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nihil |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nihil \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nihil n : nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ: "nihil habet") [syn: {nil}]
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