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<p><hw>N</hw> <pr>(&ebreve_;n)</pr>, <def>the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the <xex>dentinasal</xex> or <xex>linguanasal</xex> consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in <xex>ran</xex>, <xex>done</xex>; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of <xex>g</xex> hard or <xex>k</xex> (as in <xex>single</xex>, <xex>sink</xex>, <xex>conquer</xex>), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph <xex>ng</xex> in <xex>sing</xex>, <xex>bring</xex>, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the <xex>gutturo-nasal</xex> consonent. See <er>Guide to Pronunciation</er>, &sect;&sect; 243-246.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>   The letter N came into English through the Latin and Greek from the Ph&oelig;nician, which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin.  It is etymologically most closely related to M.  See <er>M</er>.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>N</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na</hw> <pr>(n&auml;)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos> <def>No, not. See <er>No</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nab</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Knap</er>, <er>Knop</er>, <er>Knob</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The summit of an eminence.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Firearms)</fld> <def>The cock of a gunlock.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Locksmithing)</fld> <def>The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nab</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nabbed</conjf> <pr>(n&abreve;bd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nabbing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Dan <ets>nappe</ets>, or Sw. <ets>nappa</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Smollett.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To capture; to arrest; <as>as, the police nabbed the culprit wtrying to hide in the basement</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na"bit</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"b&ibreve_;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Pulverized sugar candy.</def>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Nabk</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;bk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>nabiqa</ets>, <ets>nibqa</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The edible berries of the <spn>Zizyphys Lotus</spn>, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nubk</asp>.]</altsp> See <er>Lotus</er> <sd>(b)</sd>, and <er>Sadr</er>.<br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na"bob</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"b&obreve_;b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>naw&amacr;b</ets>, from Ar. <ets>naw&amacr;b</ets>, pl. of <ets>n&amacr;&iuml;b</ets> a vicegerent, governor. Cf <er>Nawab</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth.</def> &ldquo;A bilious old <xex>nabob</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nac"a*rat</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;k"&adot_;*r&abreve;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>nacarat</ets>, fr. Sp. or Pg. <ets>nacarado</ets>, fr. <ets>n&aacute;car</ets> mother-of-pearl. See <er>Nacre</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pale red color, with a cast of orange.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fine linen or crape dyed of this color.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na*celle"</hw> <pr>(n&adot_;*s&ebreve_;l")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small boat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>A streamlined enclosure on an airplane, as for the engine or for the cargo or passengers; -- formerly used to refer to the boatlike, inclosed body of an airplane which is usually now called the <altname>fuselage</altname>, and now referring mostly to the enclosure for the engine.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>nacho</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tortilla chip topped with cheese and often chili-pepper or beans and then broiled; -- eaten as a snack or light meal.</def><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nack"er</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;k"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Nacre</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na"cre</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"k&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., cf. Sp. <ets>n&aacute;cara</ets>, <ets>n&aacute;car</ets>, It. <ets>nacchera</ets>, <ets>naccaro</ets>, LL. <ets>nacara</ets>, <ets>nacrum</ets>; of Oriental origin, cf. Ar. <ets>nak&imacr;r</ets> hollowed.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nacker</asp> and <asp>naker</asp>.]</altsp> <see>See <er>Pearl</er>, and <er>Mother-of-pearl</er>.</see><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Na`cr&eacute;"</hw> <pr>(n&adot_;*kr&amacr;")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Nacre</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Art)</fld> <def>Having the peculiar iridescence of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; <as>as, <ex>nacr&eacute;</ex> ware</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na"cre*ous</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"kr&euptack_;*&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Nacre</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><mhw>{ <hw>Nad</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;d)</pr>, <hw>Nad"de</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;d"d&eitalic_;)</pr> }</mhw>. <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>ne hadde</ets>.]</ety> <def>Had not.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;nada</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <ety>[Spanish]</ety> <def>Nothing.</def> <mark>[informal or jocose]</mark> <note>[used mostly jocosely or for emphasis in phrases such as &ldquo;Nothing, <xex>nada</xex>, zip!&rdquo;]</note><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nad"der</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;d"d&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>n&aelig;dre</ets>. See <er>Adder</er>.]</ety> <def>An adder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na-dene</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A family of North American Indian languages including <membof>Tlingit</membof>, the <membof>Athabascan language family</membof>, and <membof>Haida</membof>.</def><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na"dir</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"d&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., Sp., &amp; It. <ets>nadir</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>naz&imacr;ru's samt</ets> nadir, prop., the point opposite the zenith (<ets>as samt</ets>), in which <ets>naz&imacr;r</ets> means alike, corresponding to.  Cf. <er>Azimuth</er>, <er>Zenith</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The lowest point; the time of greatest depression.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>The seventh century is the <qex>nadir</qex> of the human mind in Europe.</q> <rj><qau>Hallam.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Nadir of the sun</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the axis of the conical shadow projected by the earth.</cd>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;N&aelig;"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Nenia</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>N&aelig;ve</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naevus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A n&aelig;vus.