the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Rostrum
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form.
(2):
(n.) The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.
(3):
(n.) Same as Rostellum.
(4):
(n.) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn.
(5):
(n.) The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(n.) Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.
(8):
(n.) Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds.
(9):
(n.) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina.
(10):
(n.) The beak or head of a ship.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rostrum'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/rostrum.html. 1828.
