BEAK: значение слова

noun
Etymology: Middle English bec, from Anglo-French, from Latin beccus, of Gaulish origin
Date: 13th century


1. the bill of a bird, b. the elongated sucking mouth of some insects (as the true bugs), any of various rigid projecting mouth structures (as of a turtle), the human nose, a pointed structure or formation:, a metal-pointed beam projecting from the bow especially of an ancient galley for piercing an enemy ship, the spout of a vessel, a continuous slight architectural projection ending in an arris, a process suggesting the beak of a bird,

3. chiefly British magistrate , headmaster , beaked adjective beaky adjective