Associations to the word «Nib»

Wiktionary

NIB, noun. The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
NIB, noun. The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.
NIB, noun. Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
NIB, noun. A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
NIB, noun. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
NIB, noun. One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
NIB, noun. The shaft of a wagon.

Dictionary definition

NIB, noun. The writing point of a pen.
NIB, noun. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne