Thesaurus: nib
A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
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Definitions
- n. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
- n. The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
- n. The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.
- n. One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.
- v. t. To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.
- n. the writing point of a pen
- n. horny projecting mouth of a bird
- 1. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. "The little nib or fructifying principle." Sir T. Browne. 2. (Zoöl.) 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. To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.
- n:100 n. the writing point of a pen