— niblike , adj.
/nib/ , n.
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. Metall.
a. a piece of sintered tungsten carbide used as a die for drawing wire or the like.
b. (in powder metallurgy) a compact at any stage of its manufacture.
[ 1575-85; perh. var. of NEB; cf. D nib, MLG nibbe (var. of nebbe ) beak, ON nibba sharp point. See NIBBLE ]