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nib

 

  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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