Nig"gle, v. i. (Chiefly Eng.) 1. To move about restlessly or without result; to fidget.
2. To be finicky or excessively critical; to potter; esp., to work with excessive care for trifling details, as in painting.
Nig"gling (?), n. Finicky or pottering work; specif. (Fine Arts), minute and very careful workmanship in drawing, painting, or the like, esp. when bestowed on unimportant detail.
{ Night letter, Night lettergram }. See Letter, above.
Night terrors. (Med.) A sudden awkening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, esp. those of unstable nervous constitution.
Ni*grit"ic (?), a. (Ethnol.) Pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, negroes, or of the Negritos, Papuans, and the Melanesian races; negritic.
||Ni"sus (?), n. (Physiol.) (a) The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc. (b) The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate feces or urine.