OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13609

nib

/nɪb/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
plumín
The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
Ford, whose often acid nib belied a deep love of all things Iberian, is one of 20 British authors profiled in a new Spanish book[…].
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.
pico
A bird's beak.
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