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NEO'CLASSIC: (New Classic) Designating the revival in classic taste in art. 18th century.

NIDDY'NODDY: A reel on which yarn from the spinning wheel was wound with a wobbly motion of the worker's left hand.

NULLING: Ornament applied to the bulbous legs of Jacobean furniture, made up chiefly of beading, cabling and hollows. It was also in use to some extent in the early Georgian period.