Definition of "nits" []

• Plural form of nit. (noun)

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• "This kersey is made of black and white wool, carded together and wove with cotton warp, which makes a kind of black and white, which we call nits and lice."
• "And picking out dead nits is a very tedious process."
• "A mother ought to be particular in seeing that the nurse washes the hair-brush at least once every week; if she does not do so, the dirty brush which had during the illness been used, might contain the "nits" -- the eggs of the lice -- and would thus propagate the vermin, as they will, when on the head of the child, soon hatch."