An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To NEYCH, NICH, NYGH, NYCHT, (gutt.) v. a. To approach.
Chr. Kirk.

Moes. G. nequh-jan, A. S. nehw-an, id.

NEIDE, s. Necessity.
Wallace.

NEID-FYRE, s.
1. Fire produced by the friction of two pieces of wood, S.
Gl. Complaynt.

A. S. nyd, force, and fyr, fire; q. forced fire.

2. Spontaneous ignition, S.
Bellenden.
3. The phosphoric light of rotten wood, S. A.
Gl. Complaynt.
4. A beacon, S. A.
Lay Last Minstr.

NEIDFORSE, s. Necessity.
Compl. S.

Q. the necessity arising from force.

NEIDLINGIS, adv. Of necessity.
Doug.

To NEIDNAIL, v. a.
1. To fasten by clinched nails, S.
2. A window is neidnail'd, when so fastened with nails in the inside, that the sash cannot be lifted up, S.