Knib

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of nib. alt-of, obsolete

    "For the Round Hand and Round Text, the Pen must be knibb'd even and square, and the Slit so long (yet the Point so strong) as on the least Pressure the Stroke may enlarge and display, or return to itself; the Knib being the Width of the Body-stroke of your Writing."

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"For the Round Hand and Round Text, the Pen must be knibb'd even and square, and the Slit so long (yet the Point so strong) as on the least Pressure the Stroke may enlarge and display, or return to itself; the Knib being the Width of the Body-stroke of your Writing."

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