Nib : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Nib	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Nib
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nib n the writing point of a pen Synonym(s): nib, pen nib horny projecting mouth of a bird Synonym(s): beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neb \Neb\, n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. n[91]b beak, bill, Sw. n[84]bb, n[84]f, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill, beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. {Nib}, {Snap}, {Snaffle}.] The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen. [Also written {nib}.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nib \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nib \Nib\, n. [A variabt of neb.] 1. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. [bd]The little nib or fructifying principle.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Zo[94]l.) 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.