nieve, neive /nēv/, neif or nief (Shakespeare neafe or neaffe) /nēf/ (archaic and dialect)

The fist

nieveˈful noun

A closed handful

nieˈvie-nickˈ-nack or nieˈvie-nieˈvie-nickˈ-nack noun

A Scottish children's pastime, a way of assigning by lot, by guessing which hand contains something, the holder repeating a rhyme

• have oneself to thank for
• have one's end away
• have one's eye on
• have one's face lifted
• have one's feet on the ground
• have one's fill of
• have one's finger on the button
• have one's fingers all thumbs
• have one's hands full
• have one's head screwed on
• have one's head screwed on the right way
• have one's heart in it
• have one's heart in one's boots
• have one's heart in one's mouth
• have one's heart in the right place
• have one's heart set on
• have one's knife in
• have one's marbles
• have one's monkey up
• have one's name in the Gazette
• have one's own way
• have one's shirt out
• have one's way
• have one's will
• have one's wits about one