Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of nigh. Palsgrave.
  • noun A variant of noy.
  • noun See ny.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A brood or flock of pheasants.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A brood or flock of pheasants.

Etymologies

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Probably from French nid nest, brood, Latin nidus nest.

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