Definition of "niblike"

niblike¹

adjective
comparative more niblike, superlative most niblike
1. Resembling or characteristic of the nib of a pen.
  Quotations
  Tubular awls with niblike points (like a pen point) and made from bird bones or the leg bones of certain small mammals
  1920, Bulletin, numbers 235-236, page 354

niblike²

adjective
comparative more niblike, superlative most niblike
1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Gentlemanly.
  Quotations
  All my togs were so niblike and splash
  1878, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood, page 201