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▪ I. ˈnibby, n. Sc.
[f. nib n.1 3.]
A staff with a hook at the end. Also nibby staff.
1812Glass Cal. Parnassus 53 (E.D.D.), By help o' their nibbies they fittet it weel. 1866Carlyle Remin. (1881) II. 260 Leaning on her nibby staff (a fine hazel, cut and polished from the Drumlanrig woods). 1886J. Russell Remin. Yarrow vi. 170 Two or three shepherds..had to use their nibbies unmercifully.
▪ II. ˈnibby, a. rare—1.
[f. nib n.1 6.]
Of wool, etc.: Full of nibs or knots.
1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 378/2 The ‘noil’..is valuable to the woollen cloth-maker.., but it is often very nibby and difficult to card. |