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nedder, neddermaist, nedfallsot, nedfallsott, nether, nethermaist, nidder,
nether [ˈnɛðər, I.Sh. ˈnɛdər]
also arch. MN. nedder
adj. Lower, under. The lower situated.
superl. nethermaist
Compounds and phrases etc.
nedfallsot: I.Sh. Epilepsy.
Neddermuir, Nethermuir,
Nethermuir [ˈnɛðərmøːr]
also MN. Neddermuir [ˈnɛdərmiːr]
pn. Nethermuir (Aberdeenshire).
also known locally as The Dowp.
naetie, naitie, nati, neti, netti, nettie, netty, nittie,
nettie [NN.b. I. nɛti]
adj. Agile, deft, quick in movement. Smart, neat.
See neat also.
daa-nettle, day_nettle, day-nettle, dey_Nettle, dey-nettle, jaggie-nettle, jaggie-nettles, jaggies, jennie-nettle, jennie-nettles, jenny-nettle, jenny-nettles, nettelt, nettie, nettle, nettle_creeper, nettlecreeper, nettle-creeper, nettled, nettles, nettlie, nettliecreeper, nettly, netty, nickles, nittle, nittle$t,
nettle [nɛt(ə)l]
n. A nettle, usually Urtica dioica or Urtica urens.
v. To provoke, pique.
pt. pp. nettelt
Compounds and phrases etc.
day-nettle: A dead nettle of the genus Lamium, common hemp-nettle Galeopsis tetrahit or hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica. NN.b. A whitlow.
jabby-nettle(s): SN. MN. The stinging nettle Urtica dioica.
jaggie-nettle(s): C. The stinging nettle Urtica dioica dim. jaggies.
jennie-nettle(s): S. The stinging nettle Urtica dioica.
nettle brose: Brose made with the juice of boiled young nettle-tops.
nettle-creeper, nettlie, nettie: WC. SEC. The whitethroat Sylvia communis.
on nettles: Uneasy.
stinkin-nettle: S. A the dead nettle of the genus Lamium or SEC. the field mint Mentha arvensis.
knoggelvi, neckar, nekker, neugle, nicker, nicker, nigl, nigle, nikker, niogle, njuger, njuggel, njugger, njugl, njugle, noggle, nuckelavee, nucklavee, nyogle, nyuggel, nyuggle, nyuggle, nyugl,
neugle [I. njugəl, njʌgəl]
n. A water spirit traditionally appearing in the form of a horse.
fower-neukit, gnuck, knuck, neuck, neuk, neukie, neukit, neuky, newk, newky, njuck, nook, nook, nookie, nooky, nuck, nuik, nuke, nyeuck, nyeuk, nyook, nyuck, nyuik, three-neukit,
neuk [nøk, WC. NEC. U. n(j)ʌk, njuk]
n. A corner. A recess. The chimney-corner, a corner of a piece of bread, or of a cloth or garment, a projecting corner of land.
dim. neukie
neukit
adj. Having corners or angles. Crooked, angular, sharp, sharp tempered, cantankerous.
Compounds and phrases etc.
fower-neukit: Square.
three-neukit: Three-cornered, triangular.
neutralitie, neutrality,
neutrality [ˈn(j)utralətɪ]
n. Neutrality.
brank_new, brank-new, brent-neow, brent-new, neow, neowin, neu, neuin, neuis, neuser, new, newance, newans, newens, newin, newins, newis, newlans, newlins, news, newsan, newse, newsed, newser, news-gizzent, newsie, newsin, newsins, newspaper, newsy, noolins, noos, nu, nue, nyow, nyowe, nyowein, nyowin, nyowsed, nyowsin, renew, renoo, spandy, spangnew, spang-new, spank-new, span-new, spleet-new, splinterin-new, splinter-new, splint-new, split-new, sprent-new, sprink-new, sprint-new, sprit-new,
new [njuː, MN. njʌu]
adj. New.
adv. Newly, recently, just. Anew, afresh. As a prefix: re-.
v. To make afresh, renew.
news
n. pl. News.
v. To exchange news or gossip.
pt. pp. newsed
Compounds and phrases etc.
brent-new: Brand new.
faur awa news: Foreign news.
newin: Yeast, barm, the working of the yeast in the making of ale.
newins, newsins: News, information, a novelty, anything unusual.
newlins [-lɪnz,]: Recently.
newser: A person fond of chat. To chat.
newsie: Gossipy, talkative. Full of news.
news-gizzent: Starved of news.
newsin: Exchanging news or gossip.
newspaper: Newspaper.
renew: Renew.
spang-new [spaŋ-]: adj. Brand new, quite new.
spleet-new: Brand new.
Tamson's news: Stale news, unimportant news.
Neebra, Neebrie, Neeburgh, Neeburrie, Newburgh, Niberrie,
Newburgh [NEC. ˈnɪbərɪ, MN. ˈnibrə]
pn. Newburgh (Fife and Aberdeenshire).
The "new burgh" in Fife was established in 1266 and that in Aberdeenshire in 1261.
Newcaissle, Newcastle, Newkessel,
Newcastle [njuːˈkas(t)l]
pn. Newcastle.
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