nieveful

English

Etymology

nieve +‎ -ful

Noun

nieveful (plural nievefuls)

1. (Scotland) handful; fistful
   • April 21, 1785, Robert Burns, epistle to J. Lapraik

     their worthless nievefu' o' a soul

   • 1840, David Macbeth Moir, The life of Mansie Wauch: tailor in Dalkeith:

     Flesh and blood could not stand it, more especially when I thought on who had dared to presume to call me such; so, in a whirlwind of fury, I swept up two nievefuls of dominoes off the table, and made them flee into the bleezing fire […]