Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.

NI-GRES'CENT, u. [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 debit. [L. he owes nothing.] A plea denying a debt. Nihil dicit. [L. he says nothing.] In law, a judgment by nihi dicit, is when the defendant makes no answer.

NI-HILI-TY, n. [L. nahilum, nihil, nothing; ne and hilum.]

Nothingness; a state of being nothing. Watts. Nil desperandum de repuldica. [L.] We are never to despair of the republic or state.

NIHIL-SIM, n.

Nothingness; nihility. Dwight.

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. [Niotes, Nile, and Gr. {foreign}, measure.]

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

NI-LOTIC, a.

Pertaining to the river Nile in Egypt.

NIM, v.t. [Sax. neman, niman, Goth. niman, D. neemen, G nehmen, to take.]

To take; to steal Cto filch. [Obs.] Hudibras. L'Estrange.

NIM'BLE, a. [Qu. W. nwyv, liveliness. In Dan. nem sharp, acute.]

Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity lively; swift. It is applied chiefly to motions of the fee and hands, sometimes to other things; as, a nimble boy the nimble-footed deer. Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails. Pope.

NIM'BLE-FOOT-ED, a.

Running with speed; light of foot.

NIM'BLE-NESS, n.

Lightness and agility in motion; quickness; celerity; speed; swiftness; implies lightness ant. The stag thought It better to trust to the nimbleness of hi feet. Sidney. Ovid ranged over Parnassus With great nimbleness am agility. Addison.

NIM'BLESS, n.

Nimbleness. [Obs.] Sidney.

NIMBLE-WIT-TED, a.

Quick; ready to speak. Bacon.

NIMBLY, adv.

With agility; with light, quick motion. He capers nimbly la a lady's chamber. Shak.

NIMBUS, n.

On ancient medals and monuments, circle or disk of rays or light. Elmes.

NIMI-E-TY, or. [L. nimietas.]

The state of being too much. [Not use.]

NIM'MER, n. [Sax. niman, to take.]

A thief. [Not in use.] Haddam.

NIN'COM-POOP, n. [said to be a corruption of L. non compox, not of solid mind.]

A fool; a blockhead; a trifling dotard. [A low word.] Addison.

NINE, a. [Goth. niun; G. ircun; Sw. ; Dan. ne; L. nonns; probably contracted, as the Saxon is nigan, and the Dutch nigen, Hindoo now, Burman no or nonaw.]

Denoting the number composed of eight und one; as, nine men; nine days.