Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]

Nothing.

Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See under Zinc.

Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue in certain actions of debt.

Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)