Defn: An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.
NILOSCOPE
Ni"lo*scope, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A Nilometer.
NILOTIC
Ni*lot"ic, a. Etym: [L. Niloticus, fr. Nilus th Nile, Gr. nilotique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile.
NILT
Nilt. Etym: [Contr. fr. ne wilt.]
Defn: Wilt not. [Obs.]
NIM Nim, v. t. [imp. Nam or Nimmed (; p. p. Nomen or Nome (.] Etym: [AS. niman. sq. root 7. Cf. Nimble.]
Defn: To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]
This canon it in his hand nam. Chaucer.
NIMBIFEROUS Nim*bif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. nimbifer; nimbus a cloud + ferre to bear.]