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N (part 2)
NITRIC
Ni"tric, a. Etym: [Cf. F. nitrique. See Niter.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid. Nitric acid, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. — Nitric anhydride, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen (N2O5), called nitric pentoxide, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. — Nitric oxide, a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitric dioxide or peroxide.
NITRIDE
Ni"tride ( or ), n. Etym: [fromNitrogen.] (Chem.)
Defn: A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride.
NITRIFEROUS
Ni*trif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Niter + -ferous.]
Defn: Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter.
NITRIFICATION
Ni`tri*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. nitrification. see Nitrify.]
1. (Chem.) (a) The act, process, or result of combining with nitrogen or some of its compounds. (b) The act or process of oxidizing nitrogen or its compounds so as to form nitrous or nitric acid.
2. A process of oxidation, in which nitrogenous vegetable and animal matter in the presence of air, moisture, and some basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into nitrates.
Note: The process is going on at all times in porous soils and in water contaminated with nitrogenous matter, and is supposed to be due to the presence of an organized ferment or ferments, called nitrification ferments. In former times the process was extensively made use of in the production of saltpeter.
NITRIFIER
Ni"tri*fi`er, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An agent employed in nitrification.
NITRIFY
Ni"tri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nitrified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nitrifying.] Etym: [Niter + -fy: cf. F. nitrifer. See Niter.] (Chem.)
Defn: To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.
NITRILE
Ni"trile ( or ), n. Etym: [See Nitro-.] (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of a series of cyanogen compounds; particularly, one of those cyanides of alcohol radicals which, by boiling with acids or alkalies, produce a carboxyl acid, with the elimination of the nitrogen as ammonia.
Note: The nitriles are named with reference to the acids produced by their decomposition, thus, hydrocyanic acid is formic nitrile, and methyl cyanide is acetic nitrile.
NITRITE
Ni"trite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. nitrite. See Niter.] (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of nitrous acid. Amyl nitrite, a yellow oily volatile liquid, used in medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator. Its inhalation produces an instantaneous flushing of the face.
NITRO-
Ni"tro- (.
1. A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: A combining form (used also adjectively) designating certain compounds of nitrogen or of its acids, as nitrohydrochloric, nitrocalcite; also, designating the group or radical NO2, or its compounds, as nitrobenzene. Nitro group, the radical NO2; — called also nitroxyl.
NITROBENZENE
Ni`tro*ben"zene ( or ), n. Etym: [Nitro- + benzene.] (Chem.)
Defn: A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.
NITROBENZOL; NITROBENZOLE
Ni`tro*ben"zol, Ni`tro*ben"zole, (, n.
Defn: See Nitrobenzene.
NITROCALCITE
Ni`tro*cal"cite, n. Etym: [Nitro- + calcite.] (Min.)
Defn: Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter.
NITROCARBOL
Ni`tro*car"bol, n. Etym: [Nitro- + carbon + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Nitromethane.
NITROCELLULOSE
Ni`tro*cel"lu*lose`, n. Etym: [Nitro- + cellulose.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Gun cotton, under Gun.
NITRO-CHLOROFORM
Ni`tro-chlo"ro*form, n. Etym: [Nitro- + chloroform.] (Chem.)
Defn: Same as Chlorpicrin.
NITROFORM
Ni"tro*form, n. Etym: [Nitro- + formyl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties.
NITROGELATIN
Ni`tro*gel"a*tin, n. Etym: [Nitro- + gelatin.]
Defn: An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin. [Written also nitrogelatine.]
NITROGEN
Ni`tro*gen, n. Etym: [L. nitrum natron + -gen: cf. F. nitrogène. See
Niter.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.
NITROGENIZE
Ni"tro*gen*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nitrogenized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nitrogenizing.] (Chem.)
Defn: To combine, or impregnate, with nitrogen or its compounds.
NITROGENOUS
Ni*trog"e*nous, a. (Chem.)
Defn: of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds. Nitrogenous foods. See 2d Note under Food, n., 1.
NITROGLYCERIN
Ni`tro*glyc"er*in, n. Etym: [Nitro- + glycerinn.] (Chem.)
Defn: A liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric acid, and hence more properly called glycerin nitrate. It is made by the action of nitric acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is extremely unstable and terribly explosive. A very dilute solution is used in medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion. [Written also nitroglycerine.]
Note: A great number of explosive compounds have been produced by mixing nitroglycerin with different substances; as, dynamite, or giant powder, nitroglycerin mixed with siliceous earth; lithofracteur, nitroglycerin with gunpowder, or with sawdust and nitrate of sodium or barium; Colonia powder, gunpowder with nitroglycerin; dualin, nitroglycerin with sawdust, or with sawdust and nitrate of potassium and some other substances; lignose, wood fiber and nitroglycerin.
NITROHYDROCHLORIC
Ni`tro*hy`dro*chlo"ric, a. Etym: [Nitro- + hydrochloric.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric acids. Nitrohydrochloric acid, a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, usually in the proportion of one part of the former to three of the latter, and remarkable for its solvent action on gold and platinum; — called also nitromuriatic acid, and aqua regia.
NITROL
Ni"trol, n. (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of a series of hydrocarbons containing the nitro and the nitroso or isonitroso group united to the same carbon atom.
NITROLEUM
Ni*tro"le*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. nitrum natron + oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
Defn: Nitroglycerin.
NITROLIC
Ni*trol"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a nitrolic acid.
NITROMAGNESITE
Ni`tro*mag"ne*site, n. Etym: [Nitro- + magnesite.] (Chem.)
Defn: Nitrate of magnesium, a saline efflorescence closely resembling nitrate of calcium.
NITROMETER
Ni*trom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Nitro- + -meter: cf. F. nitromètre.] (Chem.)
Defn: An apparatus for determining the amount of nitrogen or some of its compounds in any substance subjected to analysis; an azotometer.
NITROMETHANE
Ni`tro*meth"ane, n. Etym: [Nitro- + methane.] (Chem.)
Defn: A nitro derivative of methane obtained as a mobile liquid; — called also nitrocarbol.
NITROMURIATIC
Ni`tro*mu`ri*at"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. nitromuriatique. See Nitro-, and
Muriatic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric.
NITROPHNOL
Ni`tro*ph"nol, n. Etym: [Nitro- + phenol.] (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of a series of nitro derivatives of phenol. They are yellow oily or crystalline substances and have well-defined acid properties, as picric acid.
NITROPRUSSIC
Ni`tro*prus"sic ( or , a. Etym: [Nitro- + prussic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance. It forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline subphides.
NITROPRUSSIDE
Ni`tro*prus"side, n.
Defn: See Nitroprussic.
NITROQUINOL
Ni`tro*qui"nol, n. Etym: [Nitro- + quine + -ol.] (Chem.)
Defn: A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined series of derivatives.
NITROSACCHARIN
Ni`tro*sac"cha*rin, n. Etym: [Nitro- + saccharin.] (Chem.)
Defn: An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc.
NITROSALICYLIC
Ni`tro*sal`i*cyl"ic, a. Etym: [Nitro- + salicylic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro derivative of salicylic acid, called also anilic acid.
NITROSE
Ni*trose", a. (Chem.)
Defn: See Nitrous.
NITROSO-
Ni*tro"so-
Defn: (. (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) designating the group or radical NO, called the nitroso group, or its compounds.
NITROSYL
Ni*tro"syl, n. Etym: [Nitroso- + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: the radical NO, called also the nitroso group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively.
NITROSYLIC
Ni`tro*syl"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrosyl; as, nitrosylic acid.
NITROUS
Ni"trous, a. Etym: [L. nitrosus full of natron: cf. F. nitreux. See
Niter.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of those compounds in which nitrogen has a relatively lower valence as contrasted with nitric compounds. Nitrous acid (Chem.), a hypothetical acid of nitrogen HNO2, not known in the free state, but forming a well known series of salts, viz., the nitrites. — Nitrous oxide. See Laughing gas.
NITROXYL
Ni*trox"yl, n. Etym: [Nitro- + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: The group NO2, usually called the nitro group.
NITRUM
Ni"trum, n. Etym: [L., natron. See Niter.] (Old Chem.)
Defn: Niter. Nitrum flammans Etym: [L., flaming niter] (Old Chem.), ammonium nitrate; — probably so called because it deflagerates when suddenly heated.
NITRY
Ni"try, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Nitrous. [Obs.]
NITRYL
Ni"tryl, n. Etym: [Nitro- + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A name sometimes given to the nitro group or radical.
NITTER
Nit"ter, n. Etym: [From Nit.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The horselouse; an insect that deposits nits on horses.
NITTILY
Nit"ti*ly, adv.
Defn: Lousily. [Obs.] Haywar
NITTINGS
Nit"tings, n. pl. Etym: [Prob. from Nit.] (Mining)
Defn: The refuse of good ore. Raymond.
NITTY
Nit"ty, a.
Defn: Full of nits. B. Jonson.
NITTY
Nit"ty, a. Etym: [L. nitidus. See Nitid.]
Defn: Shining; elegant; spruce. [Obs.] "O sweet, nitty youth."
Marston.
NIVAL
Ni"val, a. Etym: [L. nivalis, fr. nix, nivis, snow.]
Defn: Abounding with snow; snowy. [Obs.] Johnson.
NIVEOUS
Niv"e*ous, a. Etym: [L. niveus, fr. nix, nivis, snow.]
Defn: Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow. Sir
T. Browne.
NIVOSE
Ni`vose", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. nix. nivis, snow.]
Defn: The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806].
It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See VendÉmiaire.
NIX
Nix, n.; fem. Nixe (. Etym: [G. Cf. 1st Nick.] (Teut. Myth.)
Defn: One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition. The treacherous nixes who entice men to a watery death. Tylor.
NIXIE
Nix"ie, n.
Defn: See Nix.
NIXIE CLERK
Nixie clerk.
Defn: A post-office clerk in charge of the nixies.
NIZAM Ni*zam", n. Etym: [Hind. & Ar. nizam order, a ruler, fr. Ar. nazama arrange, govern.]
Defn: The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India, since 1719.
NO
No, a. Etym: [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an.
See None.]
Defn: Not any; not one; none.
Let there be no strife … between me and thee. Gen. xiii. 8.
That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. Byron.
Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used.
"No man." "Noon apothercary." Chaucer.
NO No, adv. Etym: [OE. no, na, AS. na; ne not + a ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. sq. root 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not, Nice, Nefarious.]
Defn: Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; — a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic. We do no otherwise than we are willed. Shak. I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation. Coleridge. There is none righteous, no, not one. Rom. iii. 10. No! Nay, Heaven forbid. Coleridge.
NO
No, n.; pl. Noes (.
1. A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial.
2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
NOACHIAN
No*a"chi*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time.
NOAH
No"ah, n. Etym: [Heb. Noakh rest.]
Defn: A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge. Noah's ark. (a) (Zoöl.) A marine bivalve shell (Arca Noæ), which somewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form. (b) A child's toy, consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden animals.
NOB
Nob, n. Etym: [Cf. Knob.]
Defn: The head. [Low]
NOB
Nob, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. noble.]
Defn: A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman. [Slang]
NOBBILY
Nob"bi*ly, adv.
Defn: In a nobby manner. [Slang]
NOBBLER
Nob"bler, n.
Defn: A dram of spirits. [Australia]
NOBBY
Nob"by, a. Etym: [From 2d Nob.]
Defn: Stylish; modish; elegant; showy; aristocratic; fashionable.
[Slang]
NOBEL PRIZES
No*bel" prizes.
Defn: Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for the interests of humanity, established by the will of A. B. Nobel (1833- 96), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left his entire estate for this purpose. They are awarded yearly for what is regarded as the most important work during the year in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace. The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in 1901.
NOBERT'S LINES
No"bert's lines. [After F. A. Nobert, German manufacturer in
Pomerania.]
Defn: Fine lines ruled on glass in a series of groups of different closeness of line, and used to test the power of a microscope.
NOBILIARY
No*bil"ia*ry, a. Etym: [F. nobiliare. See Noble.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the nobility. Fitzed. Hall.
NOBILIARY
No*bil"ia*ry, n.
Defn: A history of noble families.
NOBILIFY
No*bil"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. nobilis noble + -fy.]
Defn: To make noble; to nobiliate. [Obs.]
NOBILI'S RINGS No"bi*li's rings. [After Leopoldo Nobili, an Italian physicist who first described them in 1826.] (Physics)
Defn: Colored rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate.
NOBILITATE
No*bil"i*tate, v. t. Etym: [L. nobilitatus, p.p. of nobilitare.]
Defn: To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt. [Obs.]
NOBILITATION
No*bil`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. nobilitation.]
Defn: The act of making noble. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
NOBILITY
No*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilité. See Noble.]
1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. Sir P. Sidney. They thought it great their sovereign to control, And named their pride nobility of soul. Dryden.
2. The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred. I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda. Dryden.
3. Those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or titled persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.
NOBLE No"ble, a. [Compar. Nobler; superl. Noblest.] Etym: [F. noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, fr.noscere to know. See know.]
1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong To nobler poets for a nobler song. Dryden.
2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
3. Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.
Note: Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded. Noble metals (Chem.), silver, gold, and platinum; — so called from their freedom from oxidation and permanence in air. Copper, mercury, aluminium, palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes included.
Syn. — Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted; superior; sublime; great; eminent; illustrious; renowned; stately; splendid; magnificent; grand; magnanimous; generous; liberal; free.
NOBLE
No"ble, n.
1. A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
2. An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A European fish; the lyrie.
NOBLE
No"ble, v. t.
Defn: To make noble; to ennoble. [Obs.]
Thou nobledest so far forth our nature. Chaucer.
NOBLEMAN
No"ble*man, n.; pl. Noblemen (.
Defn: One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.
NOBLE-MINDED
No"ble-mind`ed, a.
Defn: Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous.
— No"ble-mind`ed*ness, n.
NOBLENESS
No"ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity;
magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility;
grandeur; stateliness.
His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor.
NOBLESS; NOBLESSE
No*bless", No*blesse", n. Etym: [F. noblesse. See Noble.]
1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson.
2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Dryden.
NOBLEWOMAN
No"ble*wom`an, n.; pl. Noblewomen (.
Defn: A female of noble rank; a peeress.
NOBLEY
No"bley, n. Etym: [OF. nobleie.]
1. The body of nobles; the nobility. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Noble birth; nobility; dignity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOBLY
No"bly, adv.
1. Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended.
2. In a noble manner; with greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done.
3. Splendidly; magnificently.
Syn. — Illustriously; honorably; magnanimously; heroically; worthly; eminently; grandly.
NOBODY
No"bod*y, n.; pl. Nobodies. Etym: [No, a. + body.]
1. No person; no one; not anybody.
2. Hence: A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [Colloq.]
NOCAKE
No"cake, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. Indian nookhik meal. Palfrey.]
Defn: Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, — used for food by the Northern American Indians.
NOCENT
No"cent, a. Etym: [L. nocens, p.pr. of nocere to hurt. See Nuisance,
Noxious.]
1. Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. I. Watts.
2. Guilty; — the opposite of innocent. [Obs.] Foxe.
NOCENT
No"cent, n.
Defn: A criminal. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
NOCENTLY
No"cent*ly, adv.
Defn: Hurtfully; injuriosly. [R.]
NOCIVE
No"cive, a. Etym: [L. nocivus, fr. nocere to hurt.]
Defn: Hurtful; injurious. [R.] Hooker.
NOCK
Nock, n. Etym: [See Notch.]
1. A notch. He took his arrow by the nock. Chapman.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
NOCK
Nock, v. t.
Defn: To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. Chapman.
NOCTAMBULATION Noc*tam`bu*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. nox, noctis, night + ambulare to walk: cf. F. noctambulation.]
Defn: Somnambulism; walking in sleep. Quain.
NOCTAMBULISM
Noc*tam"bu*lism, n.
Defn: Somnambulism.
NOCTAMBULIST
Noc*tam"bu*list, n.
Defn: A somnambulist.
NOCTAMBULO
Noc*tam"bu*lo, n.
Defn: A noctambulist. [Obs.]
NOCTIDIAL
Noc*tid"i*al, a. Etym: [L. nox, noctos, night + dies day.]
Defn: Comprising a night and a day; a noctidial day. [R.] Holder.
NOCTIFEROUS
Noc*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. noctifer; nox, noctis + ferre to bring.]
Defn: Bringing night. [Obs.] Johnson.
NOCTILIONID
Noc*til"i*o*nid, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.
NOCTILUCA Noc`ti*lu"ca, n.; pl. NoctilucÆ. Etym: [L. noctiluca something that shines by night, fr. nox, noctis, night + lucere to shine, lux light.]
1. (Old Chem.)
Defn: That which shines at night; — a fanciful name for phosphorus.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucæ.
NOCTILUCIN
Noc*ti*lu"cin, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties.
NOCTILUCINE
Noc`ti*lu"cine, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to Noctiluca.
NOCTILUCOUS
Noc`ti*lu"cous, a.
Defn: Shining in the night.
NOCTIVAGANT Noc*tiv"a*gant, a. Etym: [L. nox, noctis, night + vagans, p.pr. of vagari to wander about.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Going about in the night; night-wandering.
NOCTIVAGATION
Noc*tiv`a*ga"tion, n.
Defn: A roving or going about in the night. Gayton.
NOCTIVAGOUS Noc*tiv"a*gous, a. Etym: [L. noctivagus; nox, noctis + vagus wandering.]
Defn: Noctivagant.
