beakyadj.
/ˈbiːki/, U.S. /ˈbiki/ Furnished with or distinguished by a beak.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [adjective] > with beak (of galley)
rostrated1674
beaky1718
beaked1870
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 834 The Ships, whose beaky Prores Lay..on the bending Shores.
1867 R. Broughton Not Wisely but too Well I. 62 Sir Guy Stamer, bald-headed, beaky, ill-natured.
Compounds
beaky-nosed adj. having a nose shaped like a beak.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > types of nose > having
cammed?c1350
camoised1393
nosed?1440
hook-nosed1519
snat-nosed1519
flat-nosed1530
bottle-nosed1566
chamoy-nosed1598
saddle-nosed1598
swine-snouted1600
camois-nosed1601
round-nosed1611
nosy1620
flat-nose1636
simous1656
sharp-nosed1675
tutty-nosed1681
Roman-nosed1688
snut-nosed1706
snub-nosed1725
camois1745
blunt-nosed1772
pug-nosed1788
snipy1825
button-nosed1830
nip-nosed1831
leptorrhinian1878
leptorrhine1880
snub1883
knob-nosed1886
long-nose1896
Tartar-nosed1897
Ally Sloper1901
beaky-nosed1923
1923 R. Graves Feather Bed 20 A red-haired beaky-nosed burly nun.
1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point i. ii. 24 There was another girl, too—a beaky-nosed creature.
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adj.1718