Beak ¹

Definition: 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 ²

Definition: A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.

Beak ³

Definition: The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.

Beak ⁴

Definition: The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.

Beak ⁵

Definition: The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

Beak ⁶

Definition: Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.

Beak ⁷

Definition: 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 ⁸

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

Beak ⁹

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

Beak ¹⁰

Definition: Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.

Beak ¹¹

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

Beak ¹²

Definition: A magistrate or policeman.

beak ¹³

Definition: horny projecting mouth of a bird

beak ¹⁴

Definition: beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)

beak ¹⁵

Definition: informal terms for the nose

beak ¹⁶

Definition: hit lightly with a picking motion