Nib

Definitions

1. The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
2. Initialism of newly initiated brother.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
3. A bird's beak.
   dialectal
4. sodium-ion battery; Abbreviation of Na-ion battery (Na is the chemical symbol for sodium.)
   abbreviation, alt-of
5. Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces.
6. A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean.
7. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
8. One of the handles projecting from a scythe snath.
9. The shaft of a wagon.

Equivalents

Examples

“Slowly welling from the point⟳ of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop⟳; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them.”

“Ford, whose often acid nib belied a deep love⟳ of all things Iberian, is one of 20 British authors profiled in a new Spanish book[…].”

“the little nib or fructifying principle”

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