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  • Not only don't the inhabitants of one state care a k'nith's hind-quarters for their neighbors, what about these nomadic warrior groups? "

    Mission to Moulokin Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1979

  • He licked his lips and, with a natural lisp, said 'mmm...nith firm breathts...', and then stroked the painting's chest area for a moment.

    Archive 2006-06-25 2006

  • He licked his lips and, with a natural lisp, said 'mmm...nith firm breathts...', and then stroked the painting's chest area for a moment.

    Archive 2006-06-25 2006

  • With is the winker for the muckwits of willesly and nith is the nod for the umproar napollyon and hitheris poorblond piebold hoerse.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • "Who knows?" said Lamsar, and they walked on through the rocky mountain pass and entered a forest that was cool, even though the sun had reached its ze - nith and was glaring down through parts of the thick fo - liage.

    The Bane of the Black Sword Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • "Who knows?" said Lamsar, and they walked on through the rocky mountain pass and entered a forest that was cool, even though the sun had reached its ze - nith and was glaring down through parts of the thick fo - liage.

    The Bane of The Black Sword Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • The dance contests in the Inviting-In Feast resemble the nith songs of Greenland.

    The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo Ernest William Hawkes

  • In this respect the representations are somewhat similar to the nith contests of the Greenlanders.

    The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo Ernest William Hawkes

  • It was upheld by a small boy, who stammered diffidently, "My moth-moth-mother thaid she wanted you to try thum of her nith turkey."

    Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Asa Don Dickinson 1918

  • A peculiar institution among the central and eastern tribes is that of the so-called "nith song" (Norse nith, contention), or duel or satire, in which two rivals exhaust upon each other their capacity for ridicule until one or the other is declared victor by the company.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

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