beak vs stool

beak

noun
  • A toe clip. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads. 

  • A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton). 

  • The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed. 

  • That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee. 

  • A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. 

  • A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc. 

  • A justice of the peace; a magistrate. 

  • The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. 

  • The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal. 

  • The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. 

  • A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead. 

  • cocaine. 

  • Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant. 

  • Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land. 

  • A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off. 

verb
  • To play truant. 

  • Seize with the beak. 

  • Strike with the beak. 

stool

noun
  • A footstool. 

  • A plant that has been cut down until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth. 

  • Feces, excrement. 

  • A seat for one person without a back or armrests. 

  • A throne. 

  • A production of feces or excrement, an act of defecation, stooling. 

  • A seat with a back; a chair. 

  • Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. 

  • A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil. 

  • A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the deadeyes of the backstays. 

verb
  • To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers. 

  • To produce stool: to defecate. 

  • To cut down (a plant) until its main stem is close to the ground, resembling a stool, to promote new growth. 

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