Nig"gard (?), n. [Icel. hnoggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne�xa0;w.]
A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.
Chaucer.
A penurious niggard of his wealth.
Milton.
Be niggards of advice on no pretense.
Pope.
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Nig"gard, a.
Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
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Nig"gard, v. t. & i.
To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.
[R.]
Shak.
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