Nib

nib, n. Something small and pointed; a prong; esp. the bill or beak of a bird, or point of a pen. — v. t. To furnish with a nib; to point; to cut off the point of.— Nip'ple, -pi, n. The protuberance on the breast of females from which milk is drawn; a teat, pap; any small projection having a perforation, as that part of a gun-lock on which the cap is placed.