nill4 (nil)

[Perhaps a use of nill3 (?).] 1. The shining sparks of bra given off in trying and melting the ore. Bailey.-2. Scales of hot iron from the forge. E. H. Knight. nilly-willy (nil'i-wil'i), adv. See willy -nilly. Nilometer (ni-lom'e-tér), n. [F. nilomètre = Sp. Pg. It. nilometro, or dications in cubits. The rise of the water at Cairo during a favorable inundation is about 25 feet. 2. [l. c.] Hence, any instrument for making a continuous and automatic register of river heights.