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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 719 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NIXIE , or N1xY, a See also:

female See also:water-sprite. The word is adapted from Ger. Nixe, the male water-sprite being Nix. The See also:general See also:term covering both the male and female is " nicker," a kelpie. This also appears in Dutch nikker.

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