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] Wist not;
knew not. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Ni"sus (?), n. [L., fr. niti,
p. p. nisus, to strive.] A striving; an effort; a
conatus.

A nisus or energizing towards a presented
object.

Hickok.

Nit (?), n. [AS. hnitu; akin to
D. neet, G. niss, OHG. niz; cf. Gr. &?;, &?;,
Icel. gnit, Sw. gnet, Dan. gnid, Russ. & Pol.
gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.] (Zoöl.)
The egg of a louse or other small insect.

Nit grass (Bot.), a pretty annual
European grass (Gastridium lendigerum), with small spikelets
somewhat resembling a nit. It is also found in California and
Chili.

Ni"ten*cy (?), n. [L. nitens, p.
pr. of nitere to shine.] Brightness; luster.
[R.]

Ni"ten*cy, n. [From L. nitens,
p. pr. of niti to strive.] Endeavor; effort;
tendency. [R.] Boyle.

{ Ni"ter, Ni"tre } (?), n.

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