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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Niggle  \Nig"gle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Niggled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Niggling}.]  [Dim.  of  Prov.  E.  nig  to  clip  money;  cf  also 
  Prov.  E.  nig  a  small  piece.] 
  To  trifle  with  to  deceive;  to  mock.  [Obs.]  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Niggling  \Nig"gling\,  n. 
  Finicky  or  pottering  work  specif.  (Fine  Arts),  minute  and 
  very  careful  workmanship  in  drawing,  painting,  or  the  like 
  esp.  when  bestowed  on  unimportant  detail. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  niggling 
  adj  :  (informal  terms)  small  and  of  little  importance;  "a  fiddling 
  sum  of  money";  "a  footling  gesture";  "our  worries  are 
  lilliputian  compared  with  those  of  countries  that  are 
  at  war";  "a  little  (or  small)  matter";  "a  dispute  over 
  niggling  details";  "limited  to  petty  enterprises"; 
  "piffling  efforts";  "giving  a  police  officer  a  free 
  meal  may  be  against  the  law,  but  it  seems  to  be  a 
  picayune  infraction"  [syn:  {fiddling},  {footling},  {lilliputian}, 
  {little},  {piddling},  {piffling},  {petty},  {picayune}, 
  {trivial}]




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