132 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
leaves of which do not appear together: given by Aubrey as a Wilts name ; 
Naked Lady in Cornw.,Yks.,etc.,and Naked Virgins in Ches. N.W.(Huish.) 
Nanny-fodger, or Nunny-fudger. (1) A meddlesome prying 
person. S.W. 
(2) Troglodytes vulgaris, the Wren. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Narration. Fuss, commotion. “He do allus make such a narration about 
anything.” N.W. 
Nash, Naish, Nesh. (1) Tender, delicate, chilly. (A.B.H.) N. & S.W. 
(2) Tender and juicy: applied to lettuces. S.W. 
Nation, Nashun. Very, extremely, as nation dark. (A.B.) N.W. 
Nation-grass. Aira cespitosa, L., perhaps an abbreviation of Carnation- 
grass. §.W. (Som. bord.) 
Natomy, Notamy, Notamize, etc. A very thin person or animal, 
an anatomy. N. & S.W. 
*Navigator. A drain-maker’s spade (Amateur Poacher, ch. 11), more 
usually known as a Graft. 
Neck-headland. “To fall neck-headland,”é.e..headlong. N.W.(ClyffePypard.) 
Neoust of a neoustness. Nearly alike. (A.) See Aneoust. NW. 
Neust alike. Just alike. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Nettle- creeper. Applied generally in Wilts to the following three birds :— 
(1) Curruca cinerea, Common Whitethroat, (2) C. sylvatica, Lesser White- 
throat, and (3) C. hortensis, Garden Warbler. (Birds of Wilts, pp. 159— 
161.) NW. 
Next akin to nothing. Very little indeed. N.W. 
Nibs. The handles of a scythe. (A.) N.W. 
*Night Violet. Habenaria chlorantha, Bab., Greater Butterfly Orchis. 
(Sarum Dioc. Gazette.) N.W. (Lyneham.) 
Nightcaps. (1) Convolvulus sepium, L., Great Bindweed. N. & S.W. 
(2) Agquilegia vulgaris, L.,the garden Columbine. N.W.(Devizes: Huish.) 
Nightingale. Stellaria Holostea, L., Greater Stitchwort. S.W. (Hants bord.) 
Nine-holes. A game played by children. N.W. 
Nineter. “A nineter young rascal,” a regular scamp. Probably a corruption 
of anointed. See Anoint. N.W. (Seend.) 
Ninny-hammer. A fool, a silly person. N.W. 
’Ninting. A beating. See Anoint. N.W. 
Nipper. A small boy. N. & S.W. 
Nippers., The same as Grab-hook. N.W. (Huish.) 
