Webster's Dictionary 1828

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NIFLE

NIFLE, noun A trifle.

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NIGGARD

NIGGARD, noun [straight, narrow; to haggle, to be sordidly parsimonious; exhibiting analogies similar to those of wretch, wreck and haggle.] A miser; a person meanly close and c...

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NIGGARDISE

NIGGARDISE, noun Niggardliness. [Not in use.]

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NIGGARDISH

NIGGARDISH, adjective Somewhat covetous or niggardly.

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NIGGARDLINESS

NIGGARDLINESS, noun Mean covetousness; sordid parsimony; extreme avarice manifested in sparing expense.NIGGARDLINESS is not good husbandry.

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NIGGARDLY

NIGGARDLY, adjective1. Meanly covetous or avaricious; sordidly parsimonious; extremely sparing of expense.Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the stewa...

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NIGGARDNESS

NIGGARDNESS, noun Niggardliness. [Not used.]

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NIGGARDY

NIGGARDY, noun Niggardliness. [Not used.]

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NIGGLE

NIGGLE, verb transitive and I. To mock; to trifle with. [Not in use.]

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NIGH

NIGH, adjective [G. A preposition signifying to, on or after, that is, approaching, pressing on, making towards; strait, narrow.]1. Near; not distant or remote in place or time....

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NIGHLY

NIGHLY, adverb Nearly; within a little.A cube and a sphere nighly of the same bigness. [Not used.]

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NIGHNESS

NIGHNESS, noun Nearness; proximity in place, time or degree.

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NIGHT

NIGHT, noun [The sense may be dark, black, or it may be the decline of the day, from declining, departing.]1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, o...

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NIGHT-ANGLING

NIGHT-ANGLING, noun The angling for or catching fish in the night.

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NIGHT-BIRD

NIGHT-BIRD, noun A bird that flies only in the night.

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NIGHT-BORN

NIGHT-BORN, adjective Produced in darkness.

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NIGHT-BRAWLER

NIGHT-BRAWLER, noun One who excites brawls or makes a tumult at night.

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NIGHT-CAP

NIGHT-CAP, noun A cap worn in bed or in undress.

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NIGHT-CROW

NIGHT-CROW, noun A fowl that cries in the night.

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NIGHT-DEW

NIGHT-DEW, noun The dew formed in the night.

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NIGHT-DOG

NIGHT-DOG, noun A dog that hunts in the night; used by deer-stealers.

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NIGHT-DRESS

NIGHT-DRESS, noun A dress worn at night.

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NIGHT-FARING

NIGHT-FARING, adjective Traveling in the night.

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NIGHT-FIRE

NIGHT-FIRE, noun1. Ignis fatuus; Will with a wisp; Jack with a lantern.2. Fire burning in the night.

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NIGHT-FLY

NIGHT-FLY, noun An insect that flies in the night.

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NIGHT-FOUNDED

NIGHT-FOUNDED, adjective Lost or distressed in the night.

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NIGHT-GOWN

NIGHT-GOWN, noun A loose gown used for undress.