Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NEWSBOY, n.

A boy who carries and delivers news. Papers.

NEWS'MON-GER, n.

One that deals in news; one who employs much time in hearing and telling news. Arbuthnot.

NEWSPA-PER, n.

A sheet of paper printed and distributed for conveying news; a public plant that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public documents and the like.

NEWS-VEND-ER, n.

A seller of newspapers.

NEWT, n.

A small lizard; an eft. Encyc.

NEW-TO'NI-AN, a.

Pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or formed or discovered by him; as, the Newtonian philosophy or system.

NEW-TO'NI-AN, n.

A follower of Newton in philosophy.

NEW-YORK'ER, n.

A native of New-York.

NEXT, a. superl.

1. of nigh. [Sax. next or nexsta, from neh, neap, nigh; G. niichst; D. mast; Sw. nest; Dan. naes.]
2. Nearest in place; that has no object intervening between it and some other; immediately preceding, or preceding in order. We say, the next person before or after another. Her princely guest Was next her side, in order sat the rest. Dryden.
3. Nearest in time; as, the neat day or hour; the nest day before or after Easter.
4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right or relation; as, one man is next to another in excellence; one is next in kindred; one is next in rank or dignity. Assign the property to him who has the next claim.

NEXT, adv.

At the time or turn nearest or immediately succeeding. It is not material who follows next.

NI'AS,

for an eyas, a young hawk. B. Jonson.

NIB, n. [Sax. neb, nebb. See Neb, the same word differently written.]

1. The bill or beak of a fowl.
2. The point of any thing, particularly of a pen.

NIBBED, a.

Having a nib or point.

NIBBLE, n.

A little bite, or seizing to bite.

NIB'BLE, v.i.

1. To bite at; as, fishes Table at the bait. Grew.
2. To carp at; to find fault; to censure little faults. Instead of returning a full answer to my book, he manifestly nibbles at a single passage. Tillotson.

NIB'BLE, v.t. [from nib.]

1. To bite by little at a time; to eat slowly or in small bits. So sheep are said to nibble the grass. Shak.
2. To bite, as a fish does the bait; to carp at; just to catch by biting. Gay.

NIBBLER, n.

One that bites a little at a time; a carper.

NIB'BLING, ppr.

Biting in small bits; carping.

NIB'BLING-LY, adv.

In a nibbling manner.

NIC-A-RA-GUA-WOOD, n.

The wood of the Caesalpinia echinata, used in dyeing red. Ure.

NICE, a. [Sax. nese or hnesc; D. nesch, soft, tender; G. naschen, to eat dainties or sweetmeats; Dan. knaes, dainties.]

1. Properly, soft; whence, delicate; tender; dainty; sweet, or very pleasant to the taste; as, a nice bit; nice food.
2. Delicate; fine; applied to torture, composition or color; as, cloth of a nice texture; nice tints of color.
3. Accurate; exact; precise; as, nice proportions; nice symmetry; nice workmanship; nice rules.
4. Requiring scrupulous exactness; as, a nice point.
5. Perceiving the smallest difference; distinguishing accurately and minutely by perception; as, a person of nice taste; hence,
6. Perceiving accurately the smallest faults, errors or irregularities; distinguishing and judging with exactness; as, a nice judge of a subject; a nice discernment. Our author happy in a judge so nice. Pope.
7. Over scrupulous or exact, Curious, not knowing; not exact, but nice. Pope:
8. Delicate; scrupulously and minutely cautious. The letter was not nice, but full of charge Of dear import. Shak. Dear love, continue nice and chaste. Donne.
9. Fastidious; squeamish. And to taste Think not I shall be nice.
10. Delicate; easily injured. How nice the reputation of the maid! Roscommon.
11. Refined; as, nice and subtle happiness. Milton.
12. Having lucky hits. [Not used.] Shak.
13. Weak; foolish; effeminate. [Obs.] Gower.
14. Trivial; unimportant. Shak. To make nice, to be scrupulous. Shak.

NICE-LY, adv.

1. With delicate perception; as, to be nicely sensible.
2. Accurately; exactly; with exact order or proportion; as, the parts of a machine or building nicely adjusted; a shape nicely proportioned; a dress nicely fitted to the body; the ingredients of a medicine nicely proportioned and mixed.
3. In colloquial language, well; cleverly; dextrously; handsomely; in the best manner; as, a feat is nicely done.

NICENE, a.

Pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor. The Nicene creed, was a summary of Christian faith composed by the council of Nice against Arianism, A. D. 325, altered and confirmed by the council of Constantinople, A. D. 381. Encyc.

NICE-NESS, n.

1. Delicacy of perception; the quality of perceiving small differences; as, niceness of taste.
2. Extreme delicacy; excess of scrupulousness or exactness. Unlike the niceness of our modern dames. Dryden.
3. Accuracy; minute exactness; as, niceness of work; niceness of texture or proportion. Where's now the labored niceness in thy dress? Dryden.

NICE-TY, n.

1. Niceness; delicacy of perception.
2. Excess of delicacy; fastidiousness; squeamishness. So love doth lothe disdainful nicety. Spenser.
3. Minute difference; as, the niceties of words.
4. Minuteness of observation or discrimination; precision. The connoisseur judges of the beauties of a painting with great nicety.
5. Delicate management; exactness in treatment. Love such nicety requires, One blast will put out all his area. Swift.
6. Niceties, in the plural, delicacies for food; dainties.