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NEWIS, NEWYS, NEWOUS, _adj._
1. Earnestly desirous, Loth.
2. Parsimonious, covetous, greedy, Loth.
A. S. _hneaw_, tenax, O. E. _niggish_, covetous; Su. G. _nidsk_, _nisk_, avarus, parcus.
NEWLINGIS, _adv._ Newly; S. _newlins_.
_Barbour._
NEWMOST, _adj._ Nethermost, S. B.
A. S. _neothemest_, id.
_Journ. Lond._
NEWTH, _prep._ Beneath.
V. ~Neth~.
_Barbour._
_To_ NYAFF, _v. n._
1. To yelp, to bark, S.
2. Applied to the pert chat of a saucy child, or of any diminutive person, S.
V. ~Niffnaffs~.
_To_ NIB, _v. a._ To press or pinch with the fingers.
_Montgomerie._
Isl. _hneppe_, coarcto.
* NICE, _adj._ Simple.
_Bannatyne P._
Fr. _niais_, simple.
~Nicete~, ~Nycete~, _s._ Simplicity.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _nice_, dull, simple; _nicete_, simplicity.
_To_ NICH, NYGH, _v. a._
V. ~Neych~.
NYCHBOUR, NYCHTBOUR, _s._ A neighbour.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
A. S. _neah-ge-bure_, Germ. _nach-bauer_, _neah_, _nach_, nigh, id.; and _ge-bure_, _bauer_, an inhabitant.
_To_ NICHER, NEIGHER, (gutt.) NICKER, _v. n._
1. To neigh, S.
_Rams._
A. S. _gnaeg-an_, Isl. _hnaegg-ia_, id.
2. To laugh in a loud and ridiculous manner, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
~Nicher~, ~Nicker~, _s._
1. A neigh, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. A horse laugh, S.
NYCHLIT, _pret. v._ Uncertain.
_Houlate._
NYCHTYD, _pret._ Drew to night.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. Isl. _natt-as_, ad noctem vergere.
