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2 Scanty in any respect, S
_Lyndsay_
~Niplug~, _s_ _To be at niplug_, to quarrel, S
NIPSHOT, _s_ _To play nipshot_, to give the slip
_Baillie_
Perhaps, q to _nip_ one's _shot_
V ~Shot~
NIRL, _s_
1 A crumb, S
2 A small knot, S B
3 A puny dwarfish person, S B
Teut _knorre_, tuber, E _knurle_
~Nirled~, _adj_ Stunted; applied to trees, Loth
NIRLES, _s pl_ A species of measles, S which has no appropriate name in E
_Montgomerie_
NISBIT, _s_ The iron that passes across the nose of a horse, and joins the _branks_ together, Ang
From _neis_, nose, and _bit_
_To_ NYTE, _v n_ To deny
_Douglas_
Isl _neit-a_, Dan _naegt-er_, id
_To_ NYTE, _v a_ To strike smartly
V ~Knoit~