nib

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.

   • Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them.
   • Ford, whose often acid nib belied a deep love of all things Iberian, is one of 20 British authors profiled in a new Spanish book[…].
2. 2

   A bird's beak.

3. 3

   Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or…

   Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.

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   1. 4

      A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.

   2. 5

      A small and pointed thing or part

      A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.

      • the little nib or fructifying principle
   3. 6

      One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.

   4. 7

      The shaft of a wagon.

   5. 8

      To fit (a pen) with a nib.

   6. 9

      Initialism of newly initiated brother.

   7. 10

      sodium-ion battery

      sodium-ion battery; Abbreviation of Na-ion battery (Na is the chemical symbol for sodium.)

   8. 11

      Abbreviation of new in box

      Abbreviation of new in box: Of a product that is the subject of a consumer sale: new and still in its original packaging; not used.

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