"Nibbed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of Anthony Wood's statement that the hint was derived from Dalgarno's book, {117} De Signis, 1661.[226] Hamilton (Discussions, Art. 5, "Dalgarno") does not say a word on this point, beyond quoting Wood; and Hamilton, though he did now and then write about his countrymen with a rough-nibbed pen, knew perfectly well how to protect ...
— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) • Augustus De Morgan
... evidently written in great haste, with the broad-nibbed pen he liked; but notwithstanding the sort of swagger with which the writing marched across the page, Lake might have seen here and there a little quaver—indicative of something different from haste—the vibrations ...
— Wylder's Hand • J. Sheridan Le Fanu |
