4. An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or
metal plate.
Ni"fle (nf"'l), n. [OF.] A trifle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Nig"gard (?), n. [Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg,
AS. hneáw.] A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends
grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. Chaucer.
A penurious niggard of his wealth.
Milton.
Be niggards of advice on no pretense.
Pope.
Nig"gard, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious;
niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Nig"gard, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.]
Shak.
Nig"gard*ise (?), n. Niggardliness. [Obs.] Spenser.
Nig"gard*ish, a. Somewhat niggard.
Nig"gard*li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being niggard;
meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.
Niggardliness is not good husbandry.
Addison.
Nig"gard*ly, a. Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others;
stingy; niggard.
Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the
steward to be niggardly.
Bp. Hall.
Syn. -- Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; sparing; miserly;
penurious; sordid; stingy. See Avaricious.
Nig"gard*ly, adv. In a niggard manner.
Nig"gard*ness, n. Niggardliness. Sir P. Sidney.