"nidder" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: nidders [present, singular, third-person], niddering [participle, present], niddered [participle, past], niddered [past]
Etymology: From a dialectal variant of nither, nether. Etymology templates: {{m|en|nither}} nither, {{m|en|nether}} nether Head templates: {{en-verb}} nidder (third-person singular simple present nidders, present participle niddering, simple past and past participle niddered)
  1. (transitive, Scotland) To keep down or under. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-nidder-en-verb-m90L0zII Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (transitive, Scotland) To press hard upon; straiten (applied to bounds). Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-nidder-en-verb-2MlG80YF Categories (other): Scottish English
  3. (transitive, Scotland) To pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-nidder-en-verb-4~9jQkOq Categories (other): Scottish English
  4. (transitive, Scotland) To harass; grill; plague; annoy. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-nidder-en-verb-rQkELQK1 Categories (other): Scottish English

Inflected forms

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