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aquiline Adjective 1. (of a nose) curved like an eagle's beak 2. of or like an eagle [Latin aquila eagle]
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Good day, age about forty, height about five feet nine, black hair, generally rather handsome visage, complexion dark, eyes dark, thin, long and sallow face, aquiline nose but not straight, having a peculiar inclination towards the left cheek which imparts a sinister expression She had not long to wait before the punctual attorney entered, knitting his brow with an examining glance at the stout blond woman who rose, curtsying deferentially,--a tallish man, with an aquiline nose and abundant iron-gray hair. Without its being remarkable, he had what one calls a good face, somewhat aquiline in character, with a refined forehead and nose. |
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aquiline - curved down like an eagle's beak
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