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_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. s.h.i.+rr._
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._
