- The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water. - A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a
bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to
resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the
pier itself. - A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called
also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.
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