Glossary.
Letter N
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- NAPKIN
- a handkerchief
- NATURAL
- an idiot
- NAYWARD
- towards denial
- NAYWORD
- a catch-word, by-word
- NEB
- the beak
- NEELD
- a needle
- NEIF
- hand
- NEPHEW
- a grandson
- NETHER-STOCKS
- stockings
- NEXT
- nearest
- NICE
- foolish
- NICK
- score or reckoning
- NICK
- to brand with folly
- NIGHTED
- black as night
- NIGHT-RULE
- nightly solemnity
- NINE
- MEN'S MORRIS a place set apart for a Moorish dance by nine men
- NINNY
- a fool, jester
- NOBILITY
- nobleness
- NOBLE
- a coin, worth 6s. 8d
- NODDY
- a dolt
- NONCE
- for the nonce, corrupted from 'for then once,' for the occasion
- NOOK-SHOTTEN
- indented with bays and creeks
- NOURISH
- a nurse
- NOVUM
- a game at dice
- NOWL
- head
- NUTHOOK
- a hook for pulling down nuts, hence a thief