Beak
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. The bill, or
nib of a bird, consisting of a
horny substance, either straight or curving, and ending in a point.
2. A pointed piece of wood, fortified with brass, resembling a beak fastened to the end of ancient gallies; intended to
pierce the vessels of an enemy. In modern ships, the beak-head is a name given to the
forepart of a ship, whose
forecastle is square, or oblong; a circumstance common to all ships of war, which have two or more tiers of guns.
3. BEAK or beak-head, that part of a ship, before the
forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main
knee.
4. In
farriery, a little
shoe, at the
toe, about an inch long, turned up and fastened in upon the part of the
hoof.
5. Any thing ending in a point, like a beak This in America is more generally pronounced
peak.
Beak
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Among
cock fighters, to take hold with the beak
Beak
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. 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.
2. A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
3. The long projecting
sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the
Hemiptera.
4. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the
hinge of a
bivalve.
6. Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a
promontory of land.
7. 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.
8. That part of a ship, before the
forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main
knee.
9. A continuous slight projection ending in an
arris or narrow
fillet; that part of a
drip from which the water is thrown off.
10. Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird,
terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
Beaked
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Having a
beak; ending in a point, like a
beak.
Beaked
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Having a
beak or a beaklike point;
beak-shaped.
2. Furnished with a process or a mouth like a
beak;
rostrate.
Beaker
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
2. An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting
lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.
Beakhead
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a
beak.
2. A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the
crew.
Beakiron
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
A
bickern; an iron tool, ending in a point, used by blacksmiths.
Beakiron
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
