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Definition of Nibbed
1. Adjective. (used of pens) having a writing point or nib especially of a certain kind. "A broad-nibbed pen"
Definition of Nibbed
1. a. Having a nib or point.
Definition of Nibbed
1. Adjective. having a nib or point ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nibbed
1. nib [v] - See also: nib
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nibbed
Literary usage of Nibbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Canada, and the United States, in 1816 and 1817 by Francis Hall (1818)
"Mr. Wilson recommends a strong solution of arsenic to be nibbed within side, and
a little powdered arsenic to be sprinkled outwardly, with camphor in the ..."
2. Citation and examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby by Walter Savage Landor (1834)
"I might, indeed, write unto him : but our Warwickshire pens are mighty broad-
nibbed ; and there is a something in this plaguy ink of ours sadly ropy ..."
3. Abridged therapeutics, founded upon histology & cellular pathology by Wilhelm Heinrich Schüssler (1886)
"StA, *if, from cold, requires this remedy internally, also some dissolved in hot
water, and steadily nibbed into the part. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1830)
"It is known, moreover, that, when two electrics are nibbed against one another,
... Thus, when glass is nibbed by silk or flannel, just as much resinous ..."
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