4 definitions found
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[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.
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. ``The
little nib or fructifying principle.'' --Sir T. Browne.
2. (Zo["o]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.
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nib
n : horny projecting jaws of a bird [syn: {beak}, {bill}, {neb}]
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