NOCTOGRAPH
Noc"to*graph, n. Etym: [L. nox, noctis, night + -graph.]
1. A kind of writing frame for the blind.
2. An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats. Knight.
NOCTUARY
Noc"tu*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. noctu by night.]
Defn: A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; — distinguished from diary. [R.] Addison.
NOCTUID
Noc"tu*id, n. Etym: [From L. nox, noctis, night.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidæ, or Noctuælitæ, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; — so called because they fly at night. — a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidæ.
NOCTULE Noc"tule, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. noctua a night owl, fr. nox, noctis, night.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large European bat (Vespertilio, or Noctulina, altivolans).
NOCTURN Noc"turn, n. Etym: [F. nocturne, fr. L. nocturnus. See Nocturnal, and cf. Nocturne.]
1. An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.
2. One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service. Hook.
NOCTURNAL Noc*tur"nal, a. Etym: [L. nocturnalis, nocturnus, fr. nox, noctis, night. See Night, and cf. Nocturn.]
1. Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expedition, etc.; — opposed to Ant: diurnal. Dryden.
2. Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.
NOCTURNAL
Noc*tur"nal, n.
Defn: An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea. I. Watts.
NOCTURNALLY
Noc*tur"nal*ly, adv.
Defn: By night; nightly.
NOCTURNE
Noc*turne", n. Etym: [F. See Nocturn.] (Mus.)
Defn: A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's "Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.
NOCUMENT
Noc"u*ment, n. Etym: [LL. nocumentum, fr. L. nocere to hurt.]
Defn: Harm; injury; detriment. [Obs.]
NOCUOUS
Noc"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. nocuus, fr. nocere to hurt.]
Defn: Hurtful; noxious. [R.] — Noc"u*ous*ly, adv. [R.]
NOD Nod, v. i. Etym: [OE. nodden; cf. OHG. kn, genuot, to shake, and E. nudge.]
1. To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.
2. To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one.
3. To be drowsy or dull; to be careless. Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Pope.
NOD
Nod, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Nodding.]
1. To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head.
2. To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.
3. To cause to bend. [Poetic] By every wind that nods the mountain pine. Keats.
NOD
Nod, n.
1. A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of
anything.
Like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down.
Shak.
2. A quick or slight downward or forward motion of the head, in assent, in familiar salutation, in drowsiness, or in giving a signal, or a command. A look or a nod only ought to correct them [the children] when they do amiss. Locke. Nations obey my word and wait my nod. Prior. The land of Nod, sleep.
NODAL
Nod"al, a.
Defn: Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point. Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a state of vibration.
NODATED No"da*ted, a. Etym: [L. nodatus, p.p. of nodare to make knotty, fr. nodus knot. See Node.]
Defn: Knotted. Nodated hyperbola (Geom.), a certain curve of the third order having two branches which cross each other, forming a node.
NODATION
No*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. nodatio knottiness.]
Defn: Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted. [R.]
NODDER
Nod"der, n.
Defn: One who nods; a drowsy person.
NODDING
Nod"ding, a.
Defn: Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.
NODDLE
Nod"dle, n. Etym: [OE. nodil, nodle; perh. fr. nod, because the head
is the nodding part of the body, or perh. akin to E. knot; cf. Prov.
E. nod the nape of the neck.]
1. The head; — used jocosely or contemptuously. Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L'Estrange.
2. The back part of the head or neck. [Obs.] For occasion … turneth a bald noddle, after she hath presented her locks in front, and no hold taken. Bacon.
NODDY Nod"dy, n.; pl. Noddies. Etym: [Prob. fr. nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.]
1. A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any tern of the genus Anous, as A. stolidus. (b) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.
3. An old game at cards. Halliwell.
4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
5. An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; — used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
NODE
Node, n. Etym: [L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot. Cf. Noose, Nowed.]
1. A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.
2. Specifically: (a) (Astron.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary. (b) (Bot.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted. (c) (Dialing) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc. (d) (Geom.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode. (e) (Mech.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot. W. R. Johnson. (f) (poet.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece. (g) (Med.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint. Dunglison. (h) (Mus) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point. (i) (Zoöl.) A swelling. Ascending node (Astron.), the node at which the body is passing northerly, marked with the symbol &astascending;, called the Dragon's head. Called also northern node. — Descending node, the node at which the body is moving southwardly, marked thus &astdescending;, called Dragon's tail. — Line of nodes, a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit.
NODICAL
Nod"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon. Nodical month. See Lunar month, under Month.
NODOSARINE
No`do*sa"rine, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling in form or structure a foraminiferous shell of the genus Nodosaria. — n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A foraminifer of the genus Nodosaria or of an allied genus.
NODOSE
No*dose", a. Etym: [L. nodosus, fr. nodus knot.]
1. Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having nodes or prominences; having the alternate joints enlarged, as the antennæ of certain insects.
NODOSITY
No*dos"i*ty (, n. Etym: [L. nodositas.]
1. The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness. Holland.
2. A knot; a node.
NODOSOUS; NODOUS
No*do"sous, No"dous, a.
Defn: Nodose; knotty; knotted. [Obs.]
NODULAR
Nod"u*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. nodulaire.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or in the form of, a nodule or knot.
NODULE
Nod"ule, n. Etym: [L. nodulus, dim. of nodus knot: cf. F. nodule.]
Defn: A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.
NODULED
Nod"uled, a.
Defn: Having little knots or lumps.
NODULOSE; NODULOUS
Nod"u*lose`, Nod"u*lous, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.
NOEL
No"el, n. Etym: [F. noël, L. natalis birthday, fr. natalis natal. See
Natal.]
Defn: Same as Nowel.
NOEMATACHOGRAPH
No*e`ma*tach"o*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.]
Defn: An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. Dunglison.
NOEMATIC; NOEMATICAL
No`e*mat"ic, No`e*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Noetic.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the understanding. [Obs.] Cudworth.
NOEMICS
No*e"mics, n. Etym: [Gr. Noetic.]
Defn: The science of the understanding; intellectual science.
NOETIAN
No*e"tian, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century.
He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost.
NOETIC; NOETICAL
No*et"ic, No*et"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual. I would employ the word noetic to express all those cognitions which originate in the mind itself. Sir W. Hamilton.
NOF
Nof. Etym: [Contr. fr. ne of.]
Defn: Not of; nor of. [Obs.]
NOG
Nog, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. noggin.]
1. A noggin.
2. A kind of strong ale. Halliwell.
NOG
Nog, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
2. One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.
3. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: A treenail to fasten the shores.
NOG
Nog, v. t. Etym: [From 2d Nog.]
1. To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
2. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: To fasten, as shores, with treenails.
NOGGEN
Nog"gen, a. Etym: [Prop., made of hemp, fr. Prov. E. nogs hemp.]
Defn: Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; harsh. [Obs.] Johnson.
NOGGIN
Nog"gin, n. Etym: [Ir. noigin, or Gael. noigean. Cf. lst Nog.]
1. A small mug or cup.
2. A measure equivalent to a gill. [Prov. Eng.]
NOGGING
Nog"ging, n. Etym: [From Nog, v. t.]
Defn: Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building.
NOGHT
Noght, adv.
Defn: Not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOIANCE Noi"ance, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. OE. anoiance.] [Written also noyance.]
Defn: Annoyance. [Obs.] Tusser.
NOIE
Noie, v. t.
Defn: To annoy. See Noy. [Obs.]
NOIER
Noi"er, n.
Defn: An annoyer. [Obs.] Tusser.
NOIL Noil, n. [Prob. fr. Prov. E. oil, ile, ail, a beard of grain (OE. eil, AS. egl) combined with the indef. article, an oil becoming a noil.]
Defn: A short or waste piece or knot of wool separated from the longer staple by combing; also, a similar piece or shred of waste silk.
NOILS
Noils, n. pl. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.
NOINT
Noint, v. t.
Defn: To anoint. [Obs.] Sir T. North.
NOIOUS
Noi"ous, a.
Defn: Annoying; troublesome. [Obs.]
NOISE Noise, n. Etym: [F. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See Nausea.]
1. Sound of any kind. The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived. Bacon.
Note: Noise is either a sound of too short a duration to be determined, like the report of a cannon; or else it is a confused mixture of many discordant sounds, like the rolling of thunder or the noise of the waves. Nevertheless, the difference between sound and noise is by no means precise. Ganot.
2. Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
3. Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. "The noise goes." Shak. What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! T. Baker. Soerates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages. Spectator.
4. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. [Obs.] Milton. The king has his noise of gypsies. B. Jonson.
Syn.
— Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; uproar.
NOISE
Noise, v. i.
Defn: To sound; to make a noise. Milton.
NOISE
Noise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noised; p pr. & vb. n. Noising.]
1. To spread by rumor or report. All these sayings were noised abroad. Luke i. 65.
2. To disturb with noise. [Obs.] Dryden.
NOISEFUL
Noise"ful, a.
Defn: Loud; clamorous. [Obs.] Dryden.
NOISELESS
Noise"less, a.
Defn: Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent;
as, the noiseless foot of time.
So noiseless would I live. Dryden.
— Noise"less*ly, adv.
— Noise"less*ness, n.
NOISETTE
Noi*sette", n. (Bot.)
Defn: A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. P. Henderson.
NOISILY
Nois"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a noisy manner.
NOISINESS
Nois"i*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being noisy.
NOISOME
Noi"some, a. Etym: [For noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See Annoy.]
1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia. "Noisome pestilence." Ps. xci. 3.
2. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid. "Foul
breath is noisome." Shak.
— Noi"some*ly, adv.
— Noi"some*ness, n.
Syn. — Noxious; unwholesome; insalubrious; mischievous; destructive. — Noisome, Noxious. These words have to a great extent been interchanged; but there is a tendency to make a distinction between them, applying noxious to things that inflict evil directly; as, a noxious plant, noxious practices, etc., and noisome to things that operate with a remoter influence; as, noisome vapors, a noisome pestilence, etc. Noisome has the additional sense of disqusting. A garden may be free from noxious weeds or animals; but, if recently covered with manure, it may be filled with a noisome smell.
NOISY
Nois"y, a. [Compar. Noisier; superl. Noisiest.] Etym: [From Noise.]
1. Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.
2. Full of noise. "The noisy town." Dryden.
NOLDE
Nol"de. Etym: [Contr. fr. ne wolde.]
Defn: Would not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOLE
Nole, n. Etym: [See Noll.]
Defn: The head. [Obs.] Shak.
NOLI-ME-TANGERE
No"li-me-tan"ge*re, n. Etym: [L., touch me not.]
1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. — See Impatiens. (b) The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.
NOLITION No*li"tion, n. Etym: [L. nolle not to will, to be unwilling; ne + velle to will, to be willing.]
Defn: Adverse action of will; unwillingness; — opposed to Ant:
volition.
A nolition and a direct enmity against the lust. Jer. Taylor.
NOLL
Noll, n. Etym: [OE. nol, AS. hnoll top; akin to OHG. hnol top, head.]
Defn: The head; the noddle. [Obs.]
NOLLEITY
Nol*le"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. nolle to be unwilling.]
Defn: The state of being unwilling; nolition. [R.]
NOLLE PROSEQUI
Nol"le pros"e*qui. Etym: [L., to be unwilling to prosecute.] (Law)
Defn: Will not prosecute; — an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.
NOLO CONTENDERE
No"lo con*ten"de*re. Etym: [L., I do not wish to contend.] (Law)
Defn: A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty.
NOL. PROS.; NOL PROS
Nol. pros.
Defn: An abbrev. of Nolle prosequi.
NOL-PROS
Nol`-pros", v. t. [imp. & p. p. -prossed; p. pr. & vb. n. -prossing.]
Defn: To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.
NOLT
Nolt, n. sing. & pl.
Defn: Neat cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
NOM
Nom, n. Etym: [F. See Noun.]
Defn: Name. Nom de guerre (, literally, war name; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time. — Nom de plume (, literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by an author as his or her signature.
NOMA
No"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Name.] (Med.)
Defn: See Canker, n., 1.
NOMAD
Nom"ad, n. Etym: [L. nomas, -adis, Gr. niman to take, and E. nimble:
cf. F. nomade. Cf. Astronomy, Economy, Nimble, Nemesis, Numb,
Number.]
Defn: One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.
NOMAD
Nom"ad, a.
Defn: Roving; nomadic.
NOMADE
Nom"ade, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: See Nomad, n.
NOMADIAN
No*ma"di*an, n.
Defn: A nomad. [R.]
NOMADIC
No*mad"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Nomad.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. — No*mad"ic*al*ly, adv.
NOMADISM
Nom"ad*ism, n.
Defn: The state of being a nomad.
NOMADIZE
Nom"ad*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Nomadized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nomadizing.]
Defn: To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds
for the sake of finding pasturage.
The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and
Volga. W. Tooke.
NOMANCY
No"man*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. nomancie, nomance, abbrev. fr. onomancie.
See Onomancy.]
Defn: The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names.
NO-MAN'S LAND
No"-man's` land`.
1. (Naut.)
Defn: A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for.
2. Fig.: An unclaimed space or time. That no-man's land of twilight. W. Black.
NOMARCH
Nom"arch, n. Etym: [Gr. -arch.]
Defn: The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.
NOMARCHY
Nom"arch*y, n.; pl. Nomarchies (.
Defn: A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.
NOMBLES Nom"bles, n. pl. Etym: [F. nombles, fr. L. lumbulus, dim. of lumbus a loin. Cf. Numbles, Umbles, Humbles.]
Defn: The entrails of a deer; the umbles. [Written also numbles.]
Johnson.
NOMBRIL Nom"bril, n. Etym: [F. nombril, for OF. lombril, i. e., ombril, with the article, a dim. fr. L. umbilicus the navel. See Navel.] (Her.)
Defn: A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; — called also navel point. See Escutcheon.
NOME
Nome, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.
2. Any melody determined by inviolable rules. [Obs.]
NOME
Nome, n. Etym: [Cf. Binomial.] (Alg.) [Obs.]
Defn: See Term.
NOME; NOMEN
Nome, No"men, obs. p. p.
Defn: of Nim. Chaucer.
NOMENCLATOR
No"men*cla`tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. nomen name + calare to call. See
Name, and Calendar.]
1. One who calls persons or things by their names.
Note: In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons whom they met and whose votes it was desirable to solicit.
2. One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.
NOMENCLATRESS
No"men*cla`tress, n.
Defn: A female nomenclator.
NOMENCLATURAL
No`men*cla"tur*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.
NOMENCLATURE
No"men*cla`ture, n. Etym: [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See
Nomenclator.]
1. A name. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.]
3. The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.
NOMIAL
No"mi*al, n. Etym: [Cf. Binomial.] (Alg.)
Defn: A name or term.
NOMIC
Nom"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Customary; ordinary; — applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. H Sweet. — n.
Defn: Nomic spelling. A. J. Ellis.
NOMINAL
Nom"i*nal, a. Etym: [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name. See
Name.]
1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. Bp. Pearson.
2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.
NOMINAL
Nom"i*nal, n.
1. A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: A verb formed from a noun.
3. A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
NOMINALISM
Nom"i*nal*ism, n.
Defn: The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists.
NOMINALIST
Nom"i*nal*ist, n. (Metaph.)
Defn: One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only. Reid.
NOMINALISTIC
Nom`i*nal*is"tic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.
NOMINALIZE
Nom"i*nal*ize, v. t.
Defn: To convert into a noun. [Obs.]
NOMINALLY
Nom"i*nal*ly, adv.
Defn: In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality.
Burke.
NOMINATE
Nom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nominated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nominating.] Etym: [L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr.
nomen name. See Name.]
1. To mention by name; to name. [Obs.] To nominate them all, it is impossible. Shak.
2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To set down in express terms; to state. [Obs.] Is it so noiminated in the bond Shak.
4. To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place.
NOMINATELY
Nom"i*nate*ly, adv.
Defn: By name; particularly; namely. [Obs.] Spelman.
NOMINATION
Nom`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. nominatio: cf. F. nomination.]
1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated. The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. Clarendon.
2. The denomination, or name. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
NOMINATIVAL
Nom`i*na*ti"val, a. (Gram.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the nominative case.
NOMINATIVE Nom"i*na*tive, a. Etym: [L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative.] (Gram.)
Defn: Giving a name; naming; designating; — said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. — n.
Defn: The nominative case.
NOMINATIVELY
Nom"i*na*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.
NOMINATOR
Nom"i*na`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who nominates.
NOMINEE
Nom`i*nee", n. Etym: [See Nominate, and -ee.]
Defn: A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
NOMINOR
Nom"i*nor`, n. Etym: [See Nominate, and -or.]
Defn: A nominator. [Obs.] Bentham.
NOMOCRACY
No*moc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr. -cracy, as in democracy.]
Defn: Government in accordance with a system of law. Milman.
NOMOGRAPHY
No*mog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws.
NOMOLOGY
No*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
1. The science of law; legislation.
2. The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology. Sir W. Hamilton.
NOMOPELMOUS
Nom`o*pel"mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds.
NOMOTHETE
Nom"o*thete, n. Etym: [Gr. nomothète.]
Defn: A lawgiver. [R.]
NOMOTHETIC; NOMOTHETICAL
Nom`o*thet"ic, Nom`o*thet"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power. [R.] Bp.
Barlow.
NON
Non, a.
Defn: No; not. See No, a. Chaucer.
NON-
Non-. Etym: [L. non, OL. noenu, noenum, fr. neoenum, lit., not one.
See None.]
Defn: A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.
