Webster's Dictionary 1913

1000

Nidorous

Ni″dor‐ous (?), a. [L. nidorosus steaming, reeking: cf. F. nidoreux. See Nidor.] Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter.

1001

Nidulant

Nid″u‐lant (?), a. [L. nidulans, p. pr.: cf. F. Nidulant.] 1. Nestling, as a bird in its nest.2. (Bot.) Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest.

1002

Nidulate

Nid″u‐late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Nidulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Nidulating.] [L. nidulari, fr. nidulus, dim. of nidus a nest.] To make a nest, as a bird. Cockeram.

1003

Nidulation

Nid′u‐la″tion (?), n. The time of remaining in the nest. Sir T. Browne.

1004

Nidulite

Nid″u‐lite (?), n. [L. nidulus a little nest.] (Paleon.) A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs.

1005

Nidus

‖Ni″dus (?), n.; pl.nidi (#). [L. See Nidi, Nest.] A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or t...

1006

Niece

Niece (?), n. [OE. nece, F. nièce, LL. neptia, for L. neptis a granddaughter, niece, akin to nepos. See Nephew.] 1. A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether mal...

1007

Nief

Nief (?), n. See Neif, the fist.

1008

Niellist

Ni‐el″list (?), n. One who practices the style of ornamentation called niello.

1009

Niello

Ni‐el″lo (?), n. [It. niello, LL. nigellum a black of blackish enamel, fr. L. nigellus, dim. of niger black. See Negro, and cf. Anneal.] 1. A metallic alloy of a deep black colo...

1010

Niello (2)

Ni‐el″lo (?), n. An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid.

1011

Niepce's process

Niep″ce's proc″ess (?). (Photog.) A process, now no longer used, invented by J. N. Niepce, a French chemist, in 1829. It depends upon the action of light in rendering a thin lay...

1012

Nifle

Ni″fle (nĭf″'l), n. A trifle. Chaucer.

1013

Niggard

Nig″gard (?), n. [Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hneáw.] A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow;...

1014

Niggard (2)

Nig″gard, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

1015

Niggard (3)

Nig″gard, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. Shak.

1016

Niggardise

Nig″gard‐ise (?), n. Niggardliness. Spenser.

1017

Niggardish

Nig″gard‐ish, a. Somewhat niggard.

1018

Niggardliness

Nig″gard‐li‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.Niggardliness is not good husbandry. Addison.

1019

Niggardly

Nig″gard‐ly, a. Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. ...

1020

Niggardly (2)

Nig″gard‐ly, adv. In a niggard manner.

1021

Niggardness

Nig″gard‐ness, n. Niggardliness. Sir P. Sidney.

1022

Niggardous

Nig″gard‐ous (?), a. Niggardly.Covetous gathering and niggardous keeping. Sir T. More.

1023

Niggardship

Nig″gard‐ship, n. Niggardliness. Sir T. Elyot.

1024

Niggardy

Nig″gard‐y (?), n. Niggardliness. Chaucer.

1025

Nigged

Nigged (nĭgd), n. [Prov. E. nig to clip money.] (Masonry) Hammer-dressed; — said of building stone.

1026

Nigger

Nig″ger (?), n. A negro; — in vulgar derision or depreciation.