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nit(2) (iou) and textile (medicine)


nit(2) (iou)



nit noun1.
[Old English hnitu = Middle Low German, Middle Dutch nete (Dutch neet), Old High German (h)ni (German Niss(e)), from West Germanic from Indo-European (cf. Greek konid-, konis).]
The egg or the young of a louse or Other parasitic insect; spec. the egg of the head louse, esp. when attached to hair. OE.
as dead as a nit arch. completely dead.
b. A gnat, a small fly. rare. M16-L17.
A contemptible person, esp. a stupid or incompetent person. slang. L16.
B. Bainbridge But they're different colours, you nit.
Comb.: nit-grass a grass, Gastridium ventricosum, with shiny swollen florets resembling nits; nitweed a N. American St John's wort, Hypericum gentianoides, with scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers; also called orange grass.

textile (medicine)


textile


Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

<zoology> Textile cone, a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colours are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.

Origin: L. Textilis, fr. Texere to weave: cf. F. Textile. See Text.

Source: Websters Dictionary