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Ni"der*ing (?), a. [See Niding.]
Infamous; dastardly. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott.

Nidg"er*y (?), n. [See Nidget.]
A trifle; a piece of foolery. [Obs.] Skinner.

Nidg"et (?), n. [Written also
nigget, nigeot.] [Cf. F. nigaud a booby, fool,
OF. niger to play the fool.] A fool; an idiot, a
coward. [Obs.] Camden.

Nid"i*fi*cate (?), v. i. [imp.
& p. p. Nidificated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Nidificating.] [L. nidificare,
nidificatum; nidus nest + -ficare (in comp.) to
make. See -fy, and cf. nest.] To make a
nest.

Where are the fishes which nidificated in
trees?

Nid`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
nidification.] The act or process of building a
nest.

Ni"ding (nī"d&ibreve;ng), n.
[Written also nithing.] [AS. nīðing, fr.


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