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benicht, benichtit, foartnicht, forenicht, fornicht, fortnicht, howe_o_the_nicht, inite, midnacht, midnicht, nacht, naght, necht, neight, nich$, niche, nicht, nichtfa, nichtfa$, nichtfaa, nichtfaw, nicth, nycht, owernicht, se$enicht, se$ennicht, senight, sennet, sennicht, sennight, sevenicht, the_nicht, thenicht, the-nicht, the-night, yesternicht, yisternicht,
nicht [nɪçt, NN.a. nɛɪçt]
n. Night.
v. To darken, to cover with darkness.
Compounds and phrases etc.
benicht [bɪˈ-]: To benight, to stay in another's house until after midnight, pt. benichtit.
Burns Nicht: In celebration of Robert Burns birthday 25th. January.
forenicht: [foːr-]: The evening.
fortnicht [ˈfoːrt-]: A fortnight.
howe o the nicht: Middle of the night.
midnicht: Midnight.
nichtfaw: Nightfall.
owernicht: Overnight.
sennicht [ˈsɛnɪçt]: A week, a period of seven nights.
the morn's nicht: Tomorrow's evening, tomorrow night.
the nicht: Tonight.
yisternicht: Last night.
nichtingale, nichtingell,
nichtingale [ˈnɪçtəngel]
n. The nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos. SW. A nocturnal moth.
Compounds and phrases etc.
scots nichtingale: The woodlark Lullula arborea or sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus.
knick, knickstick, knuck, knucked, knuckit, neuck, neucked, neuckit, neuk, neuked, neukit, nic, nick, nicket, nickit, nickstick, nick-stick, nig, nigg, nuck, nucked, nuckit, nyeuck, nyeucked, nyeuckit, nyuck, nyucked, nyuckit,
nick [nɪk]
also nitch [nɪtʃ, nɪʃ]
n. A nick, a notch, a small incision. A narrow gap in hills.
v. To cut off, cheat, to indent, to cut into, to break. Dress a stone roughly by picking it with a sharp pointed hammer.
pt. pp. nickit
neuk [n(j)ʌk, njuk]
n. SW. A ne'er do well.
v. U. To steal. To catch or arrest a person.
pt. pp. neukit
Compounds and phrases etc.
nick-stick: A tally, a reckoning stick.
Auld_Nick, nick, Nickie-Ben, nickum,
Nick [nɪk]
n. The devil.
also Auld Nick, Nickie-Ben [ˈnɪkɪbɛn].
Compounds and phrases etc.
nickum [ˈnɪkəm]: A mischievous child.
nickel,
nickel [ˈnɪk(ə)l]
n. Nickel.
nickie_tam, nickietam, nickie-tam, nickietams, nickie-tams, nicky_tams, nickytam, nicky-tam, nickytams, nicky-tams, waal-tams, wall-tams,
nickie-tams [ˈnɪkɪtamz]
n. pl. Trouser leg straps.
also known as wall-tams in Buchan.
nickel, nickle, nihil,
nickle [ˈnɪkəl]
n. The full form of N on the sides of a 'totum' which indicated nothing for the player to whom it fell. A nonentity, a nothing.
nid, nidd,
nid [I.Sh. nɪd]
n. A little bit or pinch of bread or butter etc. A tuft of hair etc.
v. To chafe with the teeth, to nibble, as of horses biting one another's necks, or of other animals grooming their coats.
niddle,
niddle [ˈnɪdl]
v. To work quickly or carefully with the fingers. To fiddle about with the hands. To potter.
Niddisdale, Niddisdale, Niddisdale, Niddsdale, The_Strath,
Niddsdale [ˈnɪdsdel]
pn. Nithsdale (Dumfries and Galloway).
also The Strath.
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