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nib Noun the writing point of a pen [origin unknown]
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Translations n nib [nib] (alsoˈpen-nib) the pointed, metal part of a fountain-pen or other pen from which the ink flows. penpunt رأس قَلَم الحِبْر писец pero (do násadky) pennespids die Schreibfeder μύτη πένας plumilla, punta sulg سرقلم terä (bec de) plume חוד עֵט कलम की नोक šiljak pera tollhegy ujung fulpen pennaoddur pennino ペン先 펜촉, 펜의 끝 부분 galiukas, plunksna rakstāmspalva mata pen pen pennesplitt/-spiss stalówka bico peniţă (металлическое) перо hrot (plniaceho pera) konica peresa vrh pera spets ปลาย uç, mürekkepli kalem ucu 鋼筆尖 кінчик نِب، قلم کا وہ نوکيلا حصہ جہاں سے روشنائي نکلتي ہے đầu ngòi bút 钢笔尖 -nibbed a fine-nibbed pen. punt ذو رأسٍ مُسْتَدِق с някакъв край s ... perem -spidset -spitzig ξυσμένος de punta... sulega نوک دار kärkinen à plume (...) מְחוּדַד निब metalno pero hegyű berujung -yddur, með (fínum) oddi dalla punta (...) ―ペン先の 「펜촉이 ...한」이란 뜻의 연결형 smailu galiuku, plunksninis spalvu saturošs bermata met... punt med (...) pennesplitt o ... stalówce de bico (fino, etc) cu peniţă (...) пером s (...) perom priostren sa vrhom med ... spets ปลายปากกา ...uçlu 修尖的 загострений نِب والي có ngòi 修尖的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| You had to push your nib with the finger-nail so as to get the point of it over your opponent's, while he manoeuvred to prevent this and to get the point of his nib over the back of yours; when this result was achieved you breathed on the ball of your thumb, pressed it hard on the two nibs, and if you were able then to lift them without dropping either, both nibs became yours. Roker, giving the nib of his pen a tap on the desk to cure it of a disinclination to mark. said Faria, showing to the young man a slender stick about six inches long, and much resembling the size of the handle of a fine painting-brush, to the end of which was tied, by a piece of thread, one of those cartilages of which the abbe had before spoken to Dantes; it was pointed, and divided at the nib like an ordinary pen. |
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