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Webster 1913 Edition
Nit
Nit
(nĭt)
, Noun.
[AS.
hnitu
; akin to D. neet
, G. niss
, OHG. niz
; cf. Gr. κονίς
, κονίδος
, Icel. gnit
, Sw. gnet
, Dan. gnid
, Russ. & Pol. gnida
, Bohem. hnida
, W. nedd
.] (Zool.)
The egg of a louse or other small insect.
Nit grass
(Bot.)
, a pretty annual European grass (
Gastridium lendigerum
), with small spikelets somewhat resembling a nit. It is also found in California and Chile.Webster 1828 Edition
Nit
NIT
,Noun.