Available Definitions:
1) n. - 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.
2) n. - A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
3) n. - The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
4) n. - The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
5) n. - The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
6) n. - Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
7) n. - 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.
8) n. - That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
9) n. - A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
10) n. - Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
11) n. - A toe clip. See Clip , n. (Far.).
12) n. - A magistrate or policeman.