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NEIDFORSE, _s._ Necessity.
_Compl. S._
Q. the _necessity_ arising from _force_.
NEIDLINGIS, _adv._ Of necessity.
_Doug._
_To_ NEIDNAIL, _v. a._
1. To fasten by clinched nails, S.
2. A window is _neidnail'd_, when so fastened with nails in the inside, that the sash cannot be lifted up, S.
Sw. _net-nagla_, to rivet; from _naed-a_, to clinch, and _nagla_, a nail.
NEIGRE, _s._ A term of reproach, S. borrowed from Fr. _negre_, a negro.
NEIPCE, NECE, _s._ A grand-daughter.
Lat. _neptis_, id.
_Skene._
NEIPER, _s._ Corr. of E. _neighbour_, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ NEIR, NERE, _v. a._ To approach.
_Douglas._
Germ. _naher-n_, propinquare.
NEIRS, NERES, _s. pl._ The kidneys, S.
_Lyndsay._
Isl. _nyra_, Su. G. _niure_, Teut. _niere_, ren.
NEIS, NES, _s._ The nose, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _naese_, _nese_, Su. G. _naesa_, id.
~Neis-thyrle~, ~Nes-thryll~, s. Nostril, S.
A. S. _naes-thyrlu_.
_Douglas._
NEIST, NAYST, NEST, NIEST, _adj._ Nearest, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _neahst_, Su. G. Dan. _naest_, id.
~Neyst~, _prep._ Next.
_Wyntown._
~Neist~, _adv._ Next, S.
_Ramsay._
NEIVE, NEIF, _s._
1. The fist, S.; pl. _neiffis_, _nevys_, _newys_, _newffys_.
_Douglas._
_To fald the nieve_, to clinch the fist, S.
2. _Hand to nieve_, hand and glove, S.
_R. Galloway._
Isl. _nefi_, _knefe_, Su. G. _knaef_, _naefwe_, id.
~Nievefu'~, ~Neffow~, _s._ A handful, S.
Su. G. _naefwe full_, id.
_Burns._
