NIBBED

nibbed

(adjective) (used of pens) having a writing point or nib especially of a certain kind; “a broad-nibbed pen”

NIB

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nibbed (comparative more nibbed, superlative most nibbed)

Having a nib or point.

(philately) Of a stamp: having the nib of its perforation removed or damaged.

Anagrams

• Dibben

Source: Wiktionary


Nibbed, a.

Definition: Having a nib or point.

NIB

Nib, n. Etym: [A variabt of neb.]

1. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. "The little nib or fructifying principle." Sir T. Browne.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

3. The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.

4. One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.

Nib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nebbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nibbing.]

Definition: To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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