NIB


Meaning of NIB in English

/ nɪb; NAmE / noun

the metal point of a pen

—picture at fountain pen

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent. (in the sense beak, nose ): probably from Middle Dutch nib or Middle Low German nibbe , variant of nebbe beak.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.