NIB

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. "The little nib or fructifying principle." Sir T. Browne.

2.
n.

The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

3.
n.

The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.

4.
n.

One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.

5.
v.

To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.


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