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nichil
▪ I. † ˈnichil, n. Obs. Also 6 nichel(l. [a. med.L. nichil, class. L. nihil nothing: see nihil.] 1. Nothing, naught. rare.1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxii. 74 He playis with totum and I with nichell. 1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xvi. vi. (1886) 406 The witches..that..give their soules to the divell..and t...
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Jean de Montreuil
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'Jhesu Nichil Est Commune Ligurgo': A French Humanist Debate of ca. 1405 by Grover C. Furr
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nifle
nifle Now dial. (ˈnaɪf(ə)l) Forms: 4, 7 nyfle, 5–6 nyfel, -yl, 6 -ul, nifel, 5–7 (8–9 dial.) nifle: 6 niffel, niffle. [Of obscure origin: perh. ad. med.L. nichil nothing (see nichil), influenced by trifle, with which it is often combined. There appears to be no other trace of the F. nifle given by P...
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Henry II of England
1166, royal justice was extended into new areas through the use of new forms of assizes, in particular novel disseisin, mort d'ancestor and dower unde nichil
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adnichil
† adˈnichil, v. Obs.—0 [a. Fr. (14th–15th c.) adnichille-r, mod annihile-r, ad. L. adnihilā-re, annihilā-re to annihilate.]1706 Phillips, Adnichiled (old Law-word) annulled, brought to nothing, or made void.
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nailfast
† nailfast, a. Obs. rare. [f. nail n. + fast a. Cf. MDu. nagelvast, MLG. naelvast, G. nagelfest, ON. nagl(a)fastr (Sw. nagelfast, Dan. naglefast).] Fastened with nails.1428 Will W. Ward (Somerset Ho.), Ita quod nichil dict. rotefast vel naylefast inde capiat. 1640 Will Cowper ibid., All goods nailfa...
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List of Acts of the Parliament of England to 1483
shall be more speedily heard than they were wont. c. 12 Two clerks shall be assigned to make parcels of accompts in the exchequer. c. 13 Accompts of Nichil
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nihil
‖ nihil (ˈnaɪhɪl, ˈnɪhɪl) [L. nihil nothing.] 1. A thing of no worth or value. rare.1579 G. Harvey Wks. (Grosart) I. 124 Counters, which nowe and then stande for hundreds and thousands, by and bye for odd halfpens or farthinges, are other whiles for very nihils. c 1610 Middleton, etc. Widow i. i, Lo...
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massing
▪ I. massing, vbl. n.1 (ˈmæsɪŋ) Also 3 mesing-, 4 mesin-, 4, 6 messyng, 5 mesyng. [f. mass v.1 + -ing1.] The action or practice of celebrating mass.1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 3589 Four maners of helpes..prayer and fastyng, And almus dede and messyng. 1542–5 Brinklow Lament. (1874) 105, I will exhorte a...
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nil
▪ I. nil1 Now rare or Obs. Also 7 nill. [a. Arab. and Pers. nīl: see anil.] 1. The indigo plant; indigo dye.1598 W. Phillip tr. Linschoten i. lxix. 117/2 Annil or Nil..hath sky coloured leaves. 1625 Finch in Purchas Pilgrims I. iv. iv. 428 The first of Nouember I was sent to buy Nill or Indico at By...
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nought
▪ I. nought, n., a., and adv. (nɔːt) Forms: α. 1–3 nowiht, 1 -wuht, 3 -wyht, -wiþt (-wist, -whit). β. 1–4 noht (3 Orm. nohht), 3–4 nohut; 3–5 (6–9 Sc.) nocht; 3–4 nogt, 3–6 noght (4–5 -te); 3–5 noȝt (4 noeȝt), 4–5 noȝte (4 -the); 3 noþt, 6 Sc. notht, 4 (6 Sc.) noth; 3 noh, 4 nogh, 6–7 Sc. noch. γ. 3...
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thistle-tack
† ˈthistle-tack Obs. exc. Hist. [Origin obscure: connexion with thistle n. is doubtful; the second element is tack n.2] The name in some localities of a due levied upon the owners of pigs by the lord of the manor, as a charge for pannage. Cf. quot. 1523 for tack-swine, s.v. tack n.2 6.1303–5 York Va...
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grieve
▪ I. grieve, n. (griːv) Forms: (sense 1) 1 grœ́fa, 4 Sc. greff, 6, 8, greve, 7 greeve, 7–9 greave; Sc. (sense 2) 6 greif, greive, 8– grieve, (9 greeve). [The Sc. and northern grieve (greve) is the normal repr. of ONorthumb. grœ́fa = WS. ᵹeréfa (see reeve). The later forms under 1 a are literary adap...
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tot
▪ I. † tot, n.1 Obs. rare. In 5 totte, 7 toute. [Origin unascertained.] A person of disordered brain, a simpleton, a fool.c 1425 Cast. Persev. 2880 in Macro Plays 162 Werldlys good þou hast for-gon, & with tottys þou schalt be torn. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 497/2 Totte, supra in folte. Ibid. (MS. Winch.)...
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