Note: The prefix non- may be joined to the leading word by means of a hyphen, or, in most cases, the hyphen may be dispensed with. The list of words having the prefix non- could easily be lengthened.
NONABILITY
Non`a*bil"i*ty, n.
1. Want of ability.
2. (Law)
Defn: An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.
NONACCEPTANCE
Non`ac*cept"ance, n.
Defn: A neglect or refusal to accept.
NONACID
Non*ac"id, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; — said of certain atoms and radicals.
NONACQUAINTANCE
Non`ac*quaint"ance, n.
Defn: Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.
NONACQUIESCENCE
Non*ac`qui*es"cence, n.
Defn: Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.
NONADMISSION
Non`ad*mis"sion, n.
Defn: Failure to be admitted.
NONADULT
Non`a*dult", a.
Defn: Not adult; immature.
NONAEROBIOTIC
Non*a`ër*o*bi*ot"ic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaërobiotic.
NONAGE
Non"age, n. Etym: [LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem nine.]
(Eccl.)
Defn: The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W.
NONAGE
Non"age, n. Etym: [Pref. non- + age.]
Defn: Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity;
minority.
The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. Coleridge.
NONAGED
Non"aged, a.
Defn: Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. W.
Browne.
NONAGENARIAN Non`a*ge*na"ri*an, n. Etym: [L. nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine.]
Defn: A person ninety years old.
NONAGESIMAL
Non`a*ges"i*mal, a. Etym: [L. nonagesimus the ninetieth. See
Nonagenarian.] (Astron.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
NONAGESIMAL
Non`a*ges"i*mal, n. (Astron.)
Defn: The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.
NONAGON
Non"a*gon, n. Etym: [L. nonus ninth + Gr. (Math.)
Defn: A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.
NONAGRIAN
Non*a"gri*an, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.
NONALIENATION
Non*al`ien*a"tion, n.
Defn: Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.
NONANE
Non"ane, n. Etym: [L. nonus ninth.] (Chem.)
Defn: One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the paraffin series; — so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.
NONAPPEARANCE
Non`ap*pear"ance, n.
Defn: Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.
NONAPPOINTMENT
Non`ap*point"ment, n.
Defn: Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.
NONARRIVAL
Non`ar*riv"al, n.
Defn: Failure to arrive.
NON ASSUMPSIT
Non` as*sump"sit. Etym: [L., he did not undertake.] (Law)
Defn: The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.
NONATTENDANCE
Non`at*tend"ance, n.
Defn: A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.
NONATTENTION
Non`at*ten"tion, n.
Defn: Inattention.
NONBITUMINOUS
Non`bi*tu"mi*nous, a.
Defn: Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.
NONCE Nonce, n. Etym: [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of AS. m in , dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.]
Defn: The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; —
chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.
The miller was a stout carl for the nones. Chaucer.
And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice for
the nonce. Shak.
Nonce word, "a word apparently employed only for the nonce". Murray
(New English Dict. ).
NONCHALANCE
Non`cha`lance", n. Etym: [F. See Nonchalant.]
Defn: Indifference; carelessness; coolness.
NONCHALANT Non`cha`lant", a. Etym: [F., fr. non not (L. non) + chaloir to concern one's self for, fr. L. calere to be warm, to be inflamed with desire, to be troubled. See Non-, and Caldron.]
Defn: Indifferent; careless; cool.
NONCHALANTLY
Non"cha*lant`ly, adv.
Defn: In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.
NONCLAIM
Non"claim`, n.
Defn: A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
NONCOHESION
Non`co*he"sion, n.
Defn: Want of cohesion.
NONCOINCIDENCE
Non`co*in"ci*dence, n.
Defn: Lack of coincidence.
NONCOINCIDENT
Non`co*in"ci*dent, a.
Defn: Not coincident.
NONCOMBATANT
Non*com"bat*ant, n. (Mil.)
Defn: Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.
NONCOMMISSIONED
Non`com*mis"sioned, a.
Defn: Not having a commission. Noncommissioned officer (Mil.), a subordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chief executive or supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of War or by the commanding officer of the regiment.
NONCOMMITTAL
Non`com*mit"tal, n.
Defn: A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.
NONCOMMUNION
Non`com*mun"ion, n.
Defn: Neglect or failure of communion.
NONCOMPLETION
Non`com*ple"tion, n.
Defn: Lack of completion; failure to complete.
NONCOMPLIANCE
Non`com*pli"ance, n.
Defn: Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
NONCOMPLYING
Non`com*ply"ing, a.
Defn: Neglecting or refusing to comply.
NON COMPOS; NON COMPOS MENTIS
Non com"pos. Non com"pos men"tis.Etym: [L.]
Defn: Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunati
NONCON.
Non"con. (, n.
Defn: See Noncontent.
NONCONCLUDING
Non`con*clud"ing, a.
Defn: Not concluding.
NONCONCUR
Non`con*cur", v. i.
Defn: To dissent or refuse to concur.
NONCONCURRENCE
Non`con*cur"rence, n.
Defn: Refusal to concur.
NONCONDENSIBLE
Non`con*den"si*ble, a.
Defn: Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; — said of gases.
NONCONDENSING
Non`con*dens"ing, a. (Steam Engine)
Defn: Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.
NONCONDUCTING
Non`con*duct"ing, a.
Defn: Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.
NONCONDUCTION
Non`con*duc"tion, n.
Defn: The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.
NONCONDUCTOR
Non`con*duct"or, n. (Physics)
Defn: A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity.
NONCONFORMING
Non`con*form"ing, a.
Defn: Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.
NONCONFORMIST
Non`con*form"ist, n.
Defn: One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.
NONCONFORMITY
Non*con*form"i*ty, n.
Defn: Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.
NONCONSTAT
Non`con"stat, n. Etym: [Law L.]
Defn: It does not appear; it is not plain or clear; it does not follow.
NONCONTAGIOUS
Non`con*ta"gious, a.
Defn: Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.
— Non`con*ta"gious*ness, n.
NONCONTENT
Non`con*tent", n. (British House of Lords)
Defn: One who gives a negative vote; — sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.
NONCONTRIBUTING; NONCONTRIBUTORY
Non`con*trib"u*ting, Non`con*trib"u*to*ry, a.
Defn: Not contributing.
NONDA
Non"da, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium
Nonda.
NONDECANE
Non*dec"ane, n. Etym: [L. nonus ninth + decem ten.] (Chem.)
Defn: A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance,
C19H40; — so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule.
NONDECIDUATE
Non`de*cid"u*ate, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate.
NONDELIVERY
Non`de*liv"er*y, n.
Defn: A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.
NONDEPOSITION
Non*dep`o*si"tion, n.
Defn: A failure to deposit or throw down.
NONDESCRIPT
Non"de*script, a. Etym: [Pref. non- + L. descriptus described.]
Defn: Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.
NONDESCRIPT
Non"de*script, n.
Defn: A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.
NONDEVELOPMENT
Non`de*vel"op*ment, n.
Defn: Failure or lack of development.
NONDISCOVERY
Non`dis*cov"er*y, n.
Defn: Want or failure of discovery.
NONDO
Non"do, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A coarse umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum actæifolium) with a large aromatic root. It is found chiefly in the Alleghany region. Also called Angelico.
NONE None, a. & pron. Etym: [OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. nan, fr. ne not + an one. No, a. & adv., One, and cf. Non-, Null, a.]
1. No one; not one; not anything; — frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any. There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Ps. xiv. 3. Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. Ex. xvi. 26. Terms of peace yet none Vouchsafed or sought. Milton. None of their productions are extant. Blair.
2. No; not any; — used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life. None of, not at all; not; nothing of; — used emphatically. "They knew that I was none of the register that entered their admissions in the universities." Fuller. — None-so-pretty (Bot.), the Saxifraga umbrosa. See London pride (a), under London.
NONE
None, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Same as Nones, 2.
NONEFFECTIVE
Non`ef*fect"ive, a.
1. Not effective.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: Not fit or available for duty.
NON-EGO
Non-e"go, n. Etym: [L., not I.] (Metaph.)
Defn: The union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. See Ego.
NONELASTIC
Non`e*las"tic, a.
Defn: Not having elasticity.
NONELECT
Non`e*lect", n. sing. & pl. (Theol.)
Defn: A person or persons not elected, or chosen, to salvation.
NONELECTION
Non`e*lec"tion, n.
Defn: Failure of election.
NONELECTRIC; NONELECTRICAL
Non`e*lec"tric, Non`e*lec"tric*al, a.
Defn: Not electric; conducting electricity.
NONELECTRIC
Non`e*lec"tric, n. (Physics)
Defn: A substance that is not an electric; that which transmits electricity, as a metal.
NONEMPHATIC; NONEMPHATICAL
Non`em*phat"ic, Non`em*phat"ic*al, a.
Defn: Having no emphasis; unemphatic.
NONENTITY
Non*en"ti*ty, n.; pl. Nonentities (.
1. Nonexistence; the negation of being.
2. A thing not existing. South.
3. A person or thing of little or no account. [Colloq.]
NON-EPISCOPAL
Non`-E*pis"co*pal, a.
Defn: Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.
NONES Nones, n. pl. Etym: [L. nonae, so called because it was the ninth day before the ides, fr. nonus ninth, from novem nine. See Nine, Nones, 2, Noon .]
1. (Roman Cal.)
Defn: The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June,
August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of
March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the
ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.
2. Etym: [F. none, fr. L. See Noon.]
Defn: The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 P. M.) in the Roman Catholic Church.
3. The hour of dinner; the noonday meal. [Obs.] At my supper and sometimes at nones. P. Plowman.
NONESSENTIAL
Non`es*sen"tial, a.
Defn: Not essential.
NONESSENTIAL
Non`es*sen"tial, n.
Defn: A thing not essential.
NON EST FACTUM
Non` est` fac"tum. Etym: [Law L. it is not (his) deed.] (Law)
Defn: The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.
NON EST INVENTUS
Non` est` in*ven"tus. Etym: [L., he is not found.] (Law)
Defn: The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county. Bouvier.
NONESUCH
None"such`, n.
Defn: A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.
NONET; NONETTO
No*net", No*net"to, n. Etym: [From L. nonus ninth, like E. duet, fr.
L. duo.] (Mus.)
Defn: A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices.
NONETT
Non"ett, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The titmouse. [Obs.]
NONEXECUTION
Non*ex`e*cu"tion, n.
Defn: Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
NONEXISTENCE
Non`ex*ist"ence, n.
1. Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity. A. Baxter.
2. A thing that has no existence. Sir T. Browne.
NONEXISTENT
Non`ex*ist"ent, a.
Defn: Not having existence.
NONEXPORTATION
Non*ex`por*ta"tion, n.
Defn: A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.
NONEXTENSILE
Non`ex*ten"sile, a.
Defn: Not extensile; incapable of being stretched.
NON-FEASANCE Non-fea"sance, n. Etym: [Pref. non- + OF. faisance a doing, fr. faire to do.] (Law)
Defn: An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance.
NONFULFILLMENT
Non`ful*fill"ment, n.
Defn: Neglect or failure to fulfill.
NONILLION
No*nil"lion, n. Etym: [L. nonus ninth + -illion, as in E. million.]
Defn: According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
NONIMPORTATION
Non*im`por*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
NONIMPORTING
Non`im*port"ing, a.
Defn: Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.
NONINFLECTIONAL
Non`in*flec"tion*al, a.
Defn: Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.
NONINHABITANT
Non`in*hab"it*ant, n.
Defn: One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.
NONINTERVENTION
Non*in`ter*ven"tion, n.
Defn: The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.
NONIUS No"ni*us, n. Etym: [Latinized form of Nunez, the name of a Portuguese mathematician.]
Defn: A vernier.
NONJOINDER
Non*join"der, n. (Law)
Defn: The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined.
NONJURANT
Non*ju"rant, a.
Defn: Nonjuring.
NONJURING Non*ju"ring, a. Etym: [F. jurer to swear, or L. jurare, jurari, to swear, fr. L. jus, juris, right, law, justice. See Jury.]
Defn: Not swearing allegiance; — applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.
NONJUROR
Non*ju"ror, n. (Eng. Hist.)
Defn: One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.
NONJURORISM
Non*ju"ror*ism, n. (Eng. Hist.)
Defn: The doctrines, or action, of the Nonjurors.
NONLIMITATION
Non*lim`i*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Want of limitation; failure to limit.
NON LIQUET
Non` li"quet. Etym: [L.]
Defn: It is not clear; — a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.
NONMALIGNANT
Non`ma*lig"nant, a.
Defn: Not malignant, as a disease.
NONMANUFACTURING
Non*man`u*fac"tur*ing, a.
Defn: Not carrying on manufactures.
NONMEDULLATED
Non*med"ul*la`ted, a.
Defn: Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.
NONMEMBER
Non*mem"ber, n.
Defn: One who is not a member.
NONMEMBERSHIP
Non*mem"ber*ship, n.
Defn: State of not being a member.
NONMETAL
Non"met`al, n. (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.
NONMETALLIC
Non`me*tal"lic, a.
1. Not metallic.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.
NONMORAL
Non*mor"al, a.
Defn: Not moral nor immoral; having no connection with morals; not in the sphere of morals or ethics; not ethical.
NONNATURAL
Non*nat"u*ral, a.
Defn: Not natural; unnatural.
NONNE
Nonne, n.
Defn: A nun. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NONNECESSITY
Non`ne*ces"si*ty, n.
Defn: Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.
NONNITROGNOUS
Non`ni*trog"nous, a.
Defn: Devoid of nitrogen; as, a nonnitrogenous principle; a nonnitrogenous food. See the Note under Food, n., 1.
NONNUCLEATED
Non*nu"cle*a`ted, a.
Defn: Without a nucleus.
NONNY
Non"ny, n.
Defn: A silly fellow; a ninny.
NONOBEDIENCE
Non`o*be"di*ence, n.
Defn: Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
NONOBSERVANCE
Non`ob*serv"ance, n.
Defn: Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
NON OBSTANTE
Non` ob*stan"te. Etym: [L.]
1. Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.
2. (Law)
Defn: A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights. In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was introduced. Hallam. Non obstante veredicto Etym: [LL.] (Law), a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant. Stephen.
NONOIC
No*no"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as, nonoic acid, which is also called pelargonic acid. Cf. Pelargonic.
NONONE Non"one, n. Etym: [Nonane + -one, suffix denoting the third degree of unsaturation.] (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (C9H14) of the valylene series.
NONOXYGENOUS
Non`ox*yg"e*nous, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Without oxygen; characterized by the absence of oxygen; as, a nonoxygenous alkaloid.
NONPAREIL
Non`pa*reil", n. Etym: [See Nonpareil, a. ]
1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; — often used as a name.
2. Etym: [F. nonpareille.] (Print.)
Defn: A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).
Note: This line is printed in the type called nonpareil.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch. (b) Any other similar bird of the same genus.
NONPAREIL Non`pa*reil", a. Etym: [F., from non not + pareil equal, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Non, and Pair, Peer.]
Defn: Having no equal; peerless.
NONPAYMENT
Non*pay"ment, n.
Defn: Neglect or failure to pay.
NONPERFORMANCE
Non`per*form"ance, n.
Defn: Neglect or failure to perform.
NONPHOTOBIOTIC
Non*pho`to*bi*ot"ic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness.
NONPLANE
Non`plane", a. (Math.)
Defn: Not lying in one plane; — said of certain curves.
NONPLUS
Non"plus, n. Etym: [L. non not + plus more, further. See Plural.]
Defn: A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary. Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding. South.
NONPLUS Non"plus`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonplused or Nonplussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nonplusing or Nonplussing.]
Defn: To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by
embarrassment.
He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell what it was
that he endeavored to prove. Spectator.
NONPREPARATION
Non*prep`a*ra"tion, n.
Defn: Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.
NONPRESENTATION
Non*pres`en*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.
NONPRODUCTION
Non`pro*duc"tion, n.
Defn: A failure to produce or exhibit.
NONPROFESSIONAL
Non`pro*fes"sion*al, a.
Defn: Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
NONPROFICIENCY
Non`pro*fi"cien*cy, n.
Defn: Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.
NONPROFICIENT
Non`pro*fi"cient, n.
Defn: One who has failed to become proficient.
NON PROS.
Non" pros.` (.
Defn: An abbreviation of Non prosequitur.
NON-PROS Non`-pros", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonprossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Non- prossing.]
Defn: To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.
NON PROSEQUITUR
Non" pro*seq"ui*tur. Etym: [L. he does not prosecute.] (Law)
Defn: A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. See Nolle prosequi.
NONRECURRENT
Non`re*cur"rent, a.
Defn: Not recurring.
NONRECURRING
Non`re*cur"ring, a.
Defn: Nonrecurrent.
NONREGARDANCE
Non`re*gard"ance, n.
Defn: Want of due regard; disregard; slight. [Obs.] Shak.
NONREGENT
Non`re"gent, n. (Eng. Universities)
Defn: A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent.
NONRENDITION
Non`ren*di"tion, n.
Defn: Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due.
The nonrendition of a service which is due. S. E. Dwight.
NONRESEMBLANCE
Non`re*sem"blance, n.
Defn: Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
NONRESIDENCE
Non*res"i*dence, n.
Defn: The state or condition of being nonresident, Swift.
NONRESIDENT
Non*res"i*dent, a.
Defn: Not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or in one's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands.
NONRESIDENT
Non*res"i*dent, n.
Defn: A nonresident person; one who does not reside in the State or jurisdiction.
NONRESISTANCE
Non`re*sist"ance, n.
Defn: The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.
