An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 576

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 576


_To_ NICK, _v. n._ To drink heartily, S. B.


_To_ NICKER, _v. n._


V. ~Nicher~.


NICKSTICK, _s._ A tally, S.


_Trans. Antiq. Soc._


S. _nick_, a notch, and _stick_.


NICKET, _s._ A small notch.


_Gl. Sibb._


NICK-NACK, _s._


1. A gim-crack, S.


2. Small wares, S. B.


_Morison._


NICNEVEN, _s._ The Scottish Hecate or mother-witch.


_Montgomerie._


_To_ NIDDER, NITHER, _v. a._


1. To depress, S.


_Ross._


2. To straiten; applied to bounds.


_Douglas._


3. _Niddered_, pinched with cold, Ang. Loth.


4. Pinched with hunger, S.


5. Stunted in growth, S. A.


_Gl. Sibb._


6. Plagued, warmly handled, S. B.


_Gl. Shirr._


Su. G. _nedr-as_, _nidr-as_, deprimi; Teut. _ver-nedr-en_, id.


_To_ NIDDLE, _v. n._


1. To trifle with the fingers, S.


2. To be busily engaged with the fingers, without making progress, S.


Isl. _hnudl-a_, digitis prensare.


NIEVE, _s._ The fist, S.


V. ~Neive~.


_To_ NIFFER, _v. a._


V. ~Neive~.


NIFFNAFFS, (p.r.o.n. _nyiffnyaffs_), _s. pl._


1. Small articles of little value, S.


2. Denoting a silly peculiarity of temper, displayed by attention to trifles, S.


Fr. _nipes_, trifles, Sw. _nipp_, id.


_To_ ~Nifnaff~, _v. n._ To trifle, to speak or act in a silly way, S.


_Ramsay._


_To_ NIGHT, _v. n._ To lodge during night.


Isl. _natt-a_, pernoctare.


_Spalding._







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