nidrare. [Later form of nide, perh. after F. nid.] A nest (of pheasants). 1808Cobbett in Friendsh. Miss Mitford (1882) I. 41 The pheasants are all well, both nids.1884Carnegie Game Preserving 4 When quitting the ‘nide’ or ‘nid’, as the nest is technically termed, she instinctively scratches a covering of leaves or grass over it.