Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nit"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nit \Nit\, n. [AS. hnitu; akin to D. neet, G. niss, OHG. niz;
cf. gr. ?, ?, Icel. gnit, Sw. gnet, Dan. gnid, Russ. & Pol.
gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.] (Zo["o]l.)
The egg of a louse or other small insect.
{Nit grass} (Bot.), a pretty annual European grass
({Gastridium lendigerum}), with small spikelets somewhat
resembling a nit. It is also found in California and
Chili.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nit
n 1: a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured
perpendicular to the rays from the source
2: egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a
sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of
clothing
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