neb : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: neb	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for neb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neb n a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose Synonym(s): snout, neb horny projecting mouth of a bird Synonym(s): beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker
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[91]b beak, bill, Sw. n[84]bb, n[84]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.