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Definition of Niding
1. n. A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium.
Definition of Niding
1. Noun. (paganism) A derogatory term, a vile wretch, used in Heathenry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Niding
1. nide [v] - See also: nide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Niding
Literary usage of Niding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Album: Men of Canada; Or, Success by Example, in Religion by John Castell Hopkins, W. J. Hunter (1895)
"His father's name is Solomon Lanctot, while his mother's maiden name was Marie
niding. He received his primary education at the parish ..."
2. Medical Gynecology by Howard Atwood Kelly (1912)
"... those cases of slight myopathie asymmetry; ('nulls of carriage, as pn>t niding
... niding ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"He is doubtless right, as to the sense of niding ; but ... He is worthy to be
called n niding, the pulse of whose soul beats but faintly towards heaven,—who ..."
4. Down the River, Or Practical Lessons Under the Code Duello by George W. Hooper, John Lyde Wilson (1874)
"(See niding). Infamous; dastardly. " On pain of being held faithless, ... (See
niding.) A coward; a dastard; a poltroon. (Obs.)' " There now, we have given ..."
5. English Society in the Eleventh Century: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Sir Paul Vinogradoff (1908)
"Quite apart from the material consequences of his doings, from the amount of
havoc brought about by them, a man may be pilloried as a niding, a mean fellow, ..."
6. Remains Concerning Britain by William Camden (1870)
"... and that I may hold you no watt in' longer, it is niding : For when there ...
niding. to him immediately from all fides in fuch numbers that he had in a ..."
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