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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.

A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.

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

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

The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A magistrate or policeman.

To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; - often with out.

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.

A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.

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

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

The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A magistrate or policeman.

To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; - often with out.

In some animals, the jaws together with their horny covering. The beak usually refers to the bill of birds in which the whole varies greatly in form according of the food and habits of the bird. While the beak refers most commonly to birds, the anatomical counterpart is found also in the turtle, squid, and octopus. (From Webster, 3d ed & Storer, et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p491, 755)

The bill of a bird; the horny jaws of some animals; anything shaped like the bill of a bird.

The bill of a bird: anything pointed or projecting: in the ancient galley, a pointed iron fastened to the prow for piercing the enemy's vessel.

The bill of a bird.

The projecting jaws of a bird; bill; also, the prow of a ship.

The tube or spout of a retort or other similar vessel.

The bill, or nib, of a bird, also any analogous structure in an animal.

n. [Irish] The bill or nib of a bird, turtle, &c. ;-any tiling ending in a point, or projecting like a beak.

The bill or horny mouth of a bird; a piece of brass like a beak, fixed at the head of the ancient gallies; any thing ending in a point like a beak.