Neb (?), n. [AS. nebb head,
face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose,
Dan. næb 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. [Also written nib.] Shak.