Crossword clues for nib
nib
- Tip of a Bic
- Tip for writers?
- Tip for an exam taker?
- Tip for a writer
- Quill pen point
- Pen's point
- Pen adjunct
- Montblanc tip
- It may be dipped in ink
- Calligraphy pen point
- Black Sabbath debut album song
- Ballpoint tip
- Acronym song off "Black Sabbath"
- A point of writing
- Writing part
- Writer's fine pont?
- Waterman end
- Tip of a quill
- Tip for writers
- Tip for solving in ink?
- Tip for a penman
- The point of writing?
- Stationery point
- Song off "Black Sabbath"
- Something to write with
- Site of an escape from the pen?
- Sharpie tip
- Scribe's tip
- Quill's point
- Quill pen tip
- Quill pen feature
- Primus & Ozzy-covered Black Sabbath song
- Point on a pen
- Point of anything
- Penholder insertion
- Pen piece
- Partially processed cocoa bean
- Mont Blanc's tip
- It's set to paper
- It might get into some red ink
- Highlighter tip
- Fountain's point
- Fountain pen's tip
- Fountain pen part
- Canary's bill
- Calligraphy pen insert
- Calligrapher's selection
- Calligrapher's point
- Cacao tidbit
- Bit of cocoa
- Bic's tip
- Absolutely unused, in eBay lingo
- Ironic title is never initially claimed by Scottish football team
- Grosbeak's beak
- Quill point
- Pen point
- Penpoint
- Writing tip?
- Pointed end
- Writing point
- Bird's beak
- Pointed extremity
- Point of writing?
- Pen part
- Tip for a calligrapher
- Pen's end
- Point on a 13-Down
- Sharpie tip, e.g
- Pilot's point?
- Tip for a writer?
- Laundry container
- Projecting point
- Quill tip
- Pen tip
- Horny projecting mouth of a bird
- Felt tip's forerunner
- Beak or point
- Sharp prong
- Fountain-pen part
- Bill
- Point of a fountain pen
- Sparrow's beak
- Pen end
- Projecting end
- Writer has supply of wines set up
- Point of a pen
- Part of pen made from scrap that’s turned up
- Part of a fountain pen
- Pencil part
- Bird's bill
- Bird bill
- Bird beak
- Calligrapher's need
- Tip of a pen
- Writer's point?
- Business end of a pen
- Point of writing
- Point of a quill pen
- Writer's point
- Highlighter's tip
- End of pen
- Calligrapher's tip
- Quill end
- Pen's tip
- Writer's tip
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Neb \Neb\ (n[e^]b), n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb,
Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. n[ae]b beak, bill, Sw.
n["a]bb, n["a]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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, "beak or bill of a bird," Scottish variant of Old English neb (see neb). Meaning "point" (of a pen or quill) first recorded 1610s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper. 2 The bill or beak of a bird; the neb. 3 Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces. 4 A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean. 5 A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. 6 One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath. 7 The shaft of a wagon.
WordNet
Wikipedia
NIB, nib or NiB may refer to:
- Nib (pen), a part of a quill, dip pen or fountain pen
- Nib, partially processed cocoa bean
- Twizzlers Nibs, a bite-size cherry-flavored licorice candy
- Nibs or his nibs, a term used in the card game cribbage
- Nibs, one of the lost boys in the book Peter Pan
- "New in Box"
- NIB or news-in-brief, a term used in journalism to denote a short news summary or a newsflash
- Neodymium magnet or NIB, a powerful magnet made from neodymium, iron, and boron
- N.I.B., a song by Black Sabbath
- Nib, a type of variable in PBASIC which stores Nibble values in the range of 0 to 15
- Nib, the generic name assigned to .nib and .xib files, short for NeXT Interface Builder, the default file format for Apple's Interface Builder.
- Net Insurance Benefits, net cash flows from a life settlement portfolio
- NiB, Nickel Boron plating, a form of Electroless nickel coating
In companies and organizations:
- National Institute of Building Sciences, a non-profit private organization
- National Irish Bank, a major bank in Ireland
- National Intercollegiate Band, an American band sponsored by Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, honorary band fraternity and sorority
- Nordic Investment Bank, the joint international financial institution of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
- Novin Investment Bank, first private investment bank in Iran
- nib Health Funds, an Australasian private health insurer
- Amtrak station code NIB for New Iberia (Amtrak station), in Louisiana United States
- National Internet Backbone, the internet backbone of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
A nib is the part of a quill, dip pen or fountain pen which comes into contact with the writing surface in order to deposit ink. Different types of nibs vary in their purpose, shape and size, as well as the material from which they are made.
Usage examples of "nib".
STAR TREK NIB 23 When the sun rose again, Commander bn Bem was back in his cage.
After toweling his face, Bart lightly limped over to his desk and retrieved his finest nibbed pen from the sonic cleaner.
He nibbed his hands together, and a gown as sheer as white smoke draped across her.
Next comes Nibs, the gay and debonair, followed by Slightly, who cuts whistles out of the trees and dances ecstatically to his own tunes.
As the pirates advanced, the quick eye of Starkey sighted Nibs disappearing through the wood, and at once his pistol flashed out.
Now Nibs rose from the ground, and the others thought that his staring eyes still saw the wolves.
All looked at him in wonder, save Nibs, who fortunately looked at Wendy.
You may see the twins and Nibs and Curly any day going to an office, each carrying a little bag and an umbrella.
Starkey sighted Nibs disappearing through the wood, and at once his pistol flashed out.
It is amusing to stand and watch the continuous stream of nibs rushing down, like hail in a storm, into the screw conveyor.
The cost of fine grinding is considerable, for whilst the first breaking down of the cacao nibs and sugar crystals is comparatively easy, it is found that as the particles of chocolate get finer the cost of further reduction increases by leaps and bounds.
Horn pens, tortoise-shell pens, nibs of diamond or ruby imbedded in tortoise shell, nibs of ruby set in fine gold, nibs of rhodium and of iridium imbedded in gold,-- all have been adopted at different times, but most of them have been found too costly for general adoption.
Bramah patented quill nibs made by splitting quills and cutting the semicylinders into sections which were shaped into pens and adapted to be placed in a holder.
These were, perhaps, the first nibs, the progenitors of a host of steel, gold, and other pens.
Hawkins and Mordan, in 1823, made nibs of horn and tortoise shell, instead of quill.