NITER; NITRE
Ni"ter, Ni"tre, n. Etym: [F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron,
Gr. nit, natr natron. Cf. Natron.]
1. (Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: Native sodium carbonate; natron. [Obs.] For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me. Jer. ii. 22. Cubic niter, a deliquescent salt, sodium nitrate, found as a native incrustation, like niter, in Peru and Chili, whence it is known also as Chili saltpeter. — Niter bush (Bot.), a genus (Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.
NITHING
Nith"ing, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Niding.
NITID
Nit"id, a. Etym: [L. nitidus, fr. nitere. See 3d Neat.]
1. Bright; lustrous; shining. [R.] Boyle.
2. Gay; spruce; fine; — said of persons. [R.] T. Reeve.