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Definition of 'neb'English
Noun
( en-noun)
(now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
(obsolete) A person's mouth.
(now dialectal) A person's nose.
(now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
(now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
* 1658', In Acorns the '''nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 183)
(now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.
Derived terms
* nebby (Geordie)
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