Nix
[nɪks]
Definition
(fem.) One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.
Editor: Pierre
Definition
n. nothing: (U.S.) in the postal service anything unmailable because addressed to places which are not post-offices or to post-offices not existing in the States &c. indicated in the address—usually in pl.
n. (Teut. myth.) a water-spirit mostly malignant.—Also Nix′ie Nix′y.
interj. a roughs' street-cry of warning at the policeman &c.
Checker: Shelia
Examples
- The first steamship to put to sea was also an American, the _Ph?nix_, which went from New York (Hoboken) to Philadelphia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Stevens’ son in taking the Ph?nix from New York to Philadelphia, no attempt had been made to cross the ocean until 1819. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Having in 1804 made the first application of steam to the screw propeller, he in 1807 built the Ph?nix, which was driven by paddle wheels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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