NONRESISTANT
Non`re*sist"ant, a.
Defn: Making no resistance.
NONRESISTANT
Non`re*sist"ant, n.
Defn: One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force.
NONRESISTING
Non`re*sist"ing, a.
Defn: Not making resistance.
NONRUMINANT
Non*ru"mi*nant, a.
Defn: Not ruminating; as, a nonruminant animal.
NONSANE
Non`sane", a.
Defn: Unsound; not perfect; as, a person of nonsane memory.
Blackstone.
NONSENSE
Non"sense, n. Etym: [Pref. non- + sense: cf. F. nonsens.]
1. That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.
2. Trifles; things of no importance. Nonsense verses, lines made by taking any words which occur, but especially certain words which it is desired to recollect, and arranging them without reference to anything but the measure, so that the rhythm of the lines may aid in recalling the remembrance of the words.
Syn.
— Folly; silliness; absurdity; trash; balderdash.
NONSENSICAL
Non*sen"si*cal, a.
Defn: Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational;
preposterous.
— Non*sen"si*cal*ly, adv.
— Non*sen"si*cal*ness, n.
NONSENSITIVE
Non*sen"si*tive, a.
Defn: Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.
NON SEQUITUR
Non seq"ui*tur. Etym: [L., it does not follow.] (Logic)
Defn: An inference which does not follow from the premises.
NONSEXUAL
Non*sex"u*al, a.
Defn: Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.
NONSLAVEHOLDING
Non*slave"hold`ing, a.
Defn: Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.
NONSOLUTION
Non`so*lu"tion, n.
Defn: Failure of solution or explanation.
NONSOLVENCY
Non*sol"ven*cy, n.
Defn: Inability to pay debts; insolvency.
NONSOLVENT
Non*sol"vent, a.
Defn: Not solvent; insolvent.
NONSOLVENT
Non*sol"vent, n.
Defn: An insolvent.
NONSONANT
Non*so"nant, a.
Defn: Not sonant.
— n.
Defn: A nonsonant or nonvocal consonant.
NONSPARING
Non*spar"ing, a.
Defn: Sparing none.
NONSTRIATED
Non*stri"a*ted, a. (Nat. Hist.)
Defn: Without striations; unstriped; as, nonstriated muscle fibers.
NONSUBMISSION
Non`sub*mis"sion, n.
Defn: Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit.
NONSUBMISSIVE
Non`sub*mis"sive, a.
Defn: Not submissive.
NONSUCH
Non"such, n.
Defn: See Nonesuch.
NONSUIT
Non"suit`, n. (Law)
Defn: A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.
NONSUIT
Non"suit`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonsuited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nonsuiting.] (Law)
Defn: To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up. "When two are joined in a writ, and one is nonsuited." Z. Swift.
NONSUIT
Non"suit`, a.
Defn: Nonsuited. D. A. Tyng.
NONSURETY
Non*sure"ty, n.
Defn: Insecurity. [Obs.]
NONTENURE
Non*ten"ure, n. (Law)
Defn: A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed.
NONTERM
Non"term`, n. (Law)
Defn: A vacation between two terms of a court.
NONTOXIC
Non*tox"ic, a.
Defn: Not toxic.
NONTRONITE Non"tro*nite, n. Etym: [So called because found in the arrondissement of Notron, France.] (Min.)
Defn: A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron.
NONUNIFORMIST
Non*u"ni*form`ist, n.
Defn: One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; — called also nonuniformitarian.
NONUNION
Non*un"ion, a.
1. Not belonging to, or affiliated with, a trades union; as, a nonunoin carpenter.
2. Not recognizing or favoring trades unions or trades-unionists; as, a nonunion contractor. —Non*un"ion*ism (#), n.
NONUNIONIST
Non*un"ion*ist, n.
Defn: One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a trades union.
NONUSANCE
Non*us"ance, n.
Defn: Neglect of using; failure to use. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
NONUSER
Non*us"er,
1. A not using; failure to use. An office may be forfeited by misuser or nonuser. Blackstone.
2. (Law)
Defn: Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right. Kent.
NONVASCULAR
Non*vas"cu*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Destitute of vessels; extravascular.
NONVERNACULAR
Non`ver*nac"u*lar, a.
Defn: Not vernacular.
A nonvernacular expression. Sir W. Hamilton.
NONVOCAL
Non*vo"cal, a.
Defn: Not vocal; destitute of tone.
— n.
Defn: A nonvocal consonant.
NONYL
Non"yl, n. Etym: [Nonane + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.
NONYLENE
Non"y*lene, n. Etym: [Nonane + ethylene.] (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons
C9H18 of the ethylene series.
NONYLENIC
Non`y*len"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or its compounds; as, nonylenic acid.
NONYLIC
No*nyl"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, nonyl or its compounds; as, nonylic acid.
NOODLE
Noo"dle, n. Etym: [Cf. Noddle, Noddy.]
Defn: A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny. [Low]
The chuckling grin of noodles. Sydney Smith.
NOODLE
Noo"dle, n. Etym: [G. nudel vermicelli.]
Defn: A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.
NOOK
Nook, n. Etym: [OE. nok; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc.]
Defn: A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat. How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook Milton.
NOOK-SHOTTEN
Nook"-shot`ten, a.
Defn: Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
That nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.
NOOLOGICAL; NOOELOGICAL
No`ö*log"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to noölogy.
NOOLOGIST; NOOELOGIST
No*öl"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in noölogy.
NOOLOGY; NOOELOGY
No*öl"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The science of intellectual phenomena.
NOON
Noon, a.
Defn: No. See the Note under No. [Obs.]
NOON Noon, n. Etym: [AS. n, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L.nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See Nine, and cf. Nones, Nunchion.]
1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
2. Hence, the highest point; culmination. In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. Motley. High noon, the exact meridian; midday. — Noon of night, midnight. [Poetic] Dryden.
NOON
Noon, a.
Defn: Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. Young.
NOON
Noon, v. i.
Defn: To take rest and refreshment at noon.
NOONDAY
Noon"day`, n.
Defn: Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.
NOONDAY
Noon"day`, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat.
"Noonday walks." Addison.
NOON-FLOWER
Noon"-flow`er, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday.
NOONING
Noon"ing, n.
Defn: A rest at noon; a repast at noon.
NOONSHUN
Noon"shun, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Nunchion. Nares.
NOONSTEAD
Noon"stead, n.
Defn: The position of the sun at noon. [Obs.] Drayton.
NOONTIDE Noon"tide`, n. Etym: [From noon + tide time; cf. AS. n the ninth hour.]
Defn: The time of noon; midday.
NOOSE Noose, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. OF. nous, nom. sing. or acc. pl. of nou knot, F. n, L. nodus. Cf. Node.]
Defn: A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.
NOOSE
Noose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Noosing.]
Defn: To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
NOOT
Noot.
Defn: See lst Not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOPAL
No"pal, n. Etym: [Mexican nopalli.] (Bot.)
Defn: A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceæ.
NOPALRY
No"pal*ry, n.; pl. Nopalries (.
Defn: A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.
NOPE
Nope, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
NOR
Nor, conj. Etym: [OE. nor, contr. from nother. See Neither.]
Defn: A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor. Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. Matt. x. 9, 10. Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 20. I love him not, nor fear him. Shak. Where neither party is nor true, nor kind. Shak. Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there. Dryden.
NORBERTINE
Nor"bert*ine, n.
Defn: See Premonstrant.
NORFOLK
Nor"folk, n.
Defn: Short for Norfolk Jacket.
NORFOLK DUMPLING
Norfolk dumpling. (Eng.)
(a) A kind of boiled dumpling made in Norfolk.
(b) A native or inhabitant of Norfolk.
NORFOLK JACKET
Norfolk jacket.
Defn: A kind of loose-fitting plaited jacket, having a loose belt.
NORFOLK PLOVER
Norfolk plover.
Defn: The stone curlew.
NORFOLK SPANIEL
Norfolk spaniel.
Defn: One of a breed of field spaniels similar to the clumbers, but shorter in body and of a liver-and-white or black-and-white color.
NORIA
No"ri*a, n. Etym: [Sp., from Ar. na'.]
Defn: A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.
NORIAN
No"ri*an, a. Etym: [From norite.] (Geol.)
Defn: Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks. T. S.
Hunt.
NORICE
Nor"ice, n.
Defn: Nurse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NORIE
No"rie, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The cormorant. [Prov. Eng.]
NORIMON
Nor"i*mon, n.; pl. Norimons (.
Defn: A Japanese covered litter, carried by men. B. Taylor.
NORITE
No"rite, n. Etym: [F., fr. Norvège Norway .] (Min.)
Defn: A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.
NORIUM
No"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL.] (Chem.)
Defn: A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in zircon.
NORLAND
Nor"land, n. [For Northland.]
1. The land in the north; north country. [Chiefly Poetic]
2. = Norlander. [Scot. & Eng.]
NORLANDER
Nor"land*er, n.
Defn: A northener; a person from the north country.
NORM
Norm, n. Etym: [L. norma a rule. See Normal, a.]
1. A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A typical, structural unit; a type. Agassiz.
NORMA
Nor"ma, n. Etym: [L.]
1. A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard. J. S. Mill.
2. A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.
3. A templet or gauge.
NORMAL Nor"mal, a. Etym: [L. normalis, fr. norma rule, pattern, carpenter's square; prob. akin to noscere to know; cf. Gr. normal. See Known, and cf. Abnormal, Enormous.]
1. According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical. Deviations from the normal type. Hallam.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: Standard; original; exact; typical. Specifically: (a) (Quantitative Analysis) Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight. (b) (Chem.)
Defn: Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively S(OH)6, and N(OH)5. (c) (Organ. Chem.) Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. Iso-. Normal equations (Method of Least Squares), a set of equations of the first degree equal in number to the number of unknown quantities, and derived from the observations by a specified process. The solution of the normal equations gives the most probable values of the unknown quantities. — Normal group (Geol.), a group of rocks taken as a standard. Lyell. — Normal place (of a planet or comet) (Astron.), the apparent place in the heavens of a planet or comet at a specified time, the place having been determined by a considerable number of observations, extending perhaps over many days, and so combined that the accidental errors of observation have largely balanced each other. — Normal school, a school whose methods of instruction are to serve as a model for imitation; an institution for the training of teachers.
Syn. — Normal, Regular, Ordinary. Regular and ordinary are popular terms of well-known signification; normal has now a more specific sense, arising out of its use in science. A thing is normal, or in its normal state, when strictly conformed to those principles of its constitution which mark its species or to the standard of a healthy and natural condition. It is abnormal when it departs from those principles.
NORMAL
Nor"mal, n. Etym: [Cf. F. normale, ligne normale. See Normal, a.]
1. (Geom.) Any perpendicular.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.
Note: The term normal is also used to denote the distance along the normal line from the curve to the axis of abscissas or to the center of curvature.
NORMALCY
Nor"mal*cy, n.
Defn: The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy. [R.]
NORMALIZATION
Nor`mal*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: Reduction to a standard or normal state.
NORMALLY
Nor"mal*ly, adv.
Defn: In a normal manner. Darwin.
NORMAN
Nor"man, n. Etym: [F. normand.] (Naut.)
Defn: A wooden bar, or iron pin. W. C. Russell.
NORMAN Nor"man, a. Etym: [F. normand, of Scand. origin. See Northman, and cf. Norse.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest. Norman style (Arch.), a style of architecture which arose in the tenth century, characterized by great massiveness, simplicity, and strength, with the use of the semicircular arch, heavy round columns, and a great variety of ornaments, among which the zigzag and spiral or cable-formed ornaments were prominent.
NORMAN
Nor"man, n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the
Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century;
afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered
England, under William the Conqueror.
NORMANISM
Nor"man*ism, n.
Defn: A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans.
M. Arnold.
NORN; NORNA
Norn, Nor"na, n. Etym: [Icel. norn, pl. nornir.]
1. (Scandinavian Myth.)
Defn: One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.
2. A tutelary deity; a genius.
NOROPIANIC
No*ro`pi*an"ic, a. Etym: [Etymology uncertain.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid.
NORROY
Nor"roy, n. Etym: [Lit., north king, fr. F. nord north + roi king.]
(Her.)
Defn: The most northern of the English Kings-at-arms. See King-at- arms, under King.
NORSE
Norse, a. Etym: [Dan. Norsk, fr. nord north. See North.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.
NORSE
Norse, n.
Defn: The Norse language.
NORSEMAN
Norse"man, n.; pl. Norsemen (.
Defn: One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman.
NORTELRY
Nor"tel*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. Nurture.]
Defn: Nurture; education; culture; bringing up. [Obs.]
Nortelry . . . learned at the nunnery. Chaucer.
NORTH
North, n. Etym: [AS. noredh; akin to D. noord, G., Sw., & Dan. nord,
Icel. noredhr. Cf. Norman, Norse.]
1. That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.
2. Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.
3. Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
NORTH
North, a.
Defn: Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north. North following. See Following, a., 2. — North pole, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north. — North preceding. See Following, a., 2. — North star, the star toward which the north pole of the earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovable in the sky. The star a (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1º 25', and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also Cynosura, polestar, and by astronomers, Polaris.
NORTH
North, v. i.
Defn: To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.
NORTH
North, adv.
Defn: Northward.
NORTHEAST
North`east", n.
Defn: The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.
NORTHEAST
North`east", a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of Asia.
NORTHEAST
North`east", adv.
Defn: Toward the northeast.
NORTHEASTER
North`east"er, n.
Defn: A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.
NORTHEASTERLY
North`east"er*ly, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.
NORTHEASTERLY
North`east"er*ly, adv.
Defn: Toward the northeast.
NORTHEASTERN
North`east"ern, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.
NORTHEASTWARD; NORTHEASTWARDLY
North`east"ward, North`east"ward*ly, adv.
Defn: Toward the northeast.
NORTHER
North"er, n.
Defn: A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in
Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.
NORTHERLINESS
North"er*li*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.
NORTHERLY
North"er*ly, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.
NORTHERLY
North"er*ly, adv.
Defn: Toward the north.
NORTHERN
North"ern, a. Etym: [AS. noredherne.]
1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.
2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. (Zoöl.) See Loon. — Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. — Northern spy (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red.
NORTHERNER
North"ern*er, n.
1. One born or living in the north.
2. A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; — contradistinguished from Ant: Southerner. [U. S.]
NORTHERNLY
North"ern*ly, adv.
Defn: Northerly. [Obs.] Hakewill.
NORTHERNMOST
North"ern*most`, a. Etym: [Cf. Northmost.]
Defn: Farthest north.
NORTHING
North"ing, n.
1. (Surv. & Navigation)
Defn: Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; — opposed to Ant: southing.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: The distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination.
NORTHMAN
North"man, n.; pl. Northmen. Etym: [AS. noredhman. See North, and
Man, and cf. Norman.]
Defn: One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.
NORTHMOST
North"most`, a. Etym: [AS. nor. Cf.Aftermost.]
Defn: Lying farthest north; northernmost.
Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe.
NORTHNESS
North"ness, n.
Defn: A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north. Faraday.
NORTH STAR STATE
North Star State.
Defn: Minnesota; — a nickname.
NORTHUMBRIAN
North*um"bri*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England.
— n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.
NORTHWARD
North"ward, a. Etym: [AS. noredhweard.]
Defn: Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
NORTHWARD; NORTHWARDS
North"ward, North"wards, adv.
Defn: Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
NORTHWARDLY
North"ward*ly, a.
Defn: Having a northern direction.
NORTHWARDLY
North"ward*ly, adv.
Defn: In a northern direction.
NORTHWEST
North`west", n. Etym: [AS. noredhwest.]
Defn: The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
NORTHWEST
North`west", a.
1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
2. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of America, long sought for by navigators.
NORTHWEST
North`west", adv.
Defn: Toward the northwest.
NORTHWESTER
North`west"er, n.
Defn: A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.
NORTHWESTERLY
North`west"er*ly, a.
Defn: Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.
NORTHWESTERN
North`west"ern, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.
NORTHWESTWARD; NORTHWESTWARDLY
North`west"ward, North`west"ward*ly, adv.
Defn: Toward the northwest.
NORWEGIAN Nor*we"gi*an, a. Etym: [Cf. Icel. Noregr, Norvegr, Norway. See North, and Way.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language.
NORWEGIAN
Nor*we"gi*an, n.
1. A native of Norway.
2. That branch of the Scandinavian language spoken in Norway.
NORWEGIUM
Nor*we"gi*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Norwegian.] (Chem.)
Defn: A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway.
NORWEYAN
Nor*we"yan, a.
Defn: Norwegian. [Obs.] Shak.
NOSE
Nose, n. Etym: [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa, Icel.
nös, Sw. näsa, Dan. näse, Lith. nosis, Russ. nos', L. nasus, nares,
Skr. nasa, nas. Nasal, Nasturtium, Naze, Nostril, Nozzle.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.
2. The power of smelling; hence, scent. We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. Collier.
3. A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle. Nose bit (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end. — Nose hammer (Mach.), a frontal hammer. — Nose hole (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process. — Nose key (Carp.), a fox wedge. — Nose leaf (Zoöl.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies greatly in size and form. — Nose of wax, fig., a person who is pliant and easily influenced. "A nose of wax to be turned every way." Massinger — Nose piece, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached. — To hold, put, or bring one's nose to the grindstone. See under Grindstone. — To lead by the nose, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a beast. Shak. — To put one's nose out of joint, to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. [Slang] — To thrust one's nose into, to meddle officiously in. — To wipe one's nose of, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang]
NOSE
Nose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nosing.]
