Nib (?), n. [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.
© Webster 1913.
Nib, v. 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 pen.
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