noun.
In Teut, myth., a water-spirit, good or bad. The Scotch water-kelpie is a wicked nix. Also written nis.
noun.
Nothing; as an answer, nothing; also, by extension, as adverb, no.
noun.
See the quotation.
An exelamation of alarm used by thieves, street Arabs, and others: as, nix, the bobby! (policeman).