nib

noun

1. the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
2. a penpoint for insertion into a penholder.
3. a point of anything: a cutting tool with a diamond nib.
4. a bill or beak, as of a bird; neb.
5. any pointed extremity.
6. Metallurgy.
   1. a piece of sintered tungsten carbide used as a die for drawing wire or the like.
   2. (in powder metallurgy) a compact at any stage of its manufacture.

noun

1. his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical: His nibs wants fresh strawberries in December.

noun

1. the writing point of a pen, esp an insertable tapered metal part with a split tip
2. a point, tip, or beak
3. (plural) crushed cocoa beans

verb nibs, nibbing or nibbed (tr)

4. to provide with a nib
5. to prepare or sharpen the nib of

noun

1. his nibs (functioning as singular) slang a mock title used of someone in authority

n.1580s, “beak or bill of a bird,” Scottish variant of Old English neb (see neb). Meaning “point” (of a pen or quill) first recorded 1610s. n.especially in His Nibs “boss, employer, self-important person,” 1821, of unknown origin; perhaps a variant of nob “person of high position.” n.

1. The smooth or serrated portion of a dental instrument that comes into contact with restorative material being condensed.