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Webster 1913 Edition
Nib
Nib
(nĭb)
, Noun.
[A variabt of
neb
.] 1.
A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
“The little nib or fructifying principle.” Sir T. Browne.
2.
(Zool.)
The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
3.
The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.
4.
One of the handles which project from a scythe snath;
also,
[Prov. Eng.]
, the shaft of a wagon.
Nib
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Nebbed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nibbing
.] To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of;
as, to
. nib
a penWebster 1828 Edition
Nib
NIB
,Noun.
1.
The bill or beak of a fowl.2.
The point of any thing, particularly of a pen.Definition 2024
Nib
nib
nib
English
A fountain pen nib.
Noun
nib (plural nibs)
- The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
- Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
- A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
- A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- the little nib or fructifying principle
- Sir Thomas Browne
- One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
- The shaft of a wagon.
Derived terms
Translations
tip of a pen
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bill of a bird