How do you spell Niggard

Available Definitions:
1)  n. - A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.
2)  a. - Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
3)  v. t. & i. - To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.