NIBBING
NIB
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
nibbing
present participle of nib
Source: Wiktionary
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