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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.

 
Nebraska.
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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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
neb(bish) [ˈnɛb(ɪʃ)]

  1. n.
    a dull person; a jerk. (From Yiddish.) : Taylor is such a nebbish. Why doesn't she just give up?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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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