n. The beak or bill, as of a bird; neb.n. The point of anything, as the pointed end of a pen or the extremity or toe of a crowbar.n. A small pen of the usual form for insertion in a penholder.n. The handle of a scythesnath, to which it is attached by a sliding ring that can be tightened by a bolt or wedge.n. A separate adjustable limb of a permutation-key.n. In the picker of a loom fitted with a drop-box for carrying two or more shuttles, a projection from the back side of the picker, working in a groove or guide-way, and coöperating with the pickerspindle to reduce friction and cause the picker to strike squarely against the end of the shuttle.n. See coffee-nib and cacao.To furnish with a nib or point; mend or trim the nib of, as a pen.To nibble.n. The tip or growing point of an oyster-shell.n. The button or nodule of graphitic carbon which is sometimes deposited upon the negative terminal by an electric arc between carbon poles.