Nip
Nip (?), n. [LG. & D. nippen to sip; akin to Dan. nippe, G. nippen.] A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
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Nip (2)
Nip, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nipped (?), less properly Nipt; p. pr. & vb. n.Nipping (?).] [OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to pinch...
Nip (3)
Nip, n. 1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.2. A pinch with the nails or teeth.3. A small cut, or a cutting off the e...
Nipper
Nip″per (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, nips.2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.3. A satirist. Ascham.4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.5. (Zoöl...
Nipperkin
Nip″per‐kin, n. [See 1st Nip.] A small cup.
Nippers
Nip″pers (?), n. pl. [From 2d Nip.] 1. Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.2. (Mach.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying i...
Nipping
Nip″ping (?), a. Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.
Nippingly
Nip″ping‐ly, adv. In a nipping manner.
Nippitate
Nip″pi‐tate (?), a. [Cf. 1st Nip.] Peculiarly strong and good; — said of ale or liquor.'T will make a cup of wine taste nippitate. Chapman.
Nippitato
Nip′pi‐ta″to (?), n. Strong liquor. Beau. & Fl.
Nipple
Nip″ple (?), n. [Formerly neble, a dim. of neb. See Neb, Nib.] 1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.2. T...
Nipplewort
Nip″ple‐wort′ (nĭp″p'l‐wûrt′), n.(Bot.) A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; — called also doc...
Nirvana
‖Nir‐va″na (?), n. [Skr. nirvāṇa.] In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from th...
Nis
Nis (?). [From ne is.] Is not. Chaucer.
Nisan
‖Ni″san (?), n. [Heb. nīsān.] The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See Abib.
Nisey
Ni″sey (?), n.; pl.Nyseys. A simpleton.
Nisi
‖Ni″si (?), conj. Unless; if not.☞ In legal proceedings, this word is used to indicate that any order, etc., shall take effect at a given time, unless before that time the order...
Niste
Nis″te (?). [Contr. from ne wiste.] Wist not; knew not. Chaucer.
Nisus
‖Ni″sus (?), n. [L., fr. niti, p. p. nisus, to strive.] A striving; an effort; a conatus.A nisus or energizing towards a presented object. Hickok.
Nisus (2)
‖Ni″sus (?), n.(Physiol.) (a) The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc. (b) The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate fece...
Nit
Nit (nĭt), n. [AS. hnitu; akin to D. neet, G. niss, OHG. niz; cf. Gr. κονίσ, κονίδοσ, Icel. gnit, Sw. gnet, Dan. gnid, Russ. & Pol. gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.] (Zoöl.) The eg...
Nitency
Ni″ten‐cy (?), n. [L. nitens, p. pr. of nitere to shine.] Brightness; luster.
Nitency (2)
Ni″ten‐cy, n. [From L. nitens, p. pr. of niti to strive.] Endeavor; effort; tendency. Boyle.
Niter
{ Ni″ter, Ni″tre } (?), n. [F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron, Gr. �; cf. Ar. nitūn, natrūn natron. Cf. Natron.] 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potas...
Nithing
Nith″ing (?), n. See Niding.
Nitid
Nit″id (?), a. [L. nitidus, fr. nitere. See 3d Neat.] 1. Bright; lustrous; shining. Boyle.2. Gay; spruce; fine; — said of persons. T. Reeve.
Nitranilic
Ni′tra‐nil″ic (?), a. [Nitro- + chloranil + -ic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid produced as a white crystalline substance by the action of ni...