A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
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 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 toe clip.
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.
To play truant.
Seize with the beak.
Strike with the beak.
A bird, the tattler.
A story or fable that has a moral or message.
Something that serves to reveal something else.
One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
Tattletale; squealer.
A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected to the bellows of an organ, whose position indicates when the wind is exhausted.
A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat.
A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees (factory hands, watchmen, drivers, etc.) by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
An indicator, such as a warning light, that serves to warn of a hazard or problem.
A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known.