Defn: See Negroid.

NEGUS
Ne"gus, n.

Defn: A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice; — so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus.

NEHILOTH
Ne"hi*loth, n. pl. Etym: [Heb.] (Script.)

Defn: A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes. Ps. v. (heading).

NEHUSHTAN
Ne*hush"tan, n. Etym: [Heb.]

Defn: A thing of brass; — the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses. 2 Kings xviii. 4.

NEIF; NEIFE Neif, Neife, n. Etym: [OF. neïf, naïf, a born serf, fr. L. nativus born, imparted by birth. See Native.]

Defn: A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf.
Blackstone.

NEIF; NEAF
Neif, Neaf, n. Etym: [Icel. hnefi; akin to Dan. næve, Sw. näfve.]