Nehushtan (nehushtan)

[Heb. nechush tān, lit. a piece of bra ' (copper), , He [Hezekiah] brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan. 2 Ki. xviii. 4. neit, adv. An obsolete variant of nay. neiet, v. i. An obsolete spelling of neigh1. neif, n. See neaf. neifet, neivet (nēf, nēv), n. [OF. neïf, naïf, in serf neïf, The children of villeins were also in the same state of bondage with their parents; whence they were called in Latin nativi, which gave rise to the female appellation of a villein, who was called a neife. Black stone, Com., II. vi.