Nigh

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nigh \Nigh\, adv. [AS. ne['a]h, n[=e]h. See {Nigh}, a.]
     1. In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of
        events; near.
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              He was sick, nigh unto death.         --Phil. ii.


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              He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright,
              Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nigh \Nigh\, prep.
     Near to; not remote or distant from. "was not this nigh
     shore?" --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nigh \Nigh\, v. t. & i.
     To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. [Obs.] --Wyclif
     (Matt. iii. 2).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nigh \Nigh\ (n[imac]), a. [Compar. {Nigher} (n[imac]"[~e]r);
     superl. {Nighest}, or {Next} (n[e^]kst).] [OE. nigh, neigh,
     neih, AS. ne['a]h, n[=e]h; akin to D. na, adv., OS. n[=a]h,
     a., OHG. n[=a]h, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. n[=a] (in
     comp.) nigh, Goth. n[=e]hw, n[=e]hwa, adv., nigh. Cf. {Near},
     {Neighbor}, {Next}.]
     1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
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              The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior.
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     2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.;
        closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." --Knolles.
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              Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
                                                    --Eph. ii. 13.
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     Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nigh
       adj 1: being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one
              on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or
              nigh side" [syn: {near(a)}, {nigh(a)}]
       2: near in space or time
       adv 1: near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day
              drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until
              they come near"; "getting near to the true
              explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end
              draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't
              get too close to the fire" [syn: {near}, {close}]
       2: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
          accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for
          `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for
          `almost'; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was
          almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost
          finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly
          fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording
          is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed
          the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most
          everyone agrees" [syn: {about}, {just about}, {almost}, {most},
           {all but}, {nearly}, {near}, {virtually}, {well-nigh}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "nigh":
     about, all but, almost, along toward, approach, approaching,
     approximate, approximating, arm-in-arm, around, as good as, aside,
     at close quarters, at hand, at next hand, beside, bordering on,
     burning, by, cheek-by-jowl, circa, close, close about,
     close at hand, close by, close to, close upon, closely, come near,
     converge, counterclockwise, draw near, draw nigh, fast by,
     hand-in-hand, hard, hard by, hard on, hereabout, hereabouts, hot,
     immediate, in spitting distance, intimate, just about, larboard,
     left, left-hand, left-wing, left-wingish, levorotatory, liberal,
     near, near at hand, near the mark, near to, near upon, nearabout,
     nearabouts, nearby, nearing, nearish, nearly, next door to,
     nigh about, nighhand, nighish, not far, not far from, not quite,
     only a step, port, pretty near, propinque, proximal, proximate,
     radical, round, side-by-side, sinister, sinistral,
     sinistrocerebral, sinistrocular, sinistrogyrate, sinistrorse,
     thereabout, thereabouts, verging on, verging upon, vicinal, warm,
     well-nigh, within call, within earshot, within hearing,
     within reach
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  NIGHT. That space of time during which the sun is below the horizon of the 
  earth, except, that short space which precedes its rising and follows its 
  setting, during which, by its light, the countenance of a man may be 
  discerned. I Hale, P. C. 550; 3 Inst. 63; 4 Bl. Com. 224; 1 Hawk. P. C. 101; 
  3 Chit. Cr. Law, 1093; 2 Leach, 710; Bac. Ab. Burglary, D; 2 East, P. C. 
  509; 2 Russ. Cr. 32; Rosc. Cr. Ev. 278; 7 Dane's Ab. 134.