Aq"ui*line [L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ]

1.

Belonging to or like an eagle.

2.

Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose

Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper.

 

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