nidification (nidifikashon)

[ nidify (nid'i-fi), r. i.; pret. and pp. nidified, ppr. nidifying. [OF. nidifier, make a nest (also vernacularly nicher, niger, F. nicher, make a nest, nestle), = Sp. Pg. nidificar = It. nid if i care, Most birds nidify, i. e. prepare a receptacle for the eggs, to aggregate them in a space that may be covered by the incubating body (sand-hole of Ostrich), or superadd materials to keep in the warmth. Owen, Anat., II. 257. IMG:content-1359.jpg:[blocks in formation] nod repeatedly; keep nodding, as when very Nidus hi rund in is, or swallow's - nest, a deep fo a on either sleepy. And Lady K. nid - nodded her head, Lapp'd in a turban fancy-bred. Hood , Mi Kilmansegg, Her Fancy Ball. That odd little nid nodding face is too good to be kept all to ourselves. Mi Ferrier, Inheritance, iii. 104. ( Davies.) [= It. nidore,