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>N&aelig;"void</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>N&aelig;vus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling a n&aelig;vus or n&aelig;vi; <as>as, <ex>n&aelig;void</ex> elephantiasis</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>N&aelig;"vose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Spotted; freckled.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;N&aelig;"vus</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"v&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>N&aelig;vi</plw> <pr>(-v&imacr;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- the term includes moles as wells a other types of birthmark, and is most commonly applied to reddish or brownish raised vascular areas of the skin, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries.</def> <altsp>[Usually spelled <asp>nevus</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nag</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>nagge</ets>, D. <ets>negge</ets>; akin to E. <ets>neigh</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse, especially one that is of inferior breeding or useless.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A paramour; -- in contempt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nag</hw>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nagged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nagging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>nagga</ets> to nibble, peck, Dan. <ets>nage</ets> to gnaw, Icel. <ets>naga</ets>, <ets>gnaga</ets>, G. <ets>nagen</ets>, &amp; E. <ets>gnaw</ets>.]</ety> <def>To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> &ldquo;She never <qex>nagged</qex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>J. Ingelow.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nag</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who nags, especially habitually; called also <altname>nagger</altname>.</def><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>nagami</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A shrub (<spn>Fortunella margarita</spn>) bearing oval-fruited kumquats. See also <er>kumquat</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nagami kumquat, oval kumquat, <spn>Fortunella margarita</spn>.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na*ga"na</hw> <pr>(n&adot_;*g&auml;"n&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. native name.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease of horses and other domestic animals, transmitted by the tsetse fly; any trypanosomiasis, especially the variety caused by <causedbyp><spn>Trypanosoma brucei</spn></causedbyp>.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nageia</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Nageia</gen>.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>nagger</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Someone (especially a woman) who constantly finds fault.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> scold, scolder, nag.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nag"ging</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;g"g&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; <as>as, a <ex>nagging</ex> toothache</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nag"gy</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;g"g&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Irritable; touchy.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Na"gor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A West African gazelle (<spn>Gazella redunca</spn>).</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nag"yag*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from <etsep>Nagyag</etsep>, in Transylvania.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium.  It is a telluride of lead and gold.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na"iad</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"y&abreve;d; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naias</ets>, <ets>-adis</ets>, <ets>na&iuml;s</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, a water nymph, Gr <grk>nai:a`s</grk>, <grk>nai:`s</grk>, fr. <grk>na`ein</grk>  to flow: cf. F. <ets>na&iuml;ade</ets>.  Cf. <er>Naid</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any species of a tribe (<fam>Naiades</fam>) of freshwater bivalves, including <gen>Unio</gen>, <gen>Anodonta</gen>, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l)</fld> <def>One of a group of butterflies. See <er>Nymph</er>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the order <ord>Naiadace&aelig;</ord>, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Naiadaceae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Naiadaceae</fam>, <fam>Najadaceae</fam>, family <fam>Najadaceae</fam>, naiad family.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>na"iant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>See <er>Natant</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>na"id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Naiad</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, ch&aelig;topod annelids of the tribe <fam>Naidina</fam>.  They belong to the <ord>Oligoch&aelig;ta</ord>.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Na"&iuml;f`</hw> <pr>(&unr_;; <xex>formerly</xex> &unr_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>na&iuml;f</ets>. See <er>Na&iuml;ve</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Na&iuml;ve; <as>as, a <ex>na&iuml;f</ex> remark</as>.</def>  <rj><au>London Spectator.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>&Verbar;Na"ik</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>n&amacr;yak</ets>.]</ety> <def>A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal.</def>  <rj><au>Balfour (Cyc. of India).</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Nail</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>n&aelig;gel</ets>, akin to D. <ets>nagel</ets>, OS. &amp; OHG. <ets>nagal</ets>, G. <ets>nagel</ets>, Icel. <ets>nagl</ets>, nail (in sense 1), <ets>nagli</ets> nail (in sense 3), Sw. <ets>nagel</ets> nail (in senses 1 and 3), Dan. <ets>nagle</ets>, Goth. <ets>ganagljan</ets> to nail, Lith. <ets>nagas</ets> nail (in sense 1), Russ. <ets>nogote</ets>, L. <ets>unguis</ets>, Gr. <grk>"o`nyx</grk>, Skr. <ets>nakha</ets>. &radic;259.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>His <qex>nayles</qex> like a briddes claws were.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; The nails are strictly homologous with hoofs and claws. When compressed, curved, and pointed, they are called <contr>talons</contr> or <contr>claws</contr>, and the animal bearing them is said to be <xex>unguiculate</xex>; when they incase the extremities of the digits they are called <xex>hoofs</xex>, and the animal is <xex>ungulate</xex>.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head{2}, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The different sorts of nails are named either from the use to which they are applied, from their shape, from their size, or from some other characteristic, as shingle, floor, ship-carpenters', and horseshoe nails, roseheads, diamonds, fourpenny, tenpenny (see <er>Penny</er>, <pos>a.</pos>), chiselpointed, cut, wrought, or wire nails, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nail ball</b></col> <fld>(Ordnance)</fld>, <cd>a round projectile with an iron bolt protruding to prevent it from turning in the gun.</cd> -- <col><b>Nail plate</b></col>, <cd>iron in plates from which cut nails are made.</cd> -- <col><b>On