English Explanatory Dictionary

nidder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To keep down or under.
  2. To press hard upon; straiten (applied to bounds).
  3. To pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth.
  4. To harass; grill; plague; annoy.

Word forms

nidder nidders niddering niddered

Etymology

From a dialectal variant of nither, nether.

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