Nib

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

II. Nib ·noun A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.

III. Nib ·noun One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.

IV. Nib ·vt To furnish with a nib; to Point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.

V. Nib ·noun The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.