\Nib\, n. [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. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.]
To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to
nib a pen.