An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 576

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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._

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