ETYM AS. hnitu; akin to Dutch neet, German niss, Old High Germ. niz; cf. Icel. gnit, Swed. gnet, Dan. gnid, Russ. and Pol. gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.
(Homonym: knit).
1. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
2. Egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing.

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