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beak
noun 
  1. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food.
  2. A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus.
  3. (nautical) The metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram.
  4. (slang) A justice of-peace, or magistrate. Also a judge or chairman who presides in court.
He's up before the beak again tomorrow.
I clapp'd my peepers full of tears, and so the old beak set me free; I began to weep, and the judge set me free.
  1. (slang) The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: snavel
  • French: bec
  • German: Schnabel
  • Italian: becco
  • Spanish: pico
Etymology: From bec.

     
 
  

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