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   Rostrum , n.; pl. L. Rostra , E. Rostrums . [L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See Rodent.]
    The beak or head of a ship.
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   pl. (Rostra) (Rom. Antiq.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.
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   Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.
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   Myself will mount the rostrum in his favor.
   Addison.
   
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   (Zool.) (a) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds. (b) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera. (c) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina. (d) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn.
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   (Bot.) Same as Rostellum.
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   (Old Chem.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.
   Quincy.
   
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   (Surg.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form. [Obs.]
   Coxe.
   
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   Snout , n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. snta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot, Snuff.]
   The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
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   The nose of a man; -- in contempt.
   Hudibras.
   
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   The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
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   (Zool.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum. (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
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   Snout beetle (Zool.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil. -- Snout moth (Zool.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.
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