See also:

• BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

BEAK (See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early forms See also:

• BEKE, CHARLES TILSTONE (1800-1874)

beke and becke, from Fr. bec, See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• LAT

Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the See also:

• ENGLISH

English)  , the horny See also:

• BILL

bill of a See also:

• BIRD

bird, and so used of the horny ends of the mandibles of the See also:

• OCTOPUS (Gr. brcreo, eight and gobs, foot)

octopus, the See also:

• DUCK

duck-billed See also:

• PLATYPUS

platypus and other animals; hence the rostrum (q.v.) or ornamented See also:

• PROW

prow of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war vessels . The See also:

• TERM

term is also applied, in classic See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, to the pendent See also:

• FILLET (through Fr. filet, from the med. Lat. filettum, diminutive of filum, a thread)

fillet on the edge of the See also:

• CORONA (Lat. for " crown ")

corona of a See also:

• CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice, which serves as a drip, and prevents the See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain from flowing inwards . The See also:

• SLANG

slang use of See also:

• BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

beak " for a See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate or See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace has not been satisfactorily explained . The earlier meaning, which lasted down to the beginning of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, was " watchman " or " See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

constable." According to Slang and its Analogues (J . S . See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

Farmer and W . E . See also:

• HENLEY, JOHN (1692-1759)
• HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST (1849-1903)

Henley, 1890), the first example of its later use is in the name of " the See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

Blind Beak," which was given to See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• FIELDING, ANTHONY VANDYKE COPLEY (1787-1855)
• FIELDING, HENRY (1707-1754)
• FIELDING, WILLIAM STEVENS (1848– )

Fielding's See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Fielding (about 1750) . See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Harman, in his See also:

• BOOK

book on vagrants, See also:

• CAVEAT (Latin for " let him beware," from cavere)

Caveat or Warening for coinmen cursitors, Vulgarely called 'raga-bones, 1573, explains harmans See also:

• BECK (or BEEK), DAVID (1621—1656)
• BECK, CHRISTIAN DANIEL (1757-1832)
• BECK, JAKOB SIGISMUND (1761-1840)

beck as " counstable," harman being the word for the See also:

• STOCKS

stocks . Attempts have been made to connect " beak" in this connexion with the Old See also:

• ENGLISH

English beag, a See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• TORQUE, or TORO (Lat. torquis, torques, a twisted collar, torquere, to twist)

torque or See also:

• COLLAR

collar, worn as a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of authority, but this could only be plausible on the See also:

• ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

assumption that " magistrate " was the earlier significance of the word .