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 Nisi Prius.Nit. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Nis’roch.
 
An idol of the Ninevites represented in their sculptures with a hawk’s head. The word means Great Eagle.   1
 


 Nisi Prius.Nit. 

 
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