n. The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
n. A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
n. A nib, as of a pen.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The bill or beak of a bird; also, the snout or muzzle of a beast.
n. The nose: as, a lang neb; a sharp neb.
n. The face.
n. The tip end of anything; a sharp point: as, the neb of a lancet or knife. See nib.
n. The nib of a pen. See nib.
n. An abbreviation of Nebraska.
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n. horny projecting mouth of a bird
n. a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
Word Usage
"It is only rarely, and at a later period, that prophecy is called nebû'ah, a cognate of nabî '; more ordinarily we find hazôn, vision, or word of God, oracle"