Tight-fistedness; stinginess, parsimony. Cf. fast, adj. 6a.

Niggardliness, stinginess. Of soil: infertility. Obsolete.

Frugality, parsimony; niggardliness, stinginess, meanness. Obsolete.

Niggardliness.

Meanness, miserliness.

Stinginess, niggardliness.

Avarice; niggardliness.

Niggardliness.

Parsimony, stinginess; scrimping; the application of economies.

Closefistedness.

The quality of being strait, in various senses. Parsimony, stinginess. Obsolete.

niggard cheap: close thrift, economy, niggardliness.

Niggardliness.

= nigonry, n.

Niggardliness.

Niggardliness.

The state or quality of being niggardly; stinginess, meanness; parsimony.

Excessive unwillingness to part with money or other material resources; stinginess, niggardliness; an instance of this.

The quality of being illiberal (in the various senses of the adjective); meanness; uncharitableness; niggardliness, stinginess.

Parsimony, niggardliness; frugality. Obsolete.

Tendency to keep fast hold of money; miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony. Obsolete.

Stinginess.

figurative. Parsimonious hoarding; niggardliness. Cf. cheeseparing, n. 2. Obsolete.

Apparently: illiberality, meanness. Obsolete. rare.

Niggardliness.

niggardliness.

= niggardness, n.

= closefistedness n. at close-fisted, adj. derivatives.

Miserliness, parsimoniousness. Obsolete.

(un-, prefix1 affix 6.)

The quality or characteristic of being parsimonious.

Meanness, stinginess.

The quality of being stingy; niggardliness, meanness.

Niggardliness, stinginess, parsimony.

illiberality, illiberal principles.

Niggardliness, stinginess; an instance of this. Also figurative.

The action of saving money by making numerous small cuts or adjustments; rigorous economizing, esp. of a mean or parsimonious kind. Also: an…

Meanness, stinginess, parsimoniousness. Also: frugality, thrift.

Churlish quality or state; rudeness, roughness, sullenness, harshness, niggardliness.

The action or an act of screwing (in various senses of screw, v.).

avarice, meanness, miserliness.

The state, condition, or quality of being screwy (in various senses); (in later use) esp. craziness, kookiness.

= flint-skinning n.

meanness, miserliness.

Originally Scottish. The action or process of scrimping; shortage, meagre allowance; frugality.

the action of ‘skinning a flint’, parsimonious saving.

Originally U.S. Niggardly habits or behaviour; parsimoniousness.

The action of the verb.