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nib
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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 ...
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.