nide

American  

[nahyd] / naɪd /

noun

1. a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.

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nide British  

/ naɪd /

noun

1. another word for nye

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Etymology

Origin of nide

First recorded in 1670–80; from Latin nīdus; nest

Example Sentences

The next was called �rec et �nide, and told some of the adventures that were later used by Tennyson in his Geraint and Enid.

From Project Gutenberg

Me from my dear-loved patrial nide she drove Over the broad and boisterous Ocean ranging, Where Life so often saw her èxtreme range.

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The farmer informed us that the game was very plentiful; and when we entered the first stubble field, we saw a nide of fourteen pheasants run into the hedge row.

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As we proceeded I killed a leash more, so that I had three brace and a half out of the first nide of fourteen.

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