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negative direction NAYWORD, sub. a byword; a watchword, word of intelligence. NEAF, sub. a fist NEAR, adj. nearer NEAR-LEGGED, adj. knock-kneed NEAT, adj. foppish NEB, sub. bill or beak NECESSITIED, pt. p. so poor as to urgently need NEEDFUL, adj. wanting supplies NEELLY, adj. absolutely NEELD, sub. needle NEEZE, v. i. to sneeze NEIF, sub. a fist NEPHEW, sub. grandchild NETHBR-STOCKS.sub. stockings NICE, adj. scrupulous; trivial,; 'makes nice of no vile hold'= is not prudish with respect of NICENESS, NICETY, sub NICHOLAS' CLERKS, ST., highwaymen NIECE, sub. granddaughter NIGHT-CROW, sub. the night-heron, Ardea nycticorax, or according to some, the owl; according to others, the night-jar NIGHTED, adj. dark NIGHT-RULE, sub. revelry, nightly diversion NILL, will not NINE-FOLD, sub. explained 'nine foals,' or 'nine familiars,' NINE MEN'S MORRIS, a sort of game played with stones on figures cut in the green turf' Morris' may be a corruption of merrils [Fr. merelles]. 'Lejeu des merelles, the boyish game called merrils, or "five penny morris," played here most commonly with stones, but in France with pawns, ...and termed merelles.'—Cotgrave, Fr. Dic. NINNY, sub. a fool NOD, GIVE YOU THE, a term in the game of cards called 'Noddy,' NODDY, sub. a simpleton NOISE, sub. music; a company of musicians NOOK-SHOTTEN, adj. shooting out into capes and necks of land, or perhaps thrust into a corner apart from the rest of the world NOTE, sub. stigma, mark of reproach NOTED, pt .p. marked with a stigma, disgraced NOUSLE, v. t. to nourish delicately NOVUM, sub. a game of dice NOWL, sub. the head NUMBERED, part. adj. having full numbers, richly stored with NUTHOOK, sub. a catchpole NUZZLING, pr. p. nosing |