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neb

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–noun Scot.
1. a bill or beak, as of a bird.
2. the nose, esp. of an animal.
3. the tip or pointed end of anything.
4. the nib of a pen.
5. Obsolete. a person's mouth.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME nebbe, OE nebb, c. MD, MLG nebbe, ON nef. See nib

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neb   (něb)   
n.  
    1. A beak of a bird.
    2. A nose; a snout.
  2. A projecting part, especially a nib.

[Middle English, from Old English.]
NEB  
abbr.  New English Bible
New English Bible  
n.   Abbr. NEB
A modern translation of the Bible prepared by a British interdenominational team and published in 1970.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Neb

Neb\, n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. n[ae]b beak, bill, Sw. n["a]bb, n["a]f, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill, beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib, Snap, Snaffle.] The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen. [Also written nib.] --Shak.
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neb 
"beak or bill of a bird," O.E. nebb "beak, nose, face," common Gmc. (cf. O.N. nef "beak, nose," Ger. Schnabel "beak," O.Fris. snavel "mouth"), perhaps somehow connected with the source of nave (2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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NEB
New English Bible
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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