1. To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
2. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently. Lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder. Tennyson. A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its authority. Burke.
3. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.] Cowley.
NOSE
Nose (noz), v. i.
1. To smell; to sniff; to scent. Audubon.
2. To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
NOSEBAG
Nose"bag`, n.
Defn: A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head.
NOSEBAND
Nose"band`, n.
Defn: That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.
NOSEBLEED
Nose"bleed`, n.
1. A bleeding at the nose.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The yarrow. See Yarrow.
NOSED
Nosed, a.
Defn: Having a nose, or such a nose; — chieflay used in composition; as, pug-nosed.
NOSEGAY Nose"gay`, n. Etym: [Nose + gay in the sense of a gay or showy thing.]
Defn: A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy. Pope.
NOSEL
Nos"el, v. t. Etym: [See Noursle.]
Defn: To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle. [Obs.]
If any man use the Scripture . . . to nosel thee in anything save in
Christ, he is a false prophet. Tyndale.
NOSELESS
Nose"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of a nose.
NOSESMART
Nose"smart`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus Nasturtium.
NOSETHIRL; NOSETHRIL
Nose"thirl, Nose"thril, n.
Defn: Nostril. [Obs.] [Written also nosethurl, nosthrill.] Chaucer.
NOSING
Nos"ing, n. (Arch.)
Defn: That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding.
NOSLE
No"sle, n. Etym: [See Nozzle, Nose.]
Defn: Nozzle. [Obs.]
NOSOCOMIAL
Nos`o*co"mi*al, a. Etym: [L. nosocomium a hospital, Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere.
Dunglison.
NOSOGRAPHY
No*sog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. nosographie.]
Defn: A description or classification of diseases.
NOSOLOGICAL
Nos`o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. nosologique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to nosology.
NOSOLOGIST
No*sol"o*gist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. nosologiste.]
Defn: One versed in nosology.
NOSOLOGY
No*sol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. nosologie.]
1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.
2. That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.
NOSOPHEN Nos"o*phen, n. [Nose + phenol; orig. used for affections of the nose.] (Pharm.)
Defn: An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish gray, odorless, tasteless powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein.
NOSOPHOBIA
Nos`o*pho"bi*a, n. [NL.; disease + fear.] (Med.)
Defn: Morbid dread of disease.
NOSOPOETIC
Nos`o*po*et"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Producing diseases. [R.] Arbuthnot.
NOST
Nost. Etym: [Contr. from ne wost.]
Defn: Wottest not; knowest not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOSTALGIA
Nos*tal"gi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.
NOSTALGIC
Nos*tal"gic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. nostalgique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.
NOSTALGY
Nos*tal"gy, n.
Defn: Same as Nostalgia.
NOSTOC
Nos"toc, n. Etym: [F.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of algæ. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.
Note: Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, whish was formerly supposed to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names, fallen star and star jelly. Also called witches' butter.
NOSTRIL Nos"tril, n. Etym: [OE. nosethril, nosethirl, AS. nospyrl; nos for nosu nose + pyrel opening, hole, from pyrel pierced, for pyrhel, fr. purh through. Nose, and Through, and cf. Thrill.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares.
Note: In sperm whales, porpoises, and allied animals, there is only one nostril, which is situated on the top of the head and called a spiracle.
2. Perception; insight; acuteness. [Obs.] Methinks a man Of your sagacity and clear nostril should Have made another choice. B. Jonson.
NOSTRUM Nos"trum n.; pl. Nostrums. Etym: [Neut. sing. of L. noster ours, fr. nos we. See Us.]
1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.
2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack. The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks. Brougham.
NOT
Not. Etym: [Contr. from ne wot. See 2d Note.]
Defn: Wot not; know not; knows not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOT
Not, a.
Defn: Shorn; shaven. [Obs.] See Nott.
NOT Not, adv. Etym: [OE. not, noht, nought, naught, the same word as E. naught. See Naught.]
Defn: A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or
refusal.
Not one word spake he more than was need. Chaucer.
Thou shalt not steal. Ex. xx. 15.
Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. Job vii. 8.
The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it Bp. Sanderson.
Not . . . but, or Not but, only. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chaucer.
NOTABILIA
No`ta*bil"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [Neut. pl. of L. notabilis notable.]
Defn: Things worthy of notice.
NOTABILITY
Not`a*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Notabilities. Etym: [Cf. F. notabilité .]
1. Quality of being notable.
2. A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note. "Parisian notabilities" Carlyle.
3. A notable saying. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOTABLE Not"a*ble, a. Etym: [F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note.]
1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.
2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.
Note: Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoëpists, nôt"a*b'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable.
3. Well-known; notorious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOTABLE
Not"a*ble, n.
1. A person, or thing, of distinction.
2. (French Hist.)
Defn: One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.
NOTABLENESS
Not"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being notable.
NOTABLY
Not"a*bly, adv.
Defn: In a notable manner.
NOTAEUM
No*tæ"um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The back or upper surface, as of a bird.
NOTAL
No"tal, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.
NOTANDUM
No*tan"dum, n.; pl. Notanda. Etym: [L., fr. notare to observe.]
Defn: A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; — chiefly used in the plural.
NOTARIAL
No*ta"ri*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. notarial.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.
NOTARIALLY
No*ta"ri*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a notarial manner.
NOTARY No"ta*ry, n.; pl. Notaries. Etym: [F. notaire, L. notarius notary (in sense 1), fr. nota mark. See 5th Note.]
1. One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.
2. (Eng. & Am. Law)
Defn: A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public.
NOTATE No"tate, a. Etym: [L. notatus marked, p. p. of notare to mark. See 5th Note.] (Bot.)
Defn: Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored. Henslow.
NOTATION No*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. notatio a marking, observing, etymology, fr. notare to mark, nota a mark: cf. F. notation. See 5th Note.]
1. The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.
2. Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.
3. Literal or etymological signification. [Obs.] "Conscience" is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge. South.
NOTCH Notch, n. Etym: [Akin to nock; cf. OD. nock, OSw. nocka. Cf. Nick a notch.]
1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation. And on the stick ten equal notches makes. Swift.
2. A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
NOTCH
Notch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notched; p. pr. & vb. n. Notching.]
1. To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.
2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string. God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. Herrick.
NOTCHBOARD
Notch"board`, n. (Carp.)
Defn: The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
NOTCHING
Notch"ing, n.
1. The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.
2. The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.
3. (Carp.)
Defn: A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.
4. (Engin.)
Defn: A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting.
NOTCHWEED
Notch"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium
Vulvaria).
NOTE
Note, v. t. Etym: [AS. hnitan to strike against, imp. hnat.]
Defn: To butt; to push with the horns. [Prov. Eng.]
NOTE
Note. Etym: [AS. nat; ne not + wat wot. See Not, and Wot.]
Defn: Know not; knows not. [Obs.]
NOTE
Note, n.
Defn: Nut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOTE
Note, n. Etym: [AS. notu use, profit.]
Defn: Need; needful business. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOTE
Note, n. Etym: [F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to know.
See Know.]
1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession. Hooker. She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life — a tough life and a vigorous. J. H. Newman. What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! Mrs. Humphry Ward.
2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. Felton.
4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
5. pl.
Defn: Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.
6. A short informal letter; a billet.
7. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
8. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
9. A list of items or of charges; an account. [Obs.] Here is now the smith's note for shoeing. Shak.
10. (Mus.) (a) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence: (b) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. (c) A key of the piano or organ. The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal note. Milton. That note of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann. W. Pater.
11. Observation; notice; heed. Give orders to my servants that they take No note at all of our being absent hence. Shak.
12. Notification; information; intelligence. [Obs.] The king . . . shall have note of this. Shak.
13. State of being under observation. [Obs.] Small matters . . . continually in use and in note. Bacon.
14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note. There was scarce a family of note which had not poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold. Prescott.
15. Stigma; brand; reproach. [Obs.] Shak. Note of hand, a promissory note.
NOTE Note, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n. Noting.] Etym: [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See Note, n.]
1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. Shak.
2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. Maccaulay.
3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. Dryden.
4. To denote; to designate. Johnson.
5. To annotate. [R.] W. H. Dixon.
6. To set down in musical characters. To note a bill or draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
NOTEBOOK
Note"book`, n.
1. A book in which notes or memorandums are written.
2. A book in which notes of hand are registered.
NOTED
Not"ed, a.
Defn: Well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, a
noted author, or traveler.
— Not"ed*ly, adv.
— Not"ed*ness, n.
NOTEFUL
Note"ful, a.
Defn: Useful. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOTELESS
Note"less, a.
Defn: Not attracting notice; not conspicuous.
Noteless as the race from which he sprung. Sir W. Scott.
NOTELESSNESS
Note"less*ness, n.
Defn: A state of being noteless.
NOTELET
Note"let, n.
Defn: A little or short note; a billet.
NOTE PAPER
Note" pa`per.
Defn: Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches.
NOTER
Not"er, n.
1. One who takes notice.
2. An annotator. [Obs.]
NOTEWORTHY
Note"wor`thy, a.
Defn: Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable.
NOTHER
Noth"er, conj.
Defn: Neither; nor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOTHING
Noth"ing, n. Etym: [From no, a. + thing.]
1. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); — opposed to Ant: anything and Ant: something. Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. Dryden.
2. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness. Shak.
3. A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle. Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought. Is. xli. 24. 'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend, This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end. Dryden.
4. (Arith.)
Defn: A cipher; naught. Nothing but, only; no more than. Chaucer. — To make nothing of. (a) To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or important. "We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts." Ray. (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he said.
NOTHING
Noth"ing, adv.
Defn: In no degree; not at all; in no wise. Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed. Milton. The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed. Burke. Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.
NOTHINGARIAN
Noth`ing*a"ri*an, n.
Defn: One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect.
NOTHINGISM
Noth"ing*ism, n.
Defn: Nihility; nothingness. [R.]
NOTHINGNESS
Noth"ing*ness, n.
1. Nihility; nonexistence.
2. The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.
NOTICE No"tice, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. notitia a being known, knowledge, fr. noscere, notum, to know. See Know.]
1. The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note. How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons ! I. Watts.
2. Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge given or received; means of knowledge; express notification; announcement; warning. I . . . have given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here. Shak.
3. An announcement, often accompanied by comments or remarks; as, book notices; theatrical notices.
4. A writing communicating information or warning.
5. Attention; respectful treatment; civility. To take notice of, to perceive especially; to observe or treat with particular attention.
Syn. — Attention; regard; remark; note; heed; consideration; respect; civility; intelligence; advice; news.
NOTICE
No"tice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Noticing.]
1. To observe; to see to mark; to take note of; to heed; to pay attention to.
2. To show that one has observed; to take public note of; remark upon; to make comments on; to refer to; as, to notice a book. This plant deserves to be noticed in this place. Tooke. Another circumstance was noticed in connection with the suggestion last discussed. Sir W. Hamilton.
3. To treat with attention and civility; as, to notice strangers.
Syn. — To remark; observe; perceive; see; mark; note; mind; regard; heed; mention. See Remark.
NOTICEABLE
No"tice*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicous. A noticeable man, with large gray eyes. Wordsworth.
NOTICEABLY
No"tice*a*bly, adv.
Defn: In a noticeable manner.
NOTICER
No"ti*cer, n.
Defn: One who notices.
NOTIDANIAN
No`ti*da"ni*an, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidæ, or Hexanchidæ. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.
NOTIFICATION
No`ti*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. notification. See Notify.]
1. The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.
2. Notice given in words or writing, or by signs.
3. The writing which communicates information; an advertisement, or citation, etc.
NOTIFY
No"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notified; p. pr. & vb. n. Notifying.]
Etym: [F. notifier, L. notificare; notus known (p. p. of noscere to
known) + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Know, and -fy.]
1. To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person. No law can bind till it be notified or promulged. Sowth.
2. To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the city hall; the bell notifies us of the time of meeting. The President of the United States has notified the House of Representatives that he has approved and signed the act. Journal of the Senate, U. S.
Note: This application of notify has been condemned; but it is in constant good use in the United States, and in perfect accordance with the use of certify.
NOTION
No"tion, Etym: [L. notio, fr. noscere to know: cf. F. notion. See
Know.]
1. Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notæ. What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles. Sir I. Newton. Few agree in their notions about these words. Cheyne. That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc. I. Watts. Notion, again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. A sentiment; an opinion. The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves. Addison. A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity. J. H. Newman.
3. Sense; mind. [Obs.] Shak.
4. An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions. [Colloq.]
5. Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it. [Colloq.]
NOTIONAL
No"tion*al, a.
1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.
2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical. Discourses of speculative and notional things. Evelyn.
3. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.
NOTIONALITY
No`tion*al"i*ty, n.
Defn: A notional or groundless opinion. [R.] Glanvill.
NOTIONALLY
No"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.
Two faculties . . . notionally or really distinct. Norris.
NOTIONATE
No"tion*ate, a.
Defn: Notional. [R.]
NOTIONIST
No"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One whose opinions are ungrounded notions. [R.] Bp. Hopkins.
NOTIST
No"tist, n.
Defn: An annotator. [Obs.]
NOTOBRANCHIATA No`to*bran`chi*a*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Notum, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) (a) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back. (b) The Dorsibranchiata.
NOTOBRANCHIATE
No`to*bran"chi*ate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Notobranchiata.
NOTOCHORD
No"to*chord, n. Etym: [Gr. chord.] (Anat.)
Defn: An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebræ and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
NOTOCHORDAL
No`to*chor"dal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.
NOTODONTIAN
No`to*don"tian, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back.
NOTOPODIUM
No`to*po"di*um, n.; pl. L. Notopodia, E. Notopodiums. Etym: [NL., fr.
Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.
NOTORHIZAL
No`to*rhi"zal, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.
NOTORIETY
No`to*ri"e*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. notoriété. See Notorious.]
Defn: The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; — commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime. They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to public notoriety. Addison.
NOTORIOUS No*to"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. notorius pointing out, making known, fr. noscere, notum, to known: cf. F. notoire. See Know.]
Defn: Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; — usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice. Your goodness, Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious. Shak.
Syn.
— Distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; celebrated; noted;
famous; renowned.
— No*to"ri*ous*ly, adv.
— No*to"ri*ous*ness, n.
NOTORNIS
No*tor"nis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.
NOTOTHERIUM
No`to*the"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.
NOTOTREMA
No`to*tre"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.
NOT-PATED; NOTT-PATED
Not"-pat`ed, Nott"-pat`ed, a.
Defn: Same as Nott-headed. [Obs.] Shak.
NOTSELF
Not"self`, n. (Metaph.)
Defn: The negative of self. "A cognizance of notself." Sir. W.
Hamilton.
NOTT
Nott, a. Etym: [AS. hnot shorn.]
Defn: Shorn. [Obs.]
NOTT
Nott, v. t.
Defn: To shear. [Obs.] Stow.
NOTT-HEADED
Nott"-head`ed, a.
Defn: Having the hair cut close. [Obs.] Chapman.
NOTTURNO
Not*tur"no, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: Same as Nocturne.
NOTUM
No"tum, n.; pl. Nota. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The back.
NOTUS
No"tus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
Defn: The south wind.
NOTWHEAT
Not"wheat`, n. Etym: [Nott + wheat.]
Defn: Wheat not bearded. Carew.
NOTWITHSTANDING
Not`with*stand"ing, prep.
Defn: Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of. We gentil women bee Loth to displease any wight, Notwithstanding our great right. Chaucer's Dream. Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so transported that their gratitude made them, notwithstanding his prohibition, proclaim the wonders he had done. Dr. H. More.
Note: Notwithstanding was, by Johnson and Webster, viewed as a participle absolute, an English equivalent of the Latin non obstante. Its several meanings, either as preposition, adverb, or conjunction, are capable of being explained in this view. Later grammarians, while admitting that the word was originally a participle, and can be treated as such, prefer to class it as a preposition or disjunctive conjunction.
Syn. — In spite of; despite. — Notwithstanding, In spite of, Despite. These words and phrases are often interchanged, but there is a difference between them, chiefly in strength. Notwithstanding is the weaker term, and simply points to some obstacle that may exist; as, I shall go, notwithstanding the rain. In spite or despite of has reference primarily to active opposition to be encountered from others; as, "I'll be, in man's despite, a monarch; " "I'll keep mine own, despite of all the world." Shak. Hence, these words, when applied to things, suppose greater opposition than notwithstanding. We should say. "He was thrust rudely out of doors in spite of his entreaties," rather than "notwithstanding". On the other hand, it would be more civil to say, "Notwithstanding all you have said, I must still differ with you."
NOTWITHSTANDING Not`with*stand"ing, adv. or conj. Etym: [Originally the participle of withstand, with not prefixed.]
Defn: Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it. 1 Kings xi. 11, 12. They which honor the law as an image of the wisdom of God himself, are, notwithstanding, to know that the same had an end in Christ. Hooker. You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding She is the greatest beauty in the parish. Fielding. Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although. These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary. W. Irving.
NOUCH
Nouch, n. Etym: [See Ouch.]
Defn: An ouch; a jewel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOUGAT
Nou`gat", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A cake, sweetmeat, or confectión made with almonds or other nuts.
NOUGHT
Nought, n. & adv.
Defn: See Naught. Chaucer.
NOULD
Nould. Etym: [Contr. fr. ne would.]
Defn: Would not. [Obs.] "By those who nould repent." Fairfax.
NOULE
Noule, n. Etym: [See Noll.]
Defn: The top of the head; the head or noll. [Obs.] Spenser.
