NIEVEFUL

Etymology

Noun

nieveful (plural nievefuls)

(Scotland) handful; fistful

Flesh and blood could not stand it, more especially when I thought on who had dared to presume to call me such; so, in a whirlwind of fury, I swept up two nievefuls of dominoes off the table, and made them flee into the bleezing fire […]

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