Nib /(nĭb)/

Nib

n.
  1. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
  2. The bill or beak of a bird; the neb. (Zool.)
  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; [Prov. Eng.]
  5. See his nibs, below.

Phrases & Compounds
his nibs
Someone who gives a command or makes a demand, often one who acts in a self-important manner, sometimes one with authority; -- used mockingly as a jocose term, as if a title of honor, but not usually in the presence of the person referred to, and usually indicating resentment or contempt.

Nib

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Nebbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nibbing

  1. To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.