neb
see also: NEB
Pronunciation
NEB
Proper noun
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see also: NEB
Pronunciation
- IPA: /nɛb/
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 peak of a flat cap.
- (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, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 183:
- In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 183:
- (now, dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.
NEB
Proper noun
- (astronomy) Initialism of North Equatorial Band
- (UK, historical) Initialism of National Enterprise Board
- (astronomy) SEB
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