NOUMENAL
Nou"me*nal, a. (Metaph.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; — opposed to phenomenal. G. H. Lewes.
NOUMENON
Nou"me*non, n. Etym: [NL. fr. Gr. (Metaph.)
Defn: The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the Ant: phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; — so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.
NOUN Noun, n. Etym: [OF. noun, nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L. nomen name. See Name.] (Gram.)
Defn: A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.
Note: By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to substantives.
NOUNAL
Noun"al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a noun.
Verbs which in whole or in part have shed their old nounal coat.
Earle.
NOUNIZE
Noun"ize, v. t.
Defn: To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun. Earle.
NOURICE
Nour"ice, n.
Defn: A nurse. [Obs.] Spenser.
NOURISH
Nour"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nourished; p. pr. & vb. n. Nourishing.]
Etym: [OE. norisen, norischen, OF. nurir, nurrir, norir, F. norrir,
fr. L. nutrire. Cf. Nurse, Nutriment, and see -ish.]
1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Is. xliv. 14.
2. To support; to maintain. Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. Shak.
3. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. "Nourish their contentions." Hooker.
4. To cherish; to comfort. Ye have nourished your hearts. James v. 5.
5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. Chaucer. Nourished up in the words of faith. 1 Tim. iv. 6.
Syn.
— To cherish; feed; supply. See Nurture.
NOURISH
Nour"ish, v. i.
1. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment. Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves. Bacon.
2. To gain nourishment. [R.] Bacon.
NOURISH
Nour"ish, n.
Defn: A nurse. [Obs.] Hoolland.
NOURISHABLE
Nour"ish*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. nourrissable.]
1. Capable of being nourished; as, the nourishable parts of the body. Grew.
2. Capable of giving nourishment. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
NOURISHER
Nour"ish*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, nourishes. Milton.
NOURISHING
Nour"ish*ing, a.
Defn: Promoting growth; nutritious,
NOURISHINGLY
Nour"ish*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: Nutritively; cherishingly.
NOURISHMENT
Nour"ish*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. norrissement.]
1. The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.
2. That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food. Learn to seek the nourishment of their souls. Hooker.
NOURITURE
Nour"i*ture, n.
Defn: Nurture. [Obs.] Spenser.
NOURSLE
Nour"sle, v. t. Etym: [Freq., fr. OE. nourse. See Nurse.]
Defn: To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also nosel, nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc.] She noursled him till years he raught. Spenser.
NOUS
Nous, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: Intellect; understanding; talent; — used humorously.
NOUSEL; NOUSLE
Nous"el, Nou"sle, v. t. Etym: [See Noose.]
Defn: To insnare; to entrap. [Obs.] Johnson.
NOUTHE; NOWTHE
Nou"the, Now"the, adv. Etym: [Now + the.]
Defn: Just now; at present. [Obs.]
But thereof needeth not to speak as nouthe. Chaucer.
NOUVEAU RICHE; NOUVELLE RICHE Nou`veau" riche", m., Nou`velle" riche", f.; pl. m. Noveaux riches (#), f. Nouvelles riches (#). [F.]
Defn: A person newly rich.
NOVA No"va (no"va), n.; pl. L. Novæ (-ve), E. Novas (-vaz). [L., fem. sing. of novus new.] (Astron.)
Defn: A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities. The most important modern novæ are: — No"va Co*ro"næ Bo`re*a"lis [1866]; No"va Cyg"ni [1876]; No"va An*dro"me*dæ [1885]; No"va Au*ri"gæ [1891-92]; No"va Per"se*i [1901]. There are two novæ called Nova Persei. They are: (a) A small nova which appeared in 1881. (b) An extraordinary nova which appeared in Perseus in 1901. It was first sighted on February 22, and for one night (February 23) was the brightest star in the sky. By July it had almost disappeared, after which faint surrounding nebulous masses were discovered, apparently moving radially outward from the star at incredible velocity.
NOVACULITE No*vac"u*lite, n. Etym: [L. novacula a sharp knife, razor: cf. F. novaculite.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.
NOVATIAN
No*va"tian, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.
NOVATIANISM
No*va"tian*ism, n.
Defn: The doctrines or principles of the Novatians. Milner.
NOVATION
No*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. novatio; novus new: cf. F. novation.]
1. Innovation. [Obs.] I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths. Laud.
2. (Law)
Defn: A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation.
NOVATOR
No*va"tor, n.
Defn: An innovator. [Obs.]
NOVEL Nov"el, a. Etym: [OF. novel, nuvel, F. nouvel, nouveau, L. novellus, dim. of novus new. See New.]
Defn: Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.
Note: In civil law, the novel or new constitutions are those which are supplemental to the code, and posterior in time to the other books. These contained new decrees of successive emperors. Novel assignment (Law), a new assignment or specification of a suit.
Syn. — New; recent; modern; fresh; strange; uncommon; rare; unusual. — Novel, New . Everything at its first occurrence is new; that is novel which is so much out of the ordinary course as to strike us with surprise. That is a new sight which is beheld for the first time; that is a novel sight which either was never seen before or is seen but seldom. We have daily new inventions, but a novel one supposes some very peculiar means of attaining its end. Novel theories are regarded with distrust, as likely to prove more ingenious than sound.
NOVEL
Nov"el, n. Etym: [F. nouvelle. See Novel, a.]
1. That which is new or unusual; a novelty.
2. pl.
Defn: News; fresh tidings. [Obs.]
Some came of curiosity to hear some novels. Latimer.
3. A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love. Dryden.
4. Etym: [L. novellae (sc. constitutiones): cf. F. novelles.] (Law)
Defn: A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.
NOVELETTE
Nov`el*ette", n. Etym: [Dim. of novel, n. See Novel.]
Defn: A short novel.
NOVELISM
Nov"el*ism, n.
Defn: Innovation. [Obs.]
NOVELIST
Nov"el*ist, n.
1. An innovator; an asserter of novelty. [Obs.] Cudworth.
2. Etym: [Cf. F. nouvelliste, It. novellista.]
Defn: A writer of news. [Obs.] Tatler (178).
3. Etym: [Cf. F. nouvelliste.]
Defn: A writer of a novel or novels.
NOVELIZE
Nov"el*ize, v. i.
Defn: To innovate. [Obs.]
NOVELIZE
Nov"el*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Novelized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Novelizing.]
1. To innovate. [Obs.]
2. To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction. "To novelize history." Sir J. Herschel.
NOVELRY
Nov"el*ry, n. Etym: [OF. novelerie.]
Defn: Novelty; new things. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOVELTY Nov"el*ty, n.; pl. Novelties. Etym: [OF. novelté, F. nouveauté, L. novellitas.]
1. The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction. Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. South.
2. Something novel; a new or strange thing.
NOVEMBER No*vem"ber, n. Etym: [L. November, or Novembris (sc. mensis), the ninth month of the old Roman year, which began with March, fr. novem nine: cf. F. Novembre. See Nine.]
Defn: The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.
NOVENARY
Nov"e*na*ry, a. Etym: [L. novenarius, from novem nine.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the number nine.
NOVENARY
Nov"e*na*ry, n.
Defn: The number of nine units; nine, collectively.
NOVENE No"vene, a. Etym: [L. novenus nine each, in LL., ninth, fr. L. novem nine.]
Defn: Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary. [R.]
The triple and novene division ran throughout. Milman.
NOVENNIAL No*ven"ni*al, a. Etym: [L. novennis of nine years; novem nine + annus year.]
Defn: Done or recurring every ninth year.
NOVERCAL No*ver"cal, a. Etym: [L. novennis of nine years; novem nine + annus year.]
Defn: Done or recurring every ninth year.
NOVERCAL
No*ver"cal, a. Etym: [L. novercalis, from noverca a stepmother.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother. Derham.
NOVICE Nov"ice, n. Etym: [F., from L. novicius, novitius, new, from novus new. See New, and cf. Novitious.]
1. One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. I am young; a novice in the trade. Dryden.
2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. 1 Tim. iii. 6.
3. (Eccl.)
Defn: One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. Shipley. No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. Chaucer.
NOVICE
Nov"ice, a.
Defn: Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]
NOVICESHIP
Nov"ice*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a novice; novitiate.
NOVILUNAR
No`vi*lu"nar, a. Etym: [L. novus new + luna the moon.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the new moon. [R.]
NOVITIATE
No*vi"ti*ate, n. Etym: [LL. novitiatus: cf. F. noviciat.]
1. The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.
2. Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.
3. One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice. Addison.
4. The place where novices live or are trained. [R.]
NOVITIOUS
No*vi"tious, a. Etym: [L. novitius, novicius.]
Defn: Newly invented; recent; new. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
NOVITY
Nov"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. novitas, fr. novus new.]
Defn: Newness; novelty. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
NOVUM
No"vum, n.
Defn: A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five. [Obs.] Shak.
NOW
Now, adv. Etym: [OE. nou, nu, AS. nu, nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu,
G. nu, nun, Icel., nu, Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. nu, nu.
*193. Cf. New.]
1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now. I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago. Arbuthnot.
2. Very lately; not long ago. They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. Waller.
3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to. The ship was now in the midst of the sea. Matt. xiv. 24.
4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; — hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. John xviii. 40. The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander. South. Now and again, now and then; occasionally. — Now and now, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] Chaucer. — Now and then, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. "A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood." Drayton. — Now now, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] "Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this." J. Webster (1607). — Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. "Now high, now low, now master up, now miss." Pope.
NOW
Now, a.
Defn: Existing at the present time; present. [R.] "Our now happiness." Glanvill.
NOW
Now, n.
Defn: The present time or moment; the present. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. Cowley.
NOWADAYS
Now"a*days`, adv. Etym: [For now on (OE. an) days. See A-, 1.]
Defn: In these days; at the present time. What men of spirit, nowadays, Come to give sober judgment of new plays Garrick.
NOWAY; NOWAYS
No"way`, No"ways`, adv. Etym: [No, a. + way. Cf. -wards.]
Defn: In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise.
But Ireland will noways allow that name unto it. Fuller.
NOWCH
Nowch, n.
Defn: See Nouch. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOWD
Nowd, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus). [Written also knoud.]
NOWED
Now"ed, a. Etym: [F. noué, p. p. of nouer to knot, fr. L. nodare. See
Nodated.] (Her.)
Defn: Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.
NOWEL
Now"el, n. Etym: [See Noel.] [Written also noël.]
1. Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior. [Obs.]
2. (Mus.)
Defn: A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediæval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol. Grove.
NOWEL Now"el, n. Etym: [F. noyau, prop., a kernel. See Noyau, Newel a post.] (Founding) (a) The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large hollow object. (b) The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.
NOWES
Nowes, n. pl. Etym: [From OF. nous. See Noose, Node.]
Defn: The marriage knot. [Obs.] Crashaw.
NOWHERE
No"where`, adv. Etym: [AS. nahwær. See No, and Where.]
Defn: Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.
NOWHITHER
No"whith`er, adv. Etym: [No + whither.]
Defn: Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere. [Archaic] "Thy servant went nowhither." 2 Kings v. 25.
NOWISE
No"wise`, adv. Etym: [For in no wise. See Wise, n.]
Defn: Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.
Others whose case is nowise different. Earle.
NOWT
Nowt, n. pl. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Neat cattle.
NOWTHE
Now"the.
Defn: See Nouthe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOXIOUS Nox"ious, a. Etym: [L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.]
1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples. Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. Swift.
2. Guilty; criminal. [R.] Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. Abp. Bramhall.
Syn.
— Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious;
mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See
Noisome.
— Nox"ious*ly, adv.
— Nox"ious*ness, n.
NOY
Noy, v. t. Etym: [See Annoy.]
Defn: To annoy; to vex. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Piers Plowman.
All that noyed his heavy spright. Spenser.
NOY
Noy, n.
Defn: That which annoys. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
NOYADE
No`yade", n. [F., fr. noyer to drown, L. necare to kill.]
Defn: A drowning of many persons at once, — a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.
NOYANCE
Noy"ance
Defn: , Annoyance. [Obs.] Spenser.
NOYAU Noy`au", n. Etym: [F., prop., the stone or nut of a fruit, fr. L. nucalis like a nut. See Newel a post.]
Defn: A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.
NOYER
Noy"er, n.
Defn: An annoyer. [Obs.] Tusser.
NOYFUL
Noy"ful, a.
Defn: Full of annoyance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOYLS
Noyls, n. pl.
Defn: See Noils.
NOYOUS
Noy"ous, a.
Defn: Annoying; disagreeable. [Obs.]
Watch the noyous night, and wait for Spenser.
NOZLE
No"zle, n.
Defn: Nozzle. [Obs.]
NOZZLE
Noz"zle, n. Etym: [A dim. of nose. sq. root261] [Written also nosle.]
1. The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.
2. Specifically: (a) A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe. (b) A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
NUANCE
Nu`ance", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
NUB
Nub, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Knob.]
Defn: To push; to nudge; also, to beckon. [Prov. Eng.]
NUB
Nub, n.
Defn: A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story. [Colloq.]
NUBBIN
Nub"bin, n.
Defn: A small or imperfect ear of maize. [Colloq. U. S.]
NUBBLE
Nub"ble, v. t. Etym: [Cf. LG. nubben to knock, cuff.]
Defn: To beat or bruise with the fist. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
NUBECULA
Nu*bec"u*la, n.; pl. Nubeculæ (-le). Etym: [L., dim. of nubes cloud.]
1. (Astron.) (a) A nebula. (b) pl.
Defn: Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.
2. (Med.) (a) A slight spot on the cornea. (b) A cloudy object or appearance in urine. Dunglison.
NUBIA
Nu"bi*a, n. Etym: [From L. nubes cloud.]
Defn: A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.
NUBIAN
Nu"bi*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa.
— n.
Defn: A native of Nubia.
NUBIFEROUS
Nu*bif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. nubifer; nubes cloud + ferre to bear: cf.
F. nubifère.]
Defn: Bringing, or producing, clouds.
NUBIGENOUS
Nu*big"e*nous, a. Etym: [L. nubes cloud + -genous.]
Defn: Born of, or produced from, clouds. [R.]
NUBILATE Nu"bi*late, v. t. Etym: [L. nubilatus, p. p. of nubilare to cloud, fr. nubes cloud.]
Defn: To cloud. [Obs.]
NUBILE
Nu"bile, a. Etym: [L. nubilis, fr. nubere to marry: cf. F. nubile.
See Nuptial.]
Defn: Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable. Prior.
NUBILITY
Nu*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. nubilité .]
Defn: The state of being marriageable. [R.]
NUBILOSE; NUBILOUS Nu"bi*lose`, Nu"bi*lous, a. Etym: [L. nubilosus, nubilus, fr. nubes cloud.]
Defn: Cloudy. [R.]
NUCAMENT
Nu"ca*ment, n. Etym: [L. nucamenta fir cones, fr. nux, nucis, a nut.]
(Bot.)
Defn: A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.
NUCAMENTACEOUS
Nu`ca*men*ta"ceous, a. Etym: [See Nucament.] (Bot.)
Defn: Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits. [Written also nucumentaceous.]
NUCELLUS
Nu*cel"lus, n.; pl. Nucelli. Etym: [NL., dim. of nux, nucis, a nut.]
(Bot.)
Defn: See Nucleus, 3 (a).
NUCHA
Nu"cha, n.; pl. Nuch. Etym: [LL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.
NUCHAL
Nu"chal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. nucal.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; — applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.
NUCIFEROUS
Nu*cif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. nux, nucis, nut + -ferous.]
Defn: Bearing, or producing, nuts.
NUCIFORM
Nu"ci*form, a. Etym: [L. nux, nucis, nut + -form.] (Bot.)
Defn: Shaped like a nut; nut-shaped.
NUCIN
Nu"cin, n. Etym: [L. nux, nucis, a nut.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Juglone.
NUCLEAL; NUCLEAR
Nu"cle*al, Nu"cle*ar, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.
NUCLEATE
Nu"cle*ate, a. Etym: [L. nucleatus having a kernel.]
Defn: Having a nucleus; nucleated.
NUCLEATE
Nu"cle*ate, v. t. Etym: [Cf. L. nucleare to become kernelly.]
Defn: To gather, as about a nucleus or center.
NUCLEATED
Nu"cle*a`ted, a.
Defn: Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells.
NUCLEIFORM
Nu*cle"i*form, a. Etym: [L. nucleus kernel + -form.]
Defn: Formed like a nucleus or kernel.
NUCLEIN
Nu"cle*in, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur.
NUCLEOBRANCH
Nu"cle*o*branch, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata.
— n.
Defn: One of the Nucleobranchiata.
NUCLEOBRANCHIATA
Nu`cle*o*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Nucleus, and Branchia]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: See Heteropoda.
NUCLEOIDIOPLASMA
Nu`cle*o*id`i*o*plas"ma, n. Etym: [NL. See Nucleus, and Idioplasma.]
(Biol.)
Defn: Hyaline plasma contained in the nucleus of vegetable cells.
NUCLEOLAR
Nu*cle"o*lar, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the nucleolus of a cell.
NUCLEOLATED
Nu"cle*o*la`ted, a.
Defn: Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus.
NUCLEOLE
Nu"cle*ole, n. Etym: [See Nucleolus.]
Defn: The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.
NUCLEOLUS Nu*cle"o*lus, n.; pl. Nucleoli. Etym: [L., a little nut, dim. of nucleus.]
1. A little nucleus.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A small rounded body contained in the nucleus of a cell or a protozoan.
