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 226 Niffed. Tiffed, vexed, in a pet, "put out." Niggur, or Neggur. See Ass. (Onager, Latin.) Night-crow. A species of owl, rare in Cornwall. churn- owl in Yorkshire, from the noise it makes when it flies. The goat-sucker, the Crapimvlgus of Eay." Borlase. Night-rere. A woman's nightcap. Night-riders. Piskey (Fairy) people who have been riding Tom (the name of a horse) again. H. Nipped. Vexed, "Her's nipped about somethin." Mrs. Parr's Adam & Eve, Nimpingale. A whitlow. Nog-head, Noggle-head, or Noggy. A young fool. Tir na nog, in Irish means, ^^the land of youths." Noggy. A blockhead. Garland, Nones, or Noance. Nonce, for the present call, or occasion. Nones in Chaucer. Nool. To thump, or beat. Nooling, a thrashing. Nope. A bullfinch. Borlase, Nort. Nothing. ^^ What's good for nort comes to no hort." (Hurt or harm.) Nosey. Impertinent, intrusive. Nowle. Noddle. Used satirically. Noule, the crown of the head. Spenser.
 * ^I take it to be the fern-owl of Shropshire, called