(n.) The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column.
Example Sentences:
(1) Normally a very friendly fellow, the reasons for 'Arry's lack of chivalry remain unknown, but it's thought he may have been preoccupied by the prospect of bringing triffic fellas Emmanuel Adebayor and Benoît Essou-Akotto to Loftus Road on loan.
(2) "A bit disappointed in 'Arry," sighs Shooby Taylor.
(3) 3.34pm GMT "Have you cleverly photoshopped 'Arry's ead onto a colleague sitting next to you in your Guardian company car?"
(4) "In a 10 minute journey he managed to tell me: - has been running ‘Southampton lads around all day’, - He spoke to Osvaldo earlier and he is off to Juventus, Juventus just need to find some cash… - He’s ‘run Danny (Fox) from the training ground for his move to Birmingham this morning’, - he had a call earlier from ‘Arry about a potential deal, he couldn’t tell me who though - Man Utd had been planning a sensational £80m raid for Llalana, Shaw and Rodriguez - …but he told ‘Lukey’ he shouldn’t move to Man Utd until they had Champions League football.
(5) Updated at 7.07pm GMT 6.59pm GMT 'Arry's QPR are in talks to sign Jermaine Jenas from Spurs.
(6) 11.23am GMT "The gentleman in the car with 'Arry looks suspiciously like this feller ," says Matt Reed.
(7) IT'LL BE ALL WHITE ON THE NIGHT At the time of writing, the biggest news this deadline day is that QPR manager 'Arry Redknapp didn't stop his Range Rover and roll down the window to say hello to Gail Davis on his way into work this morning.
(8) 'Arry Redknapp: "We played with pace, we got after them, we pressed them, there wasn't a weakness in the team."
(9) "Arry's never had any time for Samba, but he's affectionately regarded by QPR fans for being, well, bonkers.
(10) 7.05pm GMT Another former player 'Arry was after, Peter Crouch, is not signing for QPR.
(11) Defoe may be seen as one of 'Arry's boys but he could hardly sound more positive about André's ways.
(12) But thank you for the pic of 'Arry in the passenger seat, at least we now know what Kevin Bond does."
(13) Like Jamie Redknapp pointed out earlier, 'Arry is looking for a new Merson - a player with too much quality for that level and one you could build a team around."
(14) 'Arry Redknapp (BBC): "We played with pace, we got after them, we pressed them, there wasn't a weakness in the team."
(15) Fresh from ruffling a few feathers in the England camp , ’Arry fancies a slice of his old chum Rio Ferdinand , and according to the Daily Mail the 35-year-old will put pen to paper at Loftus Road in the next 24 hours.
(16) This week, anti-HS2 groups and an arry of councils began a challenge to the plans in the supreme court.
(17) Although the two men sat side by side as defendants, the gaze of both public and press fell not on the self-made Serbian-American tycoon Milan Mandaric, but on Henry James Redknapp , better known as Harry – or 'Arry, depending on your paper of choice.
(18) In 2012 Google sold Motorola Home, which made set-top boxes and cable modems, to Arris for $2.35bn.
(19) 9.28pm BST Andrew Johnson is staying out west Here's my colleague and QPR watcher Michael Hann on why a Selhurst Park return for Andrew Johnson is unlikley: "Can't see Arry letting him go.
Beak
Definition:
(n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
(n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
(n.) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
(n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
(n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
(n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
(n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
(n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
(n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
(n.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
(n.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
(n.) A magistrate or policeman.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bidrin treatment of quail embryos results in axial anomalies as well as malformations of the beak and the limbs.
(2) Apert-Crouzon syndrome (formerly ACS type 2; 10130) is now considered a subset of autosomal dominant Apert acrocephalosyndactyly type 1 (10120), with features of craniosynostoisis, syndactyly of all extremities, maxillary hypoplasia, "parrot-beaked" nose, hypertelorism, exophthalmos, external strabismus, and short upper lip.
(3) Two experiments were conducted to compare beak treatment effects on pullets of three genetic stocks.
(4) Between June 20 and the end of August, whalers in Wadaura and three other villages will be permitted to catch 66 Baird's beaked whales that, because of their relatively small size, are not covered by the 1986 International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial hunting.
(5) A total of 45 of the 60 birds in the aviary developed pox lesions around the beaks and eyes.
(6) Two cases are reported with the following symptoms: broad thumbs and toes, typical facial abnormalities with beaked nose and hypertelorism.
(7) Strain effects were noted in rate of feed consumption following beak trimming.
(8) The area dorsalis projects 10 degrees-15 degrees below the eye-beak axis where the field is 35 degrees wide.
(9) Retinoid treatment interferes with reciprocal epithelial-mesenchymal interactions in the upper beak.
(10) Primary sensory projection areas, such as the ectostriatum (visual), hyperstriatum intercalatum superius (visual), nucleus basalis (beak representation), the input layer L2 of the auditory field L and the somatosensory area rostral to field L were selectively left unstained.
(11) The beak and legs malformations are prevented by analogs of nicotinamide.
(12) The various components of these muscles are provided with stiff as well as wide aponeuroses and tendons (much stronger than those observed in Columba), indicating forceful opening and closure of the beaks for plucking off the fruit, grasping it hard and manipulating it with the help of the beaks before swallowing.
(13) A cyclical load of 500 N was applied to the handles of the pliers, while a 0.9 mm (0.036 inch) round, stainless steel wire was held between the tips of the beaks.
(14) The evolution of the component was studied after sequencing the component in different odontocetes representing the Delphinidae (delphinids), Monodontidae (narwhals), and Ziphiidae (beaked whales).
(15) Beak trimming affected body weight and feed usage levels for the sexes differently.
(16) Egg quality and size were not influenced by beak trimming treatments.
(17) This study in the chicken investigated whether the integrity of taste buds in the lower beak is normally dependent upon innervation by the chorda tympani.
(18) A low incidence of gross malformations such as twisted limbs, abnormal beak, short neck and everted viscera were observed; however, the increased incidence was not statistically significant when compared to controls.
(19) The value of a combined developmental and functional approach to morphology, i.e., integrated investigation of development of structure and function of the beaks and related jaw musculature, is discussed.
(20) Genetic stock by age and beak treatment by age interactions were present for hen-housed production and egg mass, and the interactions appeared to result primarily from increased mortality from cannibalistic pecking with increased age.