NIB
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Nib (nĭb), 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.
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2. (Zo&ö;l.) The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
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3. The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.
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4. One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.
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5. pl. See his nibs, below.
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his nibs Someone who gives a command or makes a demand, often one who acts in a self-important manner, sometimes one with authority; -- used mockingly as a jocose term, as if a title of honor, but not usually in the presence of the person referred to, and usually indicating resentment or contempt. [Colloq.]
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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.
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