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Webster 1913 Edition


Nye

{

Ny

,

Nye

}
,
Adj.
&
adv.
Nigh.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Nye

,
Noun.
[Prob. fr. F.
nid
nest, brood, L.
nidus
nest. See
Nest
, and cf.
Eye
brood,
Nide
.]
A brood or flock of pheasants.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nye

NYE

,
Noun.
A brood or flock of pheasants.