The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them.
Initialism of newly initiated brother.
To fit (a pen) with a nib.
In nibbing the pen, place the inside of the point flat upon the nail of your left-hand thumb (holding the quill between the first and second finger of that hand), and let the whole length of the split be extended thereon, to steady the pen as much as possible […]
Abbreviation of new in box: Of a product that is the subject of a consumer sale: new and still in its original packaging; not used.
From a variant of neb, perhaps due to association with nibble.
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