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3 words match “AQUILINE”

AQUILINE a. 2 definitions
inent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper.
HOOK-NOSED a.
Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak.
ROMAN a.
pecies of hydraulic cement. -- Roman law. See under Law. -- Roman nose, a nose somewhat aquiline. -- Roman ocher, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and durable, used by artists. Ure. -- Roman order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite, a., 2.