Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.