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nebbed, a.|nɛbd|
Also nebed, neb'd, Sc. nebbit.
[f. neb n. + -ed2.]
Having a neb, esp. of a specified kind, as black-nebbed, blue-nebbed, red-nebbed, sharp-nebbed, and esp. long-nebbed (see long a.1 18).
17..in Herd Scot. Songs (1776) II. 143 My daddie left me gear enough,..A nebbed staff [etc.]. 1720[see long a.1 18]. 1808R. Anderson Cumbld. Ball. 79 Blue-nebb'd Wat. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 29 The mavis and the yellow-nebed blackburd. 1871S. S. Jones Northumbld. 204 (E.D.D.), No long neb'd shoes or bootes. 1882Strathesk Blinkbonny 148 A brood o' chickens, lang-leggit, sharp-nebbit things. |