Beak :: Beak (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds..

Beak :: Beak (n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles..

Beak :: Beak (n.) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera..

Beak :: Beak (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve..

Beak :: Beak (n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

Beak :: Beak (n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land..

Beak :: Beak (n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead..

Beak :: Beak (n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee..

Beak :: Beak (n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

Beak :: Beak (n.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant..

Beak :: Beak (n.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.)..

Beak :: Beak (n.) A magistrate or policeman.

Beaked :: Beaked (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

Beaked :: Beaked (a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.

Beaker :: Beaker (n.) A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard..

Beaker :: Beaker (n.) An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat..

Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak..

Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew..

Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) Same as Beak, 3..

Beakiron :: Beakiron (n.) A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil..

Bird''s-beak :: Bird's-beak (n.) A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.

Crossbeak :: Crossbeak (n.) Same as Crossbill.

Grosbeak :: Grosbeak (n.) One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris..

Grossbeak :: Grossbeak (n.) See Grosbeak.

Halfbeak :: Halfbeak (n.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo..

Hornbeak :: Hornbeak (n.) A fish. See Hornfish.

Longbeak :: Longbeak (n.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.

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