beik (1)

[BEAK.] ( Scotch.) 1. The bill of a bird. 2. Figuratively : (a) Contemptuously : A man's or a fabulous monster's mouth. Of the Cyclops it is said"An horribil sorte, wyth mony camschol beik , And hedis semand to the heuin arreik." Doug.: Virgil, 91, 18. (b) As a cant word : A person; as, "an auld beik," "a queer beik ," . (Jamie son.)