beak (1)

t. [From BEAK, s. (q.v.).] In Cockfighting: To seize with the beak. ( Vulgar .) beak (2), * beek, bēyke (Old Eng. Scotch), v.t. & i. [BAKE.] A. Trans.: To bask, to warm. "I made the fire and beked me aboute." "And beeking my cauld limbs afore the sin." Chaucer: Creseides Testament, 36. Allan Ramsay: Gentle Shepherd, ii. & B. In trans.: To warm one's self, to bask. "To shun the storm the i drove they carefu' steeke And mang the auld fowk round the ingle beek ." Marion: A Pastoral. Hawick Collection . (S. in Boucher .) beaked, pa. par. & a. [ΒΕΑΚ (1), v.] A. As participial adjective: L. Ordinary Language: IMG:content-1147.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Running to a point or tip. "And question'd every gust, of rugged wings, That blows from off each beaked promontory: They knew not of his story." Milton: Lycidas. B. Technically : 1. Heraldry: Having the beak and legs of a bird of a different tincture from the body. In such a case the bird is said to be beaked and membered of that tincture. 2. Botany ( applied to fruits ): Having a long hard terminal, straight, horn-like projection. beaked-parsley, s . Bot. The English name of the umbelliferous genus Anthriscus. It is so called from its fruit terminating in a beak. There are two wild British species, the Wild Beaked Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris ), which has smooth fruit, and the Common Beaked Parsley ( A. vulgar is ), of which the fruit is muricated. Both are common. Besides these the Garden Beaked Parsley, or Chervil ( A. cerifolium ), has escaped from cultivation.