Meaning of NIHIL
| Pronunciation: | | 'neehil
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| | Definition: | | [n] (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" |
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| | See Also: | | aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]
Nothing.
{Nihil album} [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See
under {Zinc}.
{Nihil debet} [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue
in certain actions of debt.
{Nihil dicit} [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by
the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.
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