nigget dial.
(ˈnɪdʒɪt)
Also nidget.
[Origin unknown.]
A small insect; spec. one used by a witch or sorcerer as a familiar.
| 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 79 Nidget, a little bug. 1915 Times 3 Sept. 5/2 ‘Oh, what are niggets?’ ‘Why those creepy-crawly things that witches keep all over them. She was sitting down with her niggets all round her, feeding them with little bits of grass all chopped up.’ 1925 R. O. Winstedt Shaman, Saiva, & Sufi ii. 21 But the best known of these familiars..is of the nigget type and takes the shape of a house-cricket. |