See neb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(now dialectal) A bird's beak."
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"(obsolete) A person's mouth."
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"(now dialectal) A person's nose."
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"The peak of a flat cap."
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"(now dialectal) The peak of a flat cap."
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"(now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish."
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"(now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection."
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"(now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen."
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"(now dialectal) A person's nose."
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