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[neb]
–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

Neb.

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neb   (něb)   
n.  
    1. A beak of a bird.

    2. A nose; a snout.

  1. 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.
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NEB
New English Bible
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