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Nib \Nib\ (n[i^]b), 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. (Zool.) 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 \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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Neb \Neb\ (n[e^]b), n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb,
Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. naeb beak, bill, Sw.
n[aum]bb, n[aum]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.
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