n. [ AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. naeb beak, bill, Sw. näbb, näf, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill, beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib, Snap, Snaffle. ] The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen.
‖n. [ NL., of uncertain origin. ] (Zool.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (
pos>n. [ Yiddish, nebekh poor, unfortunate. ] A person who is ineffectual, timid, and often luckless; a person of no significance. [ PJC ]
n. Same as Bablh. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. (Babylonian mythology) The Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
prop. n. A resident of the state of Nebraska.
n.;
a. Of or pertaining to nebulae; of the nature of, or resembling, a nebula. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nebular hypothesis,
a. Clouded with indistinct color markings, as an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The condition of being nebulated; also, a clouded, or ill-defined, color mark. [ 1913 Webster ]