aquiline. adj. 1. (Anatomy) (of a nose) having the curved or hooked shape of an eagle's beak. 2. (Zoology) of or resembling an eagle. [C17: from Latin aquilÄ«nus, from aquila eagle].he 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.
, I love music, any kind of music... 1  A Spanish-language blog for Deep Purple fans has apparently dug up an article in a Swiss newspaper where the suspect in the 1971 Montreux Casino fire (a.k.a. stupid with a flare gun) was identified. The suspect, pictured in the 1971 article, was a Czech refugee by the name of Zdenek Spicka who lived in Ãpalinges, Switzerland.
A flare is a tube packed with explosive chemicals that burn very brightly or give off smoke, usually to attract attention in an emergency. The two main kinds are handheld flares (which operate on the ground) and rocket flares (which are fired into the air). Handheld flares also come in two kinds. Signal flares burn with a bright red light as you hold them, while smoke flares (also called smoke signals) are designed to be held in the hand, placed on the ground, or dropped overboard into the sea to give off huge plumes of colorful (generally orange or red) smoke.