niece (nes)

[ G. nichte) = OHG. nift, dim. niftila, niftila MHG. G. niftel = Icel. nipt (pron. nift ), niece; = Skt. napti, daught granddaughter; a fem. form to nephew: see nephew. nephew.] 1. 1. A grandchild, or more remote lineal descendant, nt, whether male or female; specifically, a granddaughter. Laban answer ide to hym: My dowytres and sones, and the flock is, and alle that thou be hold ist, ben myne, and what may I do to my sones and to my neces? Wyclif , Gen. xxx i. 43. The emperor August us, among other singularities that he had by himself during his life, saw, ere he died, the nephew of his niece - that is to say, his progeny to the fourth