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"ref": "1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Chapter 1",
"text": "Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them.",
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"word": "鋼筆尖"
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"sense": "tip of a pen",
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"word": "kynänkärki"
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"roman": "mýti pénas",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
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"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "जीभी"
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"lang": "Irish",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
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"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "ペン先"
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cong",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "ចុង"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "penchok kkeut",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "펜촉 끝"
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"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "rakstāmspalva"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
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"word": "plunksna"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "mata tuhi"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
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"word": "stalówka"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ponta"
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "peniță"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostrijó perá",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
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"word": "остриё пера́"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "шиљак"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
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"word": "šiljak"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
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"word": "plumín"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
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"word": "pennspets"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bplaai",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "ปลาย"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "kalem ucu"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
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"The bill or beak of a bird; the neb."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čovka",
"sense": "bill of a bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "човка"
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"sense": "bill of a bird",
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"sense": "bill of a bird",
"word": "nokaots"
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"sense": "bill of a bird",
"word": "nokka"
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"word": "becco"
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"sense": "bill of a bird",
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"word": "bico"
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"masculine"
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"word": "клюв"
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"word": "pico"
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"Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces."
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"A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean."
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"ref": "1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus",
"text": "the little nib or fructifying principle",
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"The shaft of a wagon."
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"ref": "1820, James Henry Lewis, The best method of pen-making",
"text": "In nibbing the pen, place the inside of the point flat upon the nail of your left-hand thumb (holding the quill between the first and second finger of that hand), and let the whole length of the split be extended thereon, to steady the pen as much as possible […]",
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{
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{
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}
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"ref": "1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Chapter 1",
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"The bill or beak of a bird; the neb."
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"neb",
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"glosses": [
"Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form imperfections in painted or varnished surfaces."
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{
"glosses": [
"A piece of a roasted, hulled cocoa bean."
],
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[
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]
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"ref": "1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus",
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[
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{
"glosses": [
"The shaft of a wagon."
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[
"shaft",
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[
"wagon",
"wagon"
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"sense": "handle projecting from a scythe snath",
"word": "thole"
},
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"tags": [
"obsolete"
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"word": "knib"
}
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "grčʿacayr",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "գրչածայր"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "lumatxo"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pisec",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "писец"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pero",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "перо"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plomí"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "鋼筆尖"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gāngbǐjiān",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "钢笔尖"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "筆尖"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐjiān",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "笔尖"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hrot"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pennespids"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penpunt"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "plumo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "kirjutussulg"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "kynänkärki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plume"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Federspitze"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mýti pénas",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μύτη πένας"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pénna",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πέννα"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "qat",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "क़त"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jībhī",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "जीभी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jībh",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "जीभ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍaṅk",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "डंक"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "tollhegy"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gob"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "punta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pennino"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pensaki",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "ペン先"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cong",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "ចុង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "penchok kkeut",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "펜촉 끝"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rakstāmspalva"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spalva"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plunksna"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "mata tuhi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pennesplitt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pennesplitt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stalówka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ponta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "peniță"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostrijó perá",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "остриё пера́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "шиљак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "šiljak"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hrot"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plumín"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pennspets"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bplaai",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "ปลาย"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"word": "kalem ucu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "tip of a pen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nib"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čovka",
"sense": "bill of a bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "човка"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "bill of a bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "bill of a bird",
"word": "nokaots"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bill of a bird",
"word": "nokka"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bill of a bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bec"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bill of a bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rostro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bill of a bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "becco"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "bill of a bird",
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"masculine",
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bill of a bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bico"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "bill of a bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клюв"
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"sense": "bill of a bird",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "pico"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bill of a bird",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "näbb"
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"singular",
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{
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{
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{
"ref": "1820, James Henry Lewis, The best method of pen-making",
"text": "In nibbing the pen, place the inside of the point flat upon the nail of your left-hand thumb (holding the quill between the first and second finger of that hand), and let the whole length of the split be extended thereon, to steady the pen as much as possible […]",
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"(transitive) To fit (a pen) with a nib."
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"transitive"
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fit with a nib",
"word": "osadit hrotem"
}
],
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