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).
