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Peck :: Peck (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds..

Turbit :: Turbit (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak..

Xiphius :: Xiphius (n.) A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak, usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the upper jaw..

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

Ram :: Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The beak or head of a ship.

Rostellum :: Rostellum (n.) A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm..

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

Horn :: Horn (n.) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle..

Retort :: Retort (v. t.) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works..

Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa..

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

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve..

Rhyncholite :: Rhyncholite (n.) A fossil cephalopod beak.

Openbill :: Openbill (n.) A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak..

Peck :: Peck (v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree..

Ibis :: Ibis (n.) Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles..

Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..

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