nib
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Montblanc’s craftsmen are rigorously trained; for example, learning how to grind a gold nib takes over six months.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
He bathes a nib in a bottle of blue-black ink and hands a fountain pen to a customer, who dashes off his signature.
From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023
Use the Speedball Lino, U nib for everything in between the outline.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022
After trimming the nib, the scribe would usually test the pen on a blank piece of parchment or flyleaf to make sure that his letters were legible.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2022
When I was fairly sure he was looking the other way, I put a hand in front of my mouth and whispered, ‘Dobson . Dobson . Could you lend me a nib?’
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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Vocabulary lists containing nib
100 SAT Words Beginning with "N"
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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Boy: Tales of Childhood
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