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neb |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: neb n 1: a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose [syn: {snout}] 2: horny projecting jaws of a bird [syn: {beak}, {bill}, {nib}]
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