2. Adjective. Beak-like. ¹
3. Adjective. Having a nose which resembles a beak. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beaky
1. resembling a beak [adj BEAKIER, BEAKIEST] - See also: beak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beaky
Literary usage of Beaky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1865)
"There, at half-past seven, this June evening, was sitting Sir Guy Stamer,
bald-headed, beaky, good- natured ; and there, too, was Lady Stamer, bald-headed, ..."
2. The Ghosts of Piccadilly by George Slythe Street (1907)
"One thought no more of the beaky nose, or of the small and firm mouth. ...
Then, of course, there is the aquiline nose : ' beaky,' even too beaky, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery: Before the Right by Great Britain Court of Chancery, James Wigram, James Lewis Knight Bruce, George James Turner, William Page Wood Hatherley (1844)
"... Byrom, Westhead, beaky, Denison, and Lane, or any of them, for the use of the
company, or which but for their wilful default might have been received, ..."
4. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"Then of course there is the aquiline nose; "beaky,"even too beaky, on a mean
face, but merely giving point and command to his. small, a little tight at the ..."
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