dragon Smaug.
(4) In the novel, Bilbo basically sleeps through the main bulk of the battle, and it's all over in a jiffy.
(5) But a new "official" synopsis for final instalment The Battle of Five Armies from the perennially reliable Tolkien site theonering.net suggests our last outing with Bilbo Baggins and his merry band of bearded homunculi might be treading a path more familiar to readers of JRR Tolkien's 1937 book .
(6) The Hobbit is the tale of a hairy footed homunculus named Bilbo Baggins who sets out with 13 dwarves and a wizard, Gandalf, to wrest a priceless treasure from a sly old dragon.
(7) Jackson will return to direct the new films, with The Office star Martin Freeman set to portray the title character, Bilbo Baggins – a homely Hobbit who in Tolkien's tale is bamboozled into joining a thrilling adventure by a wizard named Gandalf.
(8) It was written almost in the first person, his own voice, and it's a tale of the old world, and Bilbo is simply going on an adventure.
(9) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves.
(10) "He is intelligent, funny, surprising and brave, exactly like Bilbo, and I feel incredibly proud to be able to announce that he is our Hobbit."
(11) Part two, The Desolation of Smaug , seemed to consist mainly of anatomically complicated elf-dwarf inter-species romance and an awful lot of Bilbo throwing himself around the dragon's lair like a kid in a Fort Knox soft play area.
(12) None of those characters appeared in Tolkien's book, which sees Frodo's older cousin Bilbo travelling with a band of dwarves and Gandalf to liberate a hoard of treasure from the sly old dragon, Smaug .
(13) The first reviews have hit the web for Peter Jackson's return to Middle Earth, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – and the verdict is almost as puzzling as one of Bilbo's riddles.
(14) In chapter five of The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins finds a ring in the gloom of Gollum's cave.
(15) Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-Earth hangs in the balance.
(16) Eileen Battersby, literary critic at the Irish Times, is behind Ordinary Dogs, a tribute to Bilbo and Frodo, her two pet pooches.
(17) Freeman, best known for his role in the British comedy series The Office, has been cast as Bilbo Baggins in the prequel to the hugely successful Lord of the Rings trilogy, which grossed nearly $3bn (£1.9bn) at the box office.
(18) Freeman plays the main role of Bilbo Baggins , a homebody hobbit recruited by wizard Gandalf to help a company of dwarves wrest their ancient homeland from a great dragon in JRR Tolkien's 1937 children's tale .
(19) As well as Freeman (set to play Bilbo Baggins), Jackson has cast Stephen Fry (as the Master of Laketown), Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis (returning as Gandalf and Gollum), Spooks' Richard Armitage (dwarf leader Thorin Oakenshield) and Sylvester McCoy (wizard Radagast the Brown).
(20) Wearing lived-in clothes and well-used footwear, the bushy-browed farmer who strolls out from the porch resembles an elderly Bilbo Baggins emerging from his Hobbit hole to scold an intrusive neighbour.