| nib | 1. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. "The little nib or fructifying principle." 2. <zoology> 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, the shaft of a wagon. Origin: A variabt of neb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| nibble | To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait. "Instead of returning a full answer to my book, he manifestly falls a-nibbling at one single passage." (Tillotson) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |