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beaky, a.|ˈbiːkɪ|
[f. beak n.1 + -y1.]
a. Furnished with or distinguished by a beak.
1718Pope Iliad xiv. 834 The ships, whose beaky prores Lay..on the bending shores. 1867R. Broughton Not Wisely I. 62 Sir Guy Stamer, bald-headed, beaky, ill-natured.
b. Comb. beaky-nosed a., having a nose shaped like a beak.
1923R. Graves Feather Bed 20 A red-haired beaky-nosed burly nun. 1937C. Day Lewis Starting Point i. ii. 24 There was another girl, too—a beaky-nosed creature. |