Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Niding \Ni"ding\ (n[imac]"d[i^]ng), n. [Written also {nithing}.]
   [AS. n[imac][eth]ing, fr. n[imac][eth] wickness, malice,
   hatred.]
   A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium. [Obs.]

         He is worthy to be called a niding.      --Howell.