| • | The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds. |
| • | A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. |
| • | The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. |
| • | The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. |
| • | The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal. |
| • | Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land. |
| • | A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead. |
| • | That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee. |
| • | A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off. |
| • | Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant. |
| • | A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.). |
| • | A magistrate or policeman. |
