Webster's Dictionary 1828

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NIGHTLY

NIGHTLY, adjective1. Done by night; happening in the night, or appearing in the night; as nightly sports; nightly dews.2. Done every night. The watch goes his nightly round.NIGH...

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NIGHTMAR

NIGHTMAR, noun Incubus; a sensation in sleep resembling the pressure of a weight on the breast or about the praecordia. It is usually the effect of indigestion or of a loaded st...

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NIGHTSHADE

NIGHTSHADE, noun A plant of the genus Solanum. The deadly nightshade is of the genus Atropa; the American nightshade of the genus Phytolacea; the bastard nightshade of the genus...

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NIGHTWARD

NIGHTWARD, adjective Approaching towards night.

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NIGRESCENT

NIGRES'CENT, adjective [Latin to grow black.] Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.

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NIGRIN

NIG'RIN, noun An ore of titanium, found in black grains or rolled pieces.

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NIGRINE

NIG'RINE, noun An ore of titanium, found in black grains or rolled pieces.

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NIHILITY

NIHIL'ITY, noun Nothingness; a state of being nothing.

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NILL

NILL, verb transitive Not to will; to refuse; to reject.NILL, verb intransitive To be unwilling.NILL, noun The shining sparks of brass in trying and melting the ore.

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NILOMETER

NILOM'ETER, noun An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during the flood.

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NIM

NIM, verb transitive To take; to steal; to filch.

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NIMBLE

NIM'BLE, adjective Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift. It is applied chiefly to motions of the feet and hands, sometimes to other things; as...

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NIMBLE-FOOTED

NIM'BLE-FOOTED, adjective Running with speed; light of foot.

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NIMBLE-WITTED

NIM'BLE-WITTED, adjective Quick; ready to speak.

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NIMBLENESS

NIM'BLENESS, noun Lightness and agility in motion; quickness; celerity; speed; swiftness. It implies lightness and springiness.The stag thought it better to trust to the nimblen...

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NIMBLESS

NIM'BLESS, noun Nimbleness.

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NIMBLY

NIM'BLY, adverb With agility; with light, quick motion.He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber.

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NIMIETY

NIM'IETY, noun The state of being too much. [Not in use.]

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NIMMER

NIM'MER, noun A thief. [Not in use.]

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NINCOMPOOP

NIN'COMPOOP, noun [said to be a corruption of Latin non compos, not of sound mind.] A fool; a blockhead; a trifling dotard. [A low word.]

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NINE

NINE, adjective Denoting the number composed of eight and one; as nine men; nine days.NINE, noun The number composed of eight and one; or the number less by a unit than ten; thr...

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NINE-FOLD

NI'NE-FOLD, adjective Nine times repeated.

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NINE-HOLES

NI'NE-HOLES, n A game in which holes are made in the ground, into which a pellet is to be bowled.

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NINE-PENCE

NI'NE-PENCE, noun A silver coin of the value of nine pence.

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NINE-PINS

NI'NE-PINS, noun A play with nine pins or sharpened pieces of wood set on end, at which a bowl is rolled for throwing them down. We say, to play at nine-pins or a game at nine-pins

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NINE-SCORE

NI'NE-SCORE, noun The number of nine times twenty.

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NINETEEN

NI'NETEEN, adjective Noting the number of nine and ten united; as nineteen years.