neb

noun Scot.

1. a bill or beak, as of a bird.
2. the nose, especially of an animal.
3. the tip or pointed end of anything.
4. the nib of a pen.
5. Obsolete. a person’s mouth.

1. Nebraska.

noun archaic, or dialect

1. mainly Scot and Northern English the peak of a cap
2. the beak of a bird or the nose or snout of an animal
3. a person’s mouth or nose
4. the projecting part or end of anything
5. 1. a peak, esp in N England
   2. a prominent gritstone overhang

abbreviation for

1. New English Bible
2. (the former) National Enterprise Board

n.“beak or bill of a bird,” Old English nebb “beak, nose; face, countenance; beak-shaped thing,” common Germanic (cf. Old Norse nef “beak, nose,” Middle Dutch nebbe “beak,” Old High German snabul, German Schnabel “beak,” Old Frisian snavel “mouth”), of uncertain origin.