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Webster 1913 Edition
Neb
Neb
(nĕb)
, Noun.
[AS.
nebb
head, face; akin to D. neb
, Icel. nef
, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. naeb
beak, bill, Sw. näbb
, näf
, 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Neb
NEB
,Noun.
Definition 2024
neb
neb
English
Alternative forms
Noun
neb (plural nebs)
- (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)
Related terms
References
- neb in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “neb” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
Anagrams
Czech
Conjunction
neb