A beaklike projection; a spur, tooth, spike. Applied to some narrow promontories, as Portland Bill, Selsea Bill. Nautical in plural, see quot. 1850.

A sharp, tapering end or tip. The projecting part of anything of a more or less tapering form, or which ends in an acute angle; a tip, apex; a…

An irregularly torn piece, strip, shred, or scrap of cloth or similar substance, hanging loose from the main body, esp. of a garment; more rarely…

A beak-shaped point or projection; a peak.

A sharp-pointed piece of metal (or other hard material) which is, or may be, so fixed in something that the point is turned outwards; a stout…

gen. A projecting part or point, as a peak, tip, toe, spout, etc.; the extremity of anything ending in a point or narrowed part. Cf. nib, n.1 4a.

The sharp or projecting part of a tool, weapon, device, etc.; (in later use) esp. any of several such projections. Formerly also: †a stake or…

figurative and in extended use. A point or pointed part projecting in front and resembling or suggestive of the prow of a ship.

A tag, a projecting part. Obsolete ? misuse.

A projecting pointed part or instrument. dialect. A sharp point or spike; the pin of a buckle; one of the prongs or tines of a fork; a prong or…

A projecting point on an edge or surface; = jag, n.1 4; a protuberance, swelling. rare. ? Obsolete.

gen. The point or tip of something; a peak, projecting part, or pointed extremity. Cf. neb, n. 5a.

A projecting part or object resembling the tusk of an animal. In miscellaneous uses.

Any sharp or short projection, point, or spike suggestive of a spur. Frequently specific in technical use.