Vocabulary : Niellist to Niggling

Niellist : One who practices the style of ornamentation called niello.
Niello : A metallic alloy of a deep black color. ;; The art, process, or method of decorating metal with incised designs filled with the black alloy. ;; A piece of metal, or any other object, so decorated. ;; An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or metal plate. ;; An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid.
Niepce's process : A process, now no longer used, invented by J. N. Niepce, a French chemist, in 1829. It depends upon the action of light in rendering a thin layer of bitumen, with which the plate is coated, insoluble.
niere : One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker. ;; A receptacle for rags or shreds. ;; A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.
Nifle : A trifle.

nigged : Hammer-dressed; -- said of building stone.
Niggle : To trifle with; to deceive; to mock. ;; To trifle or play. ;; To act or walk mincingly. ;; To fret and snarl about trifles. ;; To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner. ;; To elaborate excessively, as in art. ;; To move about restlessly or without result; to fidget. ;; To be finicky or excessively critical; to potter; esp., to work with excessive care for trifling details, as in painting.
Niggled : of Niggle
Niggler : One who niggles.
Niggling : of Niggle ;; Finicky or pottering work; ;; minute and very careful workmanship in drawing, painting, or the like, esp. when bestowed on unimportant detail.

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