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Webster 1913 Edition


Nix

Nix

,
Noun.
;
fem.
Nixe
.
[G. Cf. 1st
Nick
.]
(Teut. Myth.)
One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.
The treacherous
nixes
who entice men to a watery death.
Tylor.