neb
[noun]
Synonyms: bill, beak, nib, pecker

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NEB abbreviation.
1. National Enterprise Board.

2. New English Bible.

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neb noun & verb. [nɛb] Now chiefly Scot. & north.
[Old English nebb = Old Norse nef, nefj- rel. to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch nebbe (Dutch neb(be)), from Germanic. Cf. NIB noun¹.]
A. noun.
1. The beak or bill of a bird. Also (transf.), a person's mouth. OE.
black neb: see BLACK adjective.

2. The nose; the snout of an animal. OE.

3. The face. OE-LME.

4. a. A projecting part or point; a tip, a spout, etc.; the extremity of something ending in a point or narrowed part. L16.
b. The point or nib of a pen etc. L16.
b. verb. Infl. -bb-.
1. verb intrans. Kiss, bill. E17.

2. verb trans. Adapt the point of (a pen etc.) for writing. L19.

3. verb intrans. Pry; behave inquisitively and intrusively. Freq. foll. by in. Chiefly north. & US dial. E20.

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Neb. abbreviation.
Nebraska.

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