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[ FEW: 1,304b beccus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,310a bec; TL: 1,893 bec; DEAF: bec; DMF: bec; TLF: bec; OED: beak n. 1; MED: bek n. 3 ; DMLBS: 188c beccus ]

bec, bech, beek, beke

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1orn.anat.zool.beak:

( 1121-35; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) (the pelican) Quant ses oisels vait mort, De sun bec fert sun cors Que li sancs en ist fors 2359

( c.1135; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) Une columbe del ciel vint, Corone d’or en son bech tint 42.564 (M)

( MS: s.xiii² ) rostro: en un bec ii 6

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) (The birds) Ou beeks overz le seynt oyrent 5194

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) (the vulture) lur bate des eles e les fiert du beke 13

( s.xiv^m; MS: s.xiv^ex ) un egle de sable ové double bek 97

( 1423 ) .iiij. perles pendantz en les bekes du [sic] .iiij. egles iv 214

♦anat.nostril:

( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) naris: (D) li bec ii 54

♦anat.tip of the nose:

( MS: s.xiii^ex ) pirula: (C) le bec (var. (A: s.xiii) pirrun; (D: s.xiii/xiv) bek de narit; (L: s.xiii^ex) beke) ii 42

♦ship.beak, beak-shaped projection at prow of ship:

( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) R. va percer Le bek de sa galaye la neef pur naer ii 72

( 1400-02 ) et in le sterne cum una magna aquila aurea stante in le bowesprete cum una corona aurea in le beek ac batillament undique fact de diversis coloribus i 26

bek devant

1anat.tip of the nose:

( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) pirula: (D) le bek devant ii 126

bek de nef

1ship.beak, beak-shaped projection at prow of ship:

( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) prora: (D) bec de nef ii 78.164

bek del nes

1anat.tip of the nose:

( MS: c.1250 ) hec pirula, bec del nes i 411

( MS: s.xiv ) pirula: le bec du nes ii 59

(le) bek et (les) pés

1herald.beaked and membered:

( MS: c.1334 ) Le seignur de M. port d’ore a un egle espanie de vert, bek et pedz de goules m 2

( c.1350; MS: s.xvⁱⁿ ) H. de T. port d’or ové trois fees d’azure chargez d’un egle desplaié de goules beck et pees d’or 327

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