n.
  - the pointed end part of a pen, which distributes the ink. 
▸a pointed or projecting part of an object.
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(nibs)
 shelled and crushed coffee or cocoa beans.
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  C16 (in the sense ‘beak, nose’): prob. from MDu. nib or Mid. Low Ger. nibbe, var. of nebbe (see neb).