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_Kelly._
A. S. Belg. _nebbe_, rostrum.
3. Applied to the snout.
_Kelly._
4. Any sharp point, S.
NECE, _s._ Grand-daughter.
V. ~Neipce~.
NECKIT, _s._ A tippet for a child, S. B.
NECK-VERSE, _s._ The beginning of the 51st psalm, _Miserere mei_. &c.
_Lay Last Minstr._
NEDMIST, _adj._ Undermost, S.
A. S. _neothemest_, id.
NEDWAYIS, _adv._ Of necessity.
A. S. _neadwise_, necessary.
_Barbour._
NEEDLE-FISH, _s._ The shorter pipe-fish.
_Sibbald._
NEEF, _s._ Difficulty.
_P. Buch. Dial._
A. S. _naefde_, want.
NEERDOWEIL, _s._ One whose conduct gives reason to think that he will _never do well_, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ NEESE, _v. n._ To sneese, S.
A. S. _nies-an_, Belg. _niez-en_, id.
_To_ NEEs.h.i.+N, _v. n._ To desire the male, S. B.
V. ~Ea.s.sin~.
NEFFIT, _s._ A pigmy, S. p.r.o.n. _nyeffit_.
Belg. _nufje_, a chit; or from _neive_.
_To_ NEYCH, NICH, NYGH, NYCHT, (gutt.) _v. a._ To approach.
_Chr. Kirk._
Moes. G. _nequh-jan_, A. S. _nehw-an_, id.
NEIDE, _s._ Necessity.
_Wallace._
NEID-FYRE, _s._
1. Fire produced by the friction of two pieces of wood, S.
_Gl. Complaynt._
A. S. _nyd_, force, and _fyr_, fire; q. forced fire.
2. Spontaneous ignition, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
3. The phosphoric light of rotten wood, S. A.
_Gl. Complaynt._
4. A beacon, S. A.
_Lay Last Minstr._
