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nib

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nib  (nb)
n.
1.
a. The sharpened point of a quill pen.
b. A tapered point of a pen, designed to be inserted into a penholder or fountain pen.
2. A sharp point or tip.
3. A bird's beak or bill.

[Alteration of neb.]

nib
Noun
the writing point of a pen [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nibnib - the writing point of a pen          
pen - a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
point - sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
2.nib - horny projecting mouth of a bird
bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
cere - the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds
mouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"
Translations
nib [nɪb] nplumilla

nib [nɪb] n [of pen] → (bec m de) plume f

nib [nɪb] nFeder f

nib [nɪb] n [of pen] → pennino

nib
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
-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


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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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