Found 4 items, similar to Nib.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: nib
ujung pena
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: nib
memperuncing, ujung pena
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nib
nib
n 1: the writing point of a pen [syn:
pen nib]
2: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn:
beak,
bill,
neb,
pecker]
[also:
nibbing,
nibbed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nib
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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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. (Zo["o]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.
[PJC]
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.]
[PJC]