the bill or nib of a bird.

in architecture, the small fillet left on the head of a larmier, which forms a canal, and makes a kind of pendant.

Chin BEAK, a moulding the same as the quarter-round, except that its situation is inverted: This is very frequent in modern buildings, though few examples of it are found in the ancient.

or BEAK-head, of a ship, that part without the ship, before the fore-castle, which is fastened to the stem, and is supported by the main knee.