Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NIGHT'-TRIP-PING, a.

Tripping about in the night; as, a night-tripping fairy. Shak.

NIGHT'-VIS-ION, n.

A vision at night. Dan. ii.

NIGHT'-WAK-ING, a.

Watching in the night.

NIGHT'-WALK, n.

A walk in the evening or night. Walton.

NIGHT'-WALK-ER, n.

1. One that walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
2. One that roves about in the night for evil purposes. Night-walkers are punishable by law.

NIGHT'-WALK-ING, a.

Roving in the night.

NIGHT'-WALK-ING, n.

A roving in the streets at night with evil designs.

NIGHT'-WAN-DER-ER, n.

One roving at night. Shak.

NIGHT'-WAN-DER-ING, a.

Wandering in the night. Shak.

NIGHT'-WAR-BLING, a.

Warbling or singing in the night. Milton.

NIGHT'WARD, a.

Approaching toward night. Milton.

NIGHT'-WATCH, n.

1. A period in the night, as distinguished by the change of the watch. Night-watches, however, in the Psalms, seems to mean the night or time of sleep in general.
2. A watch or guard in the night.

NIGHT'-WATCH-ER, n.

One that watches in the night with evil designs.

NIGHT'-WITCH, n.

A night hag; a witch that appears in the night.

NI-GRES'CENT, a. [L. nigresco, grow black.]

Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.

NIG'RIN, or NIG'RINE, n.

An ore of titanium, found in black grains or rolled pieces. Ure.

NIHIL-DEBET, n. [Nihil debet; L. he owes nothing.]

A plea denying a debt.

NIHIL-DICIT, n. [Nihil dicit; L. he says nothing.]

In law, a judgment by nihil dicit, is when the defendant makes no answer.

NI'HIL-ISM, n.

Nothingness; nihility. Dwight.

NI-HIL'I-TY, n. [L. nihilum, nihil, nothing; ne and hilum.]

Nothingness; a state of being nothing. Watts.

NIL-DESPERANDUM-DE-REPUBLICA, v. [Nil desperandum de republica; L.]

We are never to despair of the republic or state.

NILL, n.

The shining sparks of brass in trying and melting the ore. Johnson.

NILL, v.i.

To be unwilling. Shak.

NILL, v.t. [Sax. nillan, that is, ne, not, and willan, to will; L. nolo; ne and volo.]

Not to will; to refuse; to reject. [Obs.] Spenser.

NI-LOM'E-TER, n. [Νειλος, Nile, and Gr. μετρον, measure.]

An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during the flood.