Dictionary: NIG'GARD-ISH – NIGHT'ED

a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |

1234567891011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051

NIG'GARD-ISH, a.

Somewhat covetous or niggardly. Johnson.

NIG'GARD-LI-NESS, n.

Mean covetousness; sordid parsimony; extreme avarice manifested in sparing expense. Niggardliness is not good husbandry. Addison.

NIG'GARD-LY, a.

  1. Meanly covetous or avaricious; sordidly parsimonious; extremely sparing of expense. Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. Hall.
  2. Sparing; wary; cautiously avoiding profusion. Sidney.

NIG'GARD-LY, adv.

Sparingly; with cautious parsimony. Shak.

NIG'GARD-NESS, n.

Niggardliness. [Not used.] Sidney.

NIG'GAR-DY, n.

Niggardliness. [Not used.]

NIG'GLE, v.t. [and v. i.]

To mock; to trifle with. [Not in use.] Beaum.

NIG'GLED, pp.

Trifled with.

NIG'GLING, ppr.

Mocking.

NIGH, a. [ni; Sax. neah, neahg, neh, for nig; G. nahe, nigh. This is the G. nach, D. na, a preposition signifying to, on or after, that is, approaching, pressing on, making toward; D. naaken, to approach; W. nig, strait, narrow.]

  1. Near; not distant or remote in place or time. The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. Prior. When the fig-tree putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh. Matth. xxiv.
  2. Closely allied by blood; as, a nigh kinsman. Knolles.
  3. Easy to be obtained or learnt; of easy access. The word is very nigh to thee. Deut. xxx.
  4. Ready to support, to forgive, or to aid and defend. The Lord is nigh to them who are of a broken heart. Ps. xxxiv.
  5. Close in fellowship; intimate in relation. Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Eph. ii.
  6. Near in progress or condition. Heb. vi.

NIGH, adv. [ni.]

  1. Near; at a small distance in place or time, or in the course of events. He was sick, nigh to death. Phil. ii.
  2. Near to a place. He drew nigh. Milton.
  3. Almost; near. He was nigh dead. Nigh is never a preposition. In the phrase, “nigh this recent, with terror they survey,” there is an ellipsis of to. They nigh to this recess, survey, &c.

NIGH, v.i. [ni.]

To approach; to advance or draw near. [Not used.] Hubberd.

NIGH'LY, adv. [ni'ly.]

Nearly; within a little. A cube and a sphere nighly of the same bigness. [Not used.] Locke.

NIGH'NESS, n. [ni'ness.]

Nearness; proximity in place, time or degree.

NIGHT, n. [nite; Sax. niht; Goth. nahts; D. nagt; G. nacht; Sw. natt; Dan. nat, contracted; L. nox; Gr. νυξ; Sp. noche; Port. nôite; It. notte; Fr. nuit; Ir. nocht; Russ. noch; Slav. nosch; Sans. nischa. The sense may be dark, black, or it may be the decline of the day, from declining, departing, like the Shemitic ערב.]

  1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the, horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise.
  2. The time after the close of life; death. John ix. She closed her eyes in everlasting night. Dryden.
  3. A state of ignorance; intellectual and moral darkness; heathenish ignorance. Rom. xiii.
  4. Adversity; a state of affliction and distress. Is. xxi.
  5. Obscurity; a state of concealment from the eye or the mind; unintelligibleness. Nature and nature's works lay hid in night. Pope. In the night, suddenly; unexpectedly. Luke xii. To-night, in this night. To-night the moon will be eclipsed.

NIGHT'-AN-GLING, n.

The angling for or catching fish in the night. Encyc.

NIGHT'-BIRD, n.

A bird that flies only in the night. Hall.

NIGHT'-BORN, a.

Produced in darkness.

NIGHT'-BRAWL-ER, n.

One who excites brawls or makes a tumult at night. Shak.

NIGHT'-CAP,

A cap worn in bed or in undress. Swift.

NIGHT'-CROW, n.

fowl that cries in the night. Shak.

NIGHT'-DEW, n.

The dew formed in the night. Dryden.

NIGHT'-DOG, n.

A dog that hunts in the night; used by deer-stealers. Shak.

NIGHT'-DRESS, n.

A dress worn at night. Pope.

NIGHT'ED, a.

Darkened; clouded; black. [Little used.] Shak.