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nib

1. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. The little nib or fructifying principle.

2. (Science: zoology) 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, the shaft of a wagon.

Origin: A variabt of neb.