Nicked (imp. & p. p.) of Nick
Nicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nick
Nick (v. t.) To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc.
Nick (v. t.) To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in.
Nick (v. t.) To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
Nick (v. t.) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
Nick (v. t.) To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher).
Nick (v. t.) To nickname; to style.
Nickar nut () Alt. of Nickar tree
Nickar tree () Same as Nicker nut, Nicker tree.
Nickel (n.) A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.6.
Nickel (n.) A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece.
Nickelic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the nickelous compounds, the metal has a higher valence; as nickelic oxide.
Nickeliferous (a.) Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron.
Nickeline (n.) An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver.
Nickeline (n.) Niccolite.
Nickelous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the nickelic compounds, the metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide.
Nicker (v. t.) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.
Nicker (v. t.) The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
Nicker nut () A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray.
Nicker tree () The plant producing nicker nuts.
Nicking (v. t.) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
Nicking (v. t.) Small coal produced in making the nicking.
Nickle (n.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker.
Nicknack (n.) See Knickknack.
Nicknackery (n.) See Knickknackery.
Nickname (n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
Nicknamed (imp. & p. p.) of Nickname
Nicknaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nickname
Nickname (v. t.) To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
Nicolaitan (n.) One of certain corrupt persons in the early church at Ephesus, who are censured in rev. ii. 6, 15.
Nicotian (n.) Tobacco.
Nicotian (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco.
Nicotiana (n.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco.
Nicotianine (n.) A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor.
Nicotic (a.) Nicotinic.
Nicotidine (n.) A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, and obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridine group.
Nicotine (n.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous.
Nicotinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid.
Nictate (v. i.) To wink; to nictitate.
Nictation (n.) the act of winking; nictitation.
Nictitate (v. i.) To wink; to nictate.
Nictitation (n.) The act of winking.
Nidamental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.
Nidary (n.) A collection of nests.
Nide (n.) A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants.
Nidering (a.) Infamous; dastardly.
Nidgery (n.) A trifle; a piece of foolery.
Nidget (n.) A fool; an idiot, a coward.
Nidificated (imp. & p. p.) of Nidificate
Nidificating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nidificate
Nidificate (v. i.) To make a nest.
Nidification (n.) The act or process of building a nest.
Niding (n.) A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium.
Nidor (n.) Scent or savor of meat or food, cooked or cooking.
Nidorose (a.) Nidorous.
Nidorous (a.) Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter.
Nidulant (a.) Nestling, as a bird in itss nest.
Nidulant (a.) Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest.
Nidulated (imp. & p. p.) of Nidulate
Nidulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nidulate
Nidulate (v. i.) To make a nest, as a bird.
Nidulation (n.) The time of remaining in the nest.
Nidulite (n.) A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs.
nidi (pl. ) of Nidus
Nidus (n.) A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed.
Niece (n.) A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson.
Niece (n.) A daughter of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
Nief (n.) See Neif, the fist.
Niellist (n.) One who practices the style of ornamentation called niello.
Niello (n.) A metallic alloy of a deep black color.
Niello (n.) The art, process, or method of decorating metal with incised designs filled with the black alloy.
Niello (n.) A piece of metal, or any other object, so decorated.
Niello (n.) An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or metal plate.
Nifle (n.) A trifle.
Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.
Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Niggard (v. t. & i.) To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.
Niggardise (n.) Niggardliness.
Niggardish (a.) Somewhat niggard.
Niggardliness (n.) The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.
Niggardly (a.) Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.
Niggardly (adv.) In a niggard manner.
Niggardness (n.) Niggardliness.
Niggardous (a.) Niggardly.
Niggardship (n.) Niggardliness.
Niggardy (n.) Niggardliness.
nigged (n.) Hammer-dressed; -- said of building stone.
Nigger (n.) A negro; -- in vulgar derision or depreciation.
Niggish (a.) Niggardly.
Niggled (imp. & p. p.) of Niggle
Niggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Niggle
Niggle (v. t.) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
Niggle (v. t.) To trifle or play.
Niggle (v. t.) To act or walk mincingly.
Niggle (v. t.) To fret and snarl about trifles.
Niggler (n.) One who niggles.
Nigh (superl.) Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
Nigh (superl.) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
Nigh (a.) In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.