Part 575 (1/2)

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.