neys, V, [80], 39: nice (ironically).

nicher, nicker, n. and v., III, 370, 10; IV, 18, 15; 19, 13; 20, 10; 21, 11: neigh.

nicht, the, to-night.

nicked him of naye, II, 52, 12; nickd them wi nae (nay), V, [182] f., 12, 30 (clearly borrowed from the above in Percy’s Reliques): refused with nay.

nicker. See nicher.

nick-nack, playd nick-nack on the wa, V, [123], 16; 124, B 14: to express the sound of successive collisions.

niddart, niddart ither wi lang braid-swords, II, 422, 49: thrust at. Jamieson, pressed hard upon. Correspondents from the North of Scotland say, notched, slashed.

nie, III, 473, 27: neigh.

nie, neigh, nigh.

niest, I, 15, B 3; 147, 5: next, nearest. come niest, IV, 485, 30: nigh to. See neist.