Category:Nib

Nib, n. Etym: [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. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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 Nib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nebbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nibbing.]

Defn: to furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to Nib a pen.