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.

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