Definition of beak

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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..

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Armed :: Armed (a.) Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey..
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..
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.
Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The beak or head of a ship.
Grossbeak :: Grossbeak (n.) See Grosbeak.
Apposed :: Apposed (a.) Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak..
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..
Beaked :: Beaked (a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.
Rostellate :: Rostellate (a.) Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak..
Beakhead :: Beakhead (n.) Same as Beak, 3..
Crossbeak :: Crossbeak (n.) Same as Crossbill.
Pinefinch :: Pinefinch (n.) The pine grosbeak.
Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..
Peck :: Peck (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up..
Crane''s-bill :: Crane's-bill (n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps.
Hornbeak :: Hornbeak (n.) A fish. See Hornfish.
Grosbeak :: Grosbeak (n.) One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris..
Soosoo :: Soosoo (n.) A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak..
Nose :: Nose (n.) A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle..
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..
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