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nib / nib/ • n. 1. the pointed end part of a pen, which distributes the ink on the writing surface. ∎ a pointed or projecting part of an object.2. (nibs) shelled and crushed coffee or cocoa beans. ∎ small pieces of caramel, licorice, or other sweets.
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nib (dial.) beak, bill XVI; pen-point; (pl.) short handles on the shaft of a scythe XVII; peak, tip XVIII; (pl.) small pieces into which cocoa-beans are crushed XIX. prob. — MDu. nib or MLG. nibbe, var. of nebbe beak, NEB.
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nib. Pointed extremity, e.g. the top of a steeply-pitched pyramidal finial, hence nib-stone.
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