Dictionary entry

Aquiline

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Aq″ui‐line (?; 277), a. [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.