For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet
thine iniquity is marked before me.
Jer. ii. 22.
Cubic niter, a deliquescent salt, sodium nitrate, found as a native
incrustation, like niter, in Peru and Chili, whence it is known also as
Chili saltpeter. -- Niter bush (Bot.), a genus (Nitraria) of thorny
shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia
and Northern Africa.
Nith"ing (?), n. [Obs.] See Niding.
Nit"id (?), a. [L. nitidus, fr. nitere. See 3d Neat.] 1. Bright;
lustrous; shining. [R.] Boyle.