Webster's Dictionary 1828

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NICK

NICK, noun In the northern mythology, an evil spirit of the saters; hence the modern vulgar phrase, Old nick the evil one.NICK, noun [G. The nape; a continual nodding. The word ...

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NICKAR-TREE

NICKAR-TREE, noun A tree of the genus Guilandina, which grows in the western parts of the United States, and bears a nut of the size of a pignut.

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NICKEL

NICKEL, noun A metal of a white or reddish white color, of great hardness, very difficult to be purified, always magnetic, and when perfectly pure, malleable. It is generally ob...

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NICKELIC

NICKELIC, adjective The nickelic acid is a saturated combination of nickel and oxygen.

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NICKER

NICKER, noun One who watches for opportunities to pilfer or practice knavery.

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NICKNAME

NICKNAME, noun [G. To banter. Signifies to surname, to call by a name of reproach.] A name given in contempt, derision or reproach; an opprobrious appellation.NICKNAME, verb tra...

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NICKNAMED

NICKNAMED, participle passive Named in derision.

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NICKNAMING

NICKNAMING, participle present tense Calling by a name in contempt or derision.

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NICOLAITAN

NICOLAITAN, noun One of a sect in the ancient Christian church, so named from Nicolas, a deacon of the church of Jerusalem. They held that all married women should be common to ...

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NICOTIAN

NICOTIAN, adjective Pertaining to or denoting tobacco; and as a noun, tobacco; so called from Nicot, who first introduced it into France, adjective D. 1560.

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NICOTIN

NICOTIN, noun The peculiar principle in the leaves of tobacco; a colorless substance of an acrid taste. It is precipitated from its solution by the tincture of nutgalls.

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NICTATE

NICTATE, verb intransitive [Latin to wink.] To wink.

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NICTATING

NICTATING, participle present tense or adjective Winking. The nictitating membrane is a thin membrane that covers and protects the eyes of some animals, without entirely obstruc...

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NICTATION

NICTATION, noun The act of winking.

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NICTITATING

NICTITATING, participle present tense or adjective Winking. The nictitating membrane is a thin membrane that covers and protects the eyes of some animals, without entirely obstr...

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NIDE

NIDE, noun [Latin A nest.] A brood; as a nide of pheasants.

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NIDGET

NIDGET, noun A dastard. [Not in use.]

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NIDIFICATE

NIDIFICATE, verb intransitive [Latin A nest.] To make a nest.

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NIDIFICATION

NIDIFICATION, noun The act or operation of building a nest, and the hatching and feeding of young in the nest.

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NIDING

NIDING, noun A despicable coward; a dastard.

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NIDOR

NIDOR, noun Scent, savor.

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NIDOROSITY

NIDOROSITY, noun Eructation with the taste of undigested roast meat.

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NIDOROUS

NIDOROUS, adjective Resembling the smell or taste of roasted meat.

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NIDULANT

NIDULANT, adjective [Latin Nest.] In botany, nestling; lying loose in pulp or cotton, within a berry or pericarp.

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NIDULATION

NIDULATION, noun The time of remaining in the nest; as of a bird.

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NIDUS

NIDUS, noun [Latin] A nest; a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.

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NIECE

NIECE, noun The daughter of a brother or sister.