Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nib"
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) 1.7 (wn)
nib
n : horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: {beak}, {bill}, {neb},
{pecker}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.