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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 pa.s.ses 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~.

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