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 224 Nash. Pale, weak, chilly. M.A.c. Natey. ^^ Streaky '^ meat or flesh. C. Nation. ^^^ry, very big, very good, as, "a nation big horse," '^ a nation good job," *' 'tis nation nice." 'Natomy. A skeleton. Very slight and wasted in person,  a mere 'natomy." Anatomy. Nattlin pie. A pie made of pigs' entrails. Nattlins. Pigs' entrails. Those not used for the skins of sausages are sometimes fried, " fried nattlins." Neaps. Turnips. Neck.  Crying the neck." See Anek. Neddy. See Ass. Neflin. Newfoundland cod. M.A.C. Nepperkin. Half a gill, u.j.t. NeSSel. A snood of twisted twine fastened to the hook. C. NeSSel-bird. The smallest of a brood. A woman's youngest child. A petted child. It is nessel-trip in Pembrokeshire, and nestling or nessel-cock in the North of England. Nessel-taker. A fisherman's contrivance for making a nessel. c. Nettle. When one is stung by a nettle an old rhyme is thrice repeated, meanwhile rubbing the part stung with a dock leaf This custom is very old, and was noticed by Chaucer 500 years ago.