An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 577
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 577
NIGNAYES, NIGNYES, _s. pl._
1. Gim-cracks, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Whims, peculiarities of temper or conduct, S.
_Cleland._
NYKIS, _3. p. pres. v._
_Gawan and Gol._
Perhaps allied to Su. G. _nek-a_, to deny.
NILD, L. _could_.
_Maitland Poems._
NYMNES, _s._ Neatness.
_Burel._
_To_ NIP, NIP _up_, or _awa_, _v. a._ To carry off cleverly by theft, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _knippe_, raptim moto.
~Nip~, ~Nimp~, _s._ A small bit of anything, S.
Su. G. _nypa_, id.
~Nip~, _s._ A bite, a term used in fishing, S.
~Nipcaik~, _s._ One who eats delicate food clandestinely, S.
_Dunbar._
~Nippit~, _adj._
1. n.i.g.g.ardly, S.
Su. G. _napp_, Isl. _hnepp-er_, arctus.
2. Scanty in any respect, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Niplug~, _s._ _To be at niplug_, to quarrel, S.
NIPSHOT, _s._ _To play nipshot_, to give the slip.
_Baillie._
Perhaps, q. to _nip_ ones _shot_.
V. ~Shot~.
NIRL, _s._
1. A crumb, S.
2. A small knot, S. B.
3. A puny dwarfish person, S. B.
Teut. _knorre_, tuber, E. _knurle_.
~Nirled~, _adj._ Stunted; applied to trees, Loth.
NIRLES, _s. pl._ A species of measles, S. which has no appropriate name in E.
_Montgomerie._
NISBIT, _s._ The iron that pa.s.ses across the nose of a horse, and joins the _branks_ together, Ang.
From _neis_, nose, and _bit_.
_To_ NYTE, _v. n._ To deny.
_Douglas._
Isl. _neit-a_, Dan. _naegt-er_, id.
_To_ NYTE, _v. a._ To strike smartly.
V. ~Knoit~.