Neb \Neb\, n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. n[ae]b beak, bill, Sw. n["a]bb, n["a]f, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill, beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib, Snap, Snaffle.]

The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen. [Also written nib.]

--Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)