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- Nicely: often used in Ireland as shown here:— 'Well, how is your [sick] mother to-day?' 'Oh she's nicely,' or 'doing nicely, thank you'; i.e. getting on very well—satisfactorily. A still stronger word is bravely. 'She's doing bravely this morning'; i.e. extremely well—better than was expected.
- Nim or nym; a small bit of anything. (Ulster.)
- Noggin; a small vessel, now understood to hold two glasses; also called naggin. Irish noigín.
- Nose; to pay through the nose; to pay and be made to pay, against your grain, the full sum without delay or mitigation.
- Oanshagh; a female fool, corresponding with omadaun, a male fool. Irish óinseach, same sound and meaning: from ón, a fool, and seach, the feminine termination.
- Offer; an attempt:—'I made an offer to leap the fence but failed.'
- Old English, influence of, on our dialect, 6.
- Oliver's summons, 184.
- On or upon; in addition to its functions as explained at pp. 27, 28, it is used to express obligation:— 'Now I put it upon you to give Bill that message for me': one person meeting another on Christmas Day says:—'My Christmas box on you,' i.e. 'I put it as an obligation on you to give me a Christmas box.'
- Once; often used in this manner:—'Once he promises he'll do it' (Hayden and Hartog): 'Once you pay the money you are free,' i.e. if or when you pay.
- O'Neills and their war-cry, 179.