Note: It was termed by Agassiz the entoblast. In the protozoa, where it may be situated on one side of the nucleus, it is sometimes called the endoplastule, and is supposed to be concerned in the male part of the reproductive process. See Nucleus.
NUCLEOPLASM
Nu"cle*o*plasm, n. Etym: [Nucleus + -plasm.] (Biol.)
Defn: The matter composing the nucleus of a cell; the protoplasm of the nucleus; karyoplasma.
NUCLEOPLASMIC
Nu`cle*o*plas"mic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; — esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle.
NUCLEUS Nu"cle*us, n.; pl. E. Nucleuses, L. Nuclei. Etym: [L., a kernel, dim. fr. nux, nucis, nut. Cf. Newel post.]
1. A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; — used both literally and figuratively. It must contain within itself a nucleus of truth. I. Taylor.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: The body or the head of a comet.
3. (Bot.) (a) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue. (b) A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.
4. (Biol.)
Defn: A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division.
Note: The nucleus is sometimes termed the endoplast or endoblast, and in the protozoa is supposed to be concerned in the female part of the reproductive process. See Karyokinesis.
5. (Zoöl.) (a) The tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell. (b) The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum. (c) A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks.
NUCULA
Nu"cu*la, n. Etym: [L., little nut, dim. of nux, nucis, a nut.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior.
NUCULE
Nu"cule, n. Etym: [L. nucula a small nut.] (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Nutlet.
NUCUMENTACEOUS
Nu`cu*men*ta"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: See Nucamentaceous.
NUDATION Nu*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. nudatio, fr. nudare to make naked, fr. nudus naked. See Nude.]
Defn: The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.
NUDDLE
Nud"dle, v. i.
Defn: To walk quickly with the head bent forward; — often with along. [Prov. Eng.]
NUDE
Nude, a. Etym: [L. nudus. See Naked.]
1. Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue.
2. (Law)
Defn: Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See
Nudum pactum. Blackstone. The nude, the undraped human figure in art.
— Nude"ly, adv.- Nude"ness, n.
NUDGE
Nudge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nudge; p. pr. & vb. n. Nudging.] Etym:
[Cf. Prov. G. knütschen to squeeze, pinch, E. Knock.]
Defn: To touch gently, as with the elbow, in order to call attention or convey intimation.
NUDGE
Nudge, n.
Defn: A gentle push, or jog, as with the elbow.
NUDIBRACHIATE
Nu`di*brach"i*ate, a. Etym: [L. nudus naked + brachium an arm.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: Having tentacles without vibratile cilia. Carpenter.
NUDIBRANCH
Nu"di*branch, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Nudibranchiata.
— n.
Defn: One of the Nudibranchiata.
NUDIBRANCHIATA
Nu`di*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Nude, and Branchia.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.
NUDIBRANCHIATE
Nu`di*bran"chi*ate, a. & n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Nudibranch.
NUDICAUL
Nu"di*caul, a. Etym: [L. nudus naked + caulis stem.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the stems leafless.
NUDIFICATION Nu`di*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. nudus naked + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
Defn: The act of making nude.
NUDITY
Nu"di*ty, n.; pl. Nudities. Etym: [Cf. F. nudité .]
1. The quality or state of being nude; nakedness.
2. That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; — chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense. There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene nudities. Dryden.
NUDUM PACTUM
Nu"dum pac"tum. Etym: [L., a nude pact.] (Law)
Defn: A bare, naked contract, without any consideration. Tomlins.
NUGACITY
Nu*gac"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. nugacitas, fr. nugax, -acis, trifling.]
Defn: Futility; trifling talk or behavior; drollery. [R.] Dr. H.
More.
NUGAE
Nu"gæ, n. pl. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Trifles; jests.
NUGATION
Nu*ga"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. nugation.]
Defn: The act or practice of trifling. [R.] Bacon.
NUGATORY Nu"ga*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. nugatorius, fr. nugari to trifle, nugae jests, trifles.]
1. Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.
2. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of clemency, the very substance of government is made nugatory. I. Taylor.
NUGGET
Nug"get, n. Etym: [Earlier niggot, prob. for nigot, an ingot. See
Ingot.]
Defn: A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold.
NUGIFY
Nu"gi*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. nuggae trifles + -fy.]
Defn: To render trifling or futile; to make silly. [R.] Coleridge.
NUISANCE
Nui"sance, n. Etym: [OE. noisance, OF. noisance, nuisance, fr. L.
nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm; akin to necare to kill. Cf
Necromancy, Nocent, Noxious, Pernicious.]
Defn: That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.
Note: Nuisances are public when they annoy citizens in general; private, when they affect individuals only.
NUISANCER
Nui"san*cer, n. (Law)
Defn: One who makes or causes a nuisance.
NUL
Nul, a. Etym: [F. See Null, a.] (Law)
Defn: No; not any; as, nul disseizin; nul tort.
NULL Null, a. Etym: [L. nullus not any, none; ne not + ullus any, a dim. of unus one; cf. F. nul. See No, and One, and cf. None.]
Defn: Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless. Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection; no more. Tennyson.
NULL
Null, n.
1. Something that has no force or meaning.
2. That which has no value; a cipher; zero. Bacon. Null method (Physics.), a zero method. See under Zero.
NULL
Null, v. t. Etym: [From null, a., or perh. abbrev. from annul.]
Defn: To annul. [Obs.] Milton.
NULL
Null, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: One of the beads in nulled work.
NULLAH
Nul"lah, n. [Hind. nala, fr. Skr. nala tube.]
Defn: A water course, esp. a dry one; a gully; a gorge; — orig. an
East Indian term. E. Arnold.
NULLED
Nulled, a.
Defn: Turned so as to resemble nulls. Nulled work (Cabinetwork), ornamental turned work resembling nulls or beads strung on a rod.
NULLIBIETY
Nul`li*bi"e*ty, n. Etym: [L. nullibi nowhere.]
Defn: The state or condition of being nowhere. [Obs.]
NULLIFICATION
Nul`li*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. nullificatio contempt. See Nullify.]
Defn: The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.
NULLIFIDIAN
Nul`li*fid"i*an, a. Etym: [L. nullus none + fide faith.]
Defn: Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; — opposed to Ant: solifidian. Feltham.
NULLIFIDIAN
Nul`li*fid"i*an, n.
Defn: An unbeliever. B. Jonson.
NULLIFIER
Nul"li*fi`er, n.
Defn: One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.
NULLIFY
Nul"li*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nullified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nullifying.] Etym: [L. nullificare; nullus none + -ficare (in comp.)
to make. See Null, a., and -fy.]
Defn: To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or
efficacy.
Such correspondence would at once nullify the conditions of the
probationary system. I. Taylor.
Syn.
— To abrogate; revoke; annul; repeal; invalidate; cancel. See
Abolish.
NULLIPORE
Nul"li*pore, n. Etym: [L. nullus none + porus pope.] (Bot.)
Defn: A name for certain crustaceous marine algæ which secrete carbonate of lime on their surface, and were formerly thought to be of animal nature. They are now considered corallines of the genera Melobesia and Lithothamnion.
NULLITY Nul"li*ty, n.; pl. Nullities. Etym: [LL. nullitias, fr. L. nullus none: cf. F. nullité . See Null.]
1. The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.
2. (Law)
Defn: Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists.
3. That which is null. Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a nullity Macaulay.
NUMB
Numb, a. Etym: [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen
to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. *7. See Nimble, Nomad, and cf.
Benumb.]
1. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold. "A stony image, cold and numb." Shak.
2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [Obs.] Shak.
NUMB
Numb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing.]
Defn: To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion;
to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. Dryden.
Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. Tennyson.
NUMBEDNESS
Numb"ed*ness, n.
Defn: Numbness. [Obs.] Wiseman.
NUMBER
Num"ber, n. Etym: [OE. nombre, F. nombre, L. numerus; akin to Gr.
Numb, Nomad, and cf. Numerate, Numero, Numerous.]
1. That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.
2. A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many. Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers. Addison.
3. A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.
4. Numerousness; multitude. Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage. Bacon.
5. The state or quality of being numerable or countable. Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds out of number. 2 Esdras iii. 7.
6. Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.
7. That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; — chiefly used in the plural. I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. Pope.
8. (Gram.)
Defn: The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one.
9. (Math.)
Defn: The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value. Abstract number, Abundant number, Cardinal number, etc. See under Abstract, Abundant, etc. — In numbers, in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers.
NUMBER
Num"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbered; p. pr & vb. n. Numbering.]
Etym: [OE. nombren, noumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L. numerare, numeratum.
See Number, n.]
1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate. If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Gen. xiii. 16.
2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude. He was numbered with the transgressors. Is. liii. 12.
3. To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.
4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand. Thy tears can not number the dead. Campbell. Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.
Syn.
— To count; enumerate; calculate; tell.
NUMBERER
Num"ber*er, n.
Defn: One who numbers.
NUMBERFUL
Num"ber*ful, a.
Defn: Numerous. [Obs.]
NUMBERLESS
Num"ber*less, a.
Defn: Innumerable; countless.
NUMBEROUS
Num"ber*ous, a.
Defn: Numerous. [Obs.] Drant.
NUMBERS
Num"bers, n. pl.
Defn: of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.
NUMBFISH
Numb"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.
NUMBLESS
Num"bless, n. pl.
Defn: See Nombles.
NUMBNESS
Numb"ness, n.
Defn: The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.
NUMERABLE
Nu"mer*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. numerabilis. See Number, v. t.]
Defn: Capable of being numbered or counted.
NUMERAL Nu"mer*al, a. Etym: [L. numeralis, fr. numerus number: cf. F. numéral. See Number, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals. A long train of numeral progressions. Locke.
2. Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.
NUMERAL
Nu"mer*al, n.
1. A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc.
2. A word expressing a number.
NUMERALLY
Nu"mer*al*ly, adv.
Defn: According to number; in number; numerically.
NUMERARY
Nu"mer*a*ry, a. Etym: [LL. numerarius: cf. F. numéraire.]
Defn: Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection
or body.
A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerary
canon. Ayliffe.
NUMERATE
Nu"mer*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numerated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Numerating.] Etym: [L. numeratus, p. p. of numerare to count. See
Number, v.] (Arith.)
Defn: To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.
NUMERATION Nu`mer*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. numeratio a counting out: cf. F. numération.]
1. The act or art of numbering. Numeration is but still the adding of one unit more, and giving to the whole a new name or sign. Locke.
2. The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals. The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method. Davies & Peck.
Note: For convenience in reading, numbers are usually separated by commas into periods of three figures each, as 1,155,465. According to what is called the "English" system, the billion is a million of millions, a trillion a million of billions, and each higher denomination is a million times the one preceding. According to the system of the French and other Continental nations and also that of the United States, the billion is a thousand millions, and each higher denomination is a thousand times the preceding.
NUMERATIVE
Nu"mer*a*tive, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system. Eng.
Cyc.
NUMERATOR
Nu"mer*a"tor, n. Etym: [L. numerator: cf. F. numérateur.]
1. One who numbers.
2. (Math.)
Defn: The term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractional units that are taken.
Note: In a vulgar fraction the numerator is written above a line; thus, in the fraction 5/9 (five ninths) 5 is the numerator; in a decimal fraction it is the number which follows the decimal point. See Fraction.
NUMERIC; NUMERICAL
Nu*mer"ic, Nu*mer"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. numérique. See Number, n.]
1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement.
Note: Numerical, as opposed to algebraical, is used to denote a value irrespective of its sign; thus, -5 is numerically greater than -3, though algebraically less.
2.2. The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body. [Obs.] South. Would to God that all my fellow brethren, which with me bemoan the loss of their books, . . . might rejoice for the recovery thereof, though not the same numerical volumes. Fuller. Numerical equation (Alg.), an equation which has all the quantities except the unknown expressed in numbers; — distinguished from literal equation. — Numerical value of an equation or expression, that deduced by substituting numbers for the letters, and reducing.
NUMERIC
Nu*mer"ic, n. (Math.)
Defn: Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + nsq. root-1, where m and n are real numerics.
NUMERICALLY
Nu*mer"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a numerical manner; in numbers; with respect to number, or sameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, or numerically different.
NUMERIST
Nu"mer*ist, n.
Defn: One who deals in numbers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
NUMERO
Nu"me*ro, n. Etym: [It., or F. numéro ; both fr. L. numerus number.]
Defn: Number; — often abbrev. No.
NUMEROSITY
Nu`mer*os"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. numerositas.]
1. The state of being numerous; numerousness. [Obs.]
2. Rhythm; harmony; flow. [Obs.] The numerosity of the sentence pleased the ear. S. Parr.
NUMEROUS
Nu"mer*ous, a. Etym: [L. numerosus. See Number.]
1. Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army. Such and so numerous was their chivalry. Milton.
2. Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical. [Obs.] Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips, in prose or numerous verse. Milton. — Nu"mer*ous*ly, adv. — Nu"mer*ous*ness, n.
NUMIDIAN
Nu*mid"i*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa.
Numidian crane. (Zoöl.) See Demoiselle, 2.
NUMISMATIC; NUMISMATICAL Nu`mis*mat"ic, Nu`mis*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. numisma, nomisma, a piece of money, coin, fr. Gr. numismatique. See Nomad.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of coins or medals.
NUMISMATICS
Nu`mis*mat"ics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. numismatique.]
Defn: The science of coins and medals.
NUMISMATIST
Nu*mis"ma*tist, n.
Defn: One skilled in numismatics; a numismatologist.
NUMISMATOGRAPHY
Nu*mis`ma*tog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [L. numisma, -atis (Gr. -graphy.]
Defn: A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals.
NUMISMATOLOGIST
Nu*mis`ma*tol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in numismatology.
NUMISMATOLOGY
Nu*mis`ma*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [L. numisma, -atis + -logy.]
Defn: The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.
NUMMARY
Num"ma*ry, a. Etym: [L. nummarius, from nummus a coin.]
Defn: Of or relating to coins or money.
NUMMULAR; NUMMULARY Num"mu*lar, Num"mu*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. nummularius, fr. nummulus, dim. of nummus a coin: cf. F. nummulaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to coin or money; pecuniary; as, the nummulary talent.
2. (Pathol.)
Defn: Having the appearance or form of a coin. "Nummular sputa." Sir
T. Watson.
NUMMULATION
Num`mu*la"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.
NUMMULITE
Num"mu*lite, n. Etym: [L. nummus a coin + -lite: cf. F. nummulite.]
(Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera.
NUMMULITES
Num`mu*li"tes, n. Etym: [NL. See Nummulite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally.
NUMMULITIC
Num`mu*lit"ic, a.
Defn: Of, like, composed of, containing, nummulites; as, nummulitic beds.
NUMPS
Numps, n. Etym: [Cf. Numb.]
Defn: A dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] Bp. Parker.
NUMSKULL
Num"skull`, n. Etym: [Numb + skull.]
Defn: A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. [Colloq.]
They have talked like numskulls. Arbuthnot.
NUMSKULLED
Num"skulled`, a.
Defn: Stupid; doltish. [Colloq.]
NUN Nun, n. Etym: [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. Nunnery.]
1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration. Wordsworth.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. (b) The smew. (c) The European blue titmouse. Gray nuns (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; — so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as Sisters of Charity of Montreal. — Nun buoy. See under Buoy.
NUNATAK
Nu"na*tak, n.; pl. -taks (#) (the pl. form Nunatakker is Swedish).
[Eskimo nunættak.]
Defn: In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet.
NUNC DIMITTIS
Nunc" di*mit"tis. [L. nunc now + dimittis thou lettest depart.]
(Eccl.)
Defn: The song of Simeon (Luke ii. 29-32), used in the ritual of many churches. It begins with these words in the Vulgate.
NUNCHION Nun"chion, n. Etym: [OE. nonechenche, for noneschenche, prop., a noon drink; none noon + schenchen, schenken, skinken, to pour, AS. scencan. See Noon, and Skink, v. i.]
Defn: A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon. [Written also noonshun.] Hudibras.
NUNCIATE
Nun"ci*ate, n.
Defn: One who announces; a messenger; a nuncio. [Obs.] Hoole.
NUNCIATURE
Nun"ci*a*ture, n. Etym: [L. nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report,
fr. nuncius, nuntius, messenger: cf. F. nonciature, It. nunziatura.
See Nuncio.]
Defn: The office of a nuncio. Clarendon.
NUNCIO Nun"ci*o, n.; pl. Nuncios. Etym: [It. nunzio, nuncio, fr. L. nuncius, nuntius, messenger; perh. akin to novus new, E. new, and thus, one who brings news. Cf. Announce.]
1. A messenger. [Obs.] Shak.
2. The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.
NUNCIUS Nun"ci*us, n.; pl. Nuncii. Etym: [L.] (Roman & Old Eng. Law) (a) A messenger. (b) The information communicated.
NUNCUPATE Nun"cu*pate, v. t. Etym: [L. nuncupatus, p. p. of nuncupare to nuncupate, prob. fr. nomen name + capere to take.]
1. To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally. [Obs.] In whose presence did St. Peter nuncupate it Barrow.
2. To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book. [Obs.] Evelyn.
NUNCUPATION
Nun`cu*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. nuncupatio.]
Defn: The act of nuncupating. [Obs.]
NUNCUPATIVE Nun*cu"pa*tive, a. Etym: [L. nuncupativus nominal: cf. F. nuncupatif.]
1. Publicly or solemnly declaratory. [Obs.]
2. Nominal; existing only in name. [Obs.]
3. Oral; not written. Nuncupative will or testament, a will or testament made by word of mouth only, before witnesses, as by a soldier or seaman, and depending on oral testimony for proof. Blackstone.
NUNCUPATORY
Nun*cu"pa*to*ry, a.
Defn: Nuncupative; oral.
NUNDINAL
Nun"di*nal, n.
Defn: A nundinal letter.
NUNDINAL; NUNDINARY Nun"di*nal, Nun"di*na*ry, a. Etym: [L. nundinalis, nundinarius, fr. nundinae the market day, the weekly market, prop., the ninth day, fr. nundinus belonging to nine days; novem nine + dies day: cf. F. nundinal.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day. Nundinal letter, among the Romans, one of the first eight letters of the alphabet, which were repeated successively from the first to the last day of the year. One of these always expressed the market day, which returned every nine days (every eight days by our reckoning).
NUNDINATE Nun"di*nate, v. i. Etym: [L. nundinatus, p. p. of nundinary to attend fairs, to traffic. See Nundinal, a.]
Defn: To buy and sell at fairs or markets. [Obs.]
NUNDINATION
Nun`di*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. nundinatio.]
Defn: Traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling. [Obs.]
Common nundination of pardons. Abp. Bramhall.
NUNNATION
Nun*na"tion, n. Etym: [From nun, the Arabic name of the letter n: cf.
NL. nunnatio, F. nunnation.] (Arabic Gram.)
Defn: The pronunciation of n at the end of words.
NUNNERY Nun"ner*y, n.; pl. Nunneries. Etym: [OE. nonnerie, OF. nonerie, F. nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See Nun.]
Defn: A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.
NUNNISH
Nun"nish, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun; characteristic of a
nun.
— Nun"nish*ness, n.
NUP
Nup, n.
Defn: Same as Nupson. [Obs.]
NUPHAR
Nu"phar, n. Etym: [Per. n.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes of
Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf. Nymphaea.
NUPSON
Nup"son, n. Etym: [Of doubtful origin.]
Defn: A simpleton; a fool. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
NUPTIAL Nup"tial, a. Etym: [L. nuptialis, fr. nuptiae marriage, wedding, fr. nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the head of the bride was covered with a veil; cf. Gr. nuptial.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton.
NUPTIAL
Nup"tial, n.; pl. Nuptials (.
Defn: Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; — now only in the plural.
Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come.
Shak.
Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials. Prescott.
NUR
Nur, n. Etym: [Cf. Knur.]
Defn: A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in
playing hockey.
I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather. W. Howitt.
NURAGHE; NURAGH Nu*ra"ghe, n.; It. pl. -ghi. Also Nu"ragh, etc. [It. dial. (Sardinia) nuraghe).]
Defn: One of the prehistoric towerlike structures found in Sardinia.
The so-called nuraghi, conical monuments with truncated summits, 30- 60 ft. in height, 35-100 ft. in diameter at the base, constructed sometimes of hewn, and sometimes of unhewn blocks of stone without mortar. They are situated either on isolated eminences or on the slopes of the mountains, seldom on the plains, and usually occur in groups. They generally contain two (in some rare instances three) conically vaulted chambers, one above the other, and a spiral staircase constructed in the thick walls ascends to the upper stories. Baedeker.
NURL
Nurl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nurled; p. pr. & vb. n. Nurling.] Etym:
[Cf. Knurl.]
Defn: To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl.
NURSE Nurse, n. Etym: [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See Nourish, and cf. Nutritious.]
1. One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
2. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like. The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise. Burke.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.
4. (Zoöl.) (a) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercariæ by asexual reproduction. See Cercaria, and Redia. (b) Either one of the nurse sharks. Nurse shark. (Zoöl.) (a) A large arctic shark (Somniosus microcephalus), having small teeth and feeble jaws; — called also sleeper shark, and ground shark. (b) A large shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), native of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal fins situated behind the ventral fins. — To put to nurse, or To put out to nurse, to send away to be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse. — Wet nurse, Dry nurse. See Wet nurse, and Dry nurse, in the Vocabulary.
NURSE
Nurse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nursed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nursing.]
1. To nourish; to cherish; to foster; as: (a) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant. (b) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon. Sons wont to nurse their parents in old age. Milton. Him in Egerian groves Aricia bore, And nursed his youth along the marshy shore. Dryden.
2. To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; — applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention. "To nurse the saplings tall." Milton. By what hands [has vice] been nursed into so uncontrolled a dominion Locke.
3. To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.
4. To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does. A. Trollope. To nurse billiard balls, to strike them gently and so as to keep them in good position during a series of caroms.
NURSEHOUND
Nurse"hound`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Houndfish.
NURSEMAID
Nurse"maid`, n.
Defn: A girl employed to attend children.
NURSEPOND
Nurse"pond`, n.
Defn: A pond where fish are fed. Walton.
NURSER
Nurs"er, n.
Defn: One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.
NURSERY
Nurs"er*y, n.; pl. Nurseries. Etym: [Cf. F. nourricerie.]
1. The act of nursing. [Obs.] "Her kind nursery." Shak.
2. The place where nursing is carried on; as: (a) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children. (b) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees. (c) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted. "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." Shak. Christian families are the nurseries of the church on earth, as she is the nursery of the church in heaven. J. M. Mason.
(d) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
3. That which is nursed. [R.] Milton.
NURSERYMAN
Nurs"er*y*man, n.; pl. Nurserymen (.
Defn: One who cultivates or keeps a nursery, or place for rearing trees, etc.
NURSING
Nurs"ing, a.
Defn: Supplying or taking nourishment from, or as from, the breast; as, a nursing mother; a nursing infant.
NURSLING
Nurs"ling, n. Etym: [Nurse + -ling.]
Defn: One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.
I was his nursling once, and choice delight. Milton.
NURSTLE
Nurs"tle, v. t.
Defn: To nurse. See Noursle. [Obs.]
NURTURE
Nur"ture, n. Etym: [OE. norture, noriture, OF. norriture, norreture,
F. nourriture, fr. L. nutritura a nursing, suckling. See Nourish.]
1. The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training. A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise. Milton.
2. That which nourishes; food; diet. Spenser.
NURTURE
Nur"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nurtured; p. pr. & vb. n. Nurturing.]
1. To feed; to nourish.
2. To educate; to bring or train up. He was nurtured where he had been born. Sir H. Wotton.
Syn. — To nourish; nurse; cherish; bring up; educate; tend. — To Nurture, Nourish, Cherish. Nourish denotes to supply with food, or cause to grow; as, to nourish a plant, to nourish rebellion. To nurture is to train up with a fostering care, like that of a mother; as, to nurture into strength; to nurture in sound principles. To cherish is to hold and treat as dear; as, to cherish hopes or affections.
NUSTLE
Nus"tle, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Nuzzle.]
Defn: To fondle; to cherish. [Obs.]
NUT
Nut, n. Etym: [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss,
OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. nöt, Dan. nöd.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt.
3. The tumbler of a gunlock. Knight.
4. (Naut.)
Defn: A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. Check nut, Jam nut, Lock nut, a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut. — Nut buoy. See under Buoy. — Nut coal, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; — called also chestnut coal. — Nut crab (Zoöl.), any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe. — Nut grass (Bot.), a plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus rotundus, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks bearing small, nutlike tubers, by which the plant multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields. — Nut lock, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring. — Nut pine. (Bot.) See under Pine. — Nut rush (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants (Scleria) having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in the United States and many more in tropical regions. — Nut tree, a tree that bears nuts. — Nut weevil (Zoöl.), any species of weevils of the genus Balaninus and other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts.
NUT
Nut, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Nutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Nutting.]
Defn: To gather nuts.
NUTANT Nu"tant, a. Etym: [L. nutans, p. pr. of nutare to nod, v. intens. fr. nuere (in comp.) to nod; cf. Gr.
Defn: Nodding; having the top bent downward.
NUTATION Nu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. nutatio a nodding, fr. nutare to nod: cf. F. nutation.]
1. The act of nodding. So from the midmost the nutation spreads, Round and more round, o'er all the sea of heads. Pope.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount.
3. (Bot.) (a) The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening. (b) Circumnutation.
NUTBREAKER Nut"break`er, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European nuthatch. (b) The nutcracker.
NUT-BROWN
Nut"-brown`, a.
Defn: Brown as a nut long kept and dried. "The spicy nutbrown ale."
Milton.
NUTCRACKER
Nut"crack`er, n.
1. An instrument for cracking nuts.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects. (b) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America.
NUTGALL
Nut"gall`, n.
Defn: A more or less round gall resembling a nut, esp. one of those produced on the oak and used in the arts. See Gall, Gallnut.
NUTHATCH
Nut"hatch`, n. Etym: [OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the
European species (Sitta Europæa). The white-breasted nuthatch (S.
Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy
nuthatch (S. pygmæa), and others, are American.
NUTHOOK
Nut"hook`, n.
1. A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.
2. A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors. Shak.
NUTJOBBER
Nut"job`ber, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The nuthatch. [Prov. Eng.]
NUTLET
Nut"let, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A small nut; also, the stone of a drupe.
NUTMEG Nut"meg, n. Etym: [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See Nut, and Musk.] (Bot.)
Defn: The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics.
Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of Myristica yield nutmegs of inferior quality. American, Calabash, or Jamaica, nutmeg, the fruit of a tropical shrub (Monodora Myristica). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. — Brazilian nutmeg, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, Cryptocarya moschata. — California nutmeg, tree of the Yew family (Torreya Californica), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. — Clove nutmeg, the Ravensara aromatica, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. — Jamaica nutmeg. See American nutmeg (above). — Nutmeg bird (Zoöl.), an Indian finch (Munia punctularia). — Nutmeg butter, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. — Nutmeg flower (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb (Nigella sativa) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. — Nutmeg liver (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. — Nutmeg melon (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. — Nutmeg pigeon (Zoöl.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus Myristicivora, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. — Nutmeg wood (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm. — Peruvian nutmeg, the aromatic seed of a South American tree (Laurelia sempervirens). — Plume nutmeg (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia (Atherosperma moschata).
NUTMEGGED
Nut"megged, a.
Defn: Seasoned with nutmeg.
NUTPECKER
Nut"peck`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The nuthatch.
NUTRIA
Nu"tri*a, n. Etym: [Sp. nutria an otter, fr. L. lutra, lytra.]
Defn: The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.
NUTRICATION Nu`tri*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. nutricatio, fr. nutricare, nutricari, to suckle, nourish, fr. nutrix a nurse.]
Defn: The act or manner of feeding. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
NUTRIENT
Nu"tri*ent, a. Etym: [L. nutriens, p. pr. of nutrire. See Nourish.]
Defn: Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.
— n.
Defn: Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth.
NUTRIMENT
Nu"tri*ment, n. Etym: [L. nutrimentum, fr. nutrire to nourish. See
Nourish.]
1. That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South.
2. That which promotes development or growth. Is not virtue in mankind The nutriment that feeds the mind Swift.
NUTRIMENTAL
Nu`tri*men"tal, a.
Defn: Nutritious.
NUTRITIAL
Nu*tri"tial, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or connected with, nutrition; nutritious. [Obs.]
Chapman.
NUTRITION
Nu*tri"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. nutrition. See Nutritious.]
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth.
Note: In this wide sense it comprehends digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, etc., in fact all of the steps by which the nutritive matter of the food is fitted for incorporation with the different tissues, and the changes which it undergoes after its assimilation, prior to its excretion. See Metabolism.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: In a more limited sense, the process by which the living tissues take up, from the blood, matters necessary either for their repair or for the performance of their healthy functions.
3. That which nourishes; nutriment. Fixed like a plant, on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. Pope.
NUTRITIONAL
Nu*tri"tion*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, nutritional changes.
NUTRITIOUS Nu*tri"tious, a. Etym: [L. nutricius, nutritius, from nutrix, -icis, a nurse, nutrire to nourish. See Nurse, Nourish.]
Defn: Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental.
— Nu*tri"tious*ly, adv.
— Nu*tri"tious*ness, n.
NUTRITIVE
Nu"tri*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. nutritif.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries. Nutritive plasma. (Biol.) See Idioplasma. — Nutritive polyp (Zoöl.), any one of the zooids of a compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity. — Nu"tri*tive*ly, adv. — Nu"tri*tive*ness, n.
NUTRITURE
Nu"tri*ture, n. Etym: [L. nutritura, fr. nutrir to nourish.]
Defn: Nutrition; nourishment. [Obs.] Harvey.
NUTSHELL
Nut"shell`, n.
1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A shell of the genus Nucula. To be, or lie, in a nutshell, to be within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a nutshell." Macaulay.
NUTTER
Nut"ter, n.
Defn: A gatherer of nuts.
NUTTING
Nut"ting, n.
Defn: The act of gathering nuts.
NUTTY
Nut"ty, a.
1. Abounding in nuts.
2. Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.
NUX VOMICA
Nux` vom"i*ca. Etym: [NL., fr. L. nux vomere to vomit.]
Defn: The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons.
NUZZLE
Nuz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nuzzied;p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling.] Etym:
[See Noursle.]
1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.] The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. Milton.
2. Etym: [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. Nustle.]
Defn: To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
NUZZLE
Nuz"zle, v. i. Etym: [Dim. fr. nose. See Nozzle.]
1. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud. And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin. Shak. He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . . . nuzzling like an eel in the mud. Arbuthnot.
2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along. Arbuthnot.
3. Etym: [Cf. Nuzzle, v. t., 2.]
Defn: To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
NY
Ny. Etym: [Contr. fr. ne I.]
Defn: Not I; nor I. [Obs.]
NY; NYE
Ny, Nye, a. & adv.
Defn: Nigh. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NYAS
Ny"as, n.
Defn: See Nias.
NYCTALOPIA Nyc`ta*lo"pi*a, n. Etym: [L. nyctalopia, fr. nyctalops a nyctalops, Gr. (Med.) (a) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness. (b) See Moonblink.
Note: Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, night blindness. See Hemeralopia.
NYCTALOPS
Nyc"ta*lops, n. Etym: [L., from Gr.
Defn: One afflicted with nyctalopia.
NYCTALOPY
Nyc"ta*lo`py, n.
Defn: Same as Nyctalopia.
NYCTHEMERON
Nyc*the"me*ron, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours.
NYCTIBUNE
Nyc"ti*bune, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers.
NYCTITROPIC
Nyc`ti*trop"ic, a. Etym: [From Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Turning or bending at night into special positions.
Note: Nyctitropic movements of plants usually consist in a folding or drooping of the leaves, the advantage being in lessening the radiation of heat.
NYCTITROPISM
Nyc*tit"ro*pism, n. [From Gr. , , night + to turn.] (Plant Physiol.)
Defn: The tendency of certain plant organs, as leaves, to assume special "sleeping" positions or make curvatures under the influence of darkness. It is well illustrated in the leaflets of clover and other leguminous plants.
NYCTOPHILE
Nyc"to*phile, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.
NYE Nye, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. F. nid nest, brood, L. nidus nest. See Nest, and cf. Eye brood, Nide.]
Defn: A brood or flock of pheasants.
NYENTEK
Ny*en"tek, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.
NYLGHAU; NYLGAU
Nyl"ghau, Nyl"gau, n. Etym: [Hind. & Per. nilgaw, prop., a blue cow;
Per. nil blue + gaw cow. See Lilac, and Cow the animal.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus, or Portax, tragocamelus), found in Northern India. It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown. [Written also neelghau, nilgau, and nylghaie.]
NYMPH
Nymph, n. Etym: [L. nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr. nymphe. Cf.
Nuptial.]
1. (Class. Myth.)
Defn: A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas Milton.
2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered. Shak.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; — called also naiad.
NYMPHA
Nym"pha, n.; pl. Nymph. Etym: [L. See Nymph a goddess.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Nymph, 3.
2. pl. (Anat.)
Defn: Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.
NYMPHAEA
Nym*phæ"a, n. Etym: [L., the water lily, Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.
Note: Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus should be called Castalia, and the name Nymphæa transferred to what is now known as Nuphar.
NYMPHAL
Nymph"al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.
NYMPHALES
Nym*pha"les, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; — called also brush-footed butterflies.
NYMPHEAN
Nym*phe"an, a. Etym: [Gr. Nymph.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.
NYMPHET
Nymph"et, n.
Defn: A little or young nymph. [Poetic] "The nymphets sporting there." Drayton.
NYMPHIC; NYMPHICAL
Nymph"ic, Nymph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to nymphs.
NYMPHIPAROUS
Nym*phip"a*rous, a. Etym: [Nymph + L. parere to produce.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Producing pupas or nymphs.
NYMPHISH
Nymph"ish, a.
Defn: Relating to nymphs; ladylike. "Nymphish war." Drayton.
NYMPHLIKE; NYMPHLY
Nymph"like`, Nymph"ly, a.
Defn: Resembling, or characteristic of, a nymph.
NYMPHOLEPSY
Nym"pho*lep`sy, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. [R.] De Quincey. The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron.
NYMPHOLEPTIC
Nym`pho*lep"tic, a.
Defn: Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.
[Poetic]
NYMPHOMANIA
Nym`pho*ma"ni*a, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.
NYMPHOMANY
Nym"pho*ma`ny, n. Etym: [Cf. F. nymphomanie.] (Med.)
Defn: Same as Nymphomania.
NYMPHOTOMY
Nym*phot"o*my, n. Etym: [Nympha + Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Excision of the nymphæ.
NYS
Nys.
Defn: Is not. See Nis. Chaucer. Spenser.
NYSTAGMUS
Nys*tag"mus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.
NYULA
Ny*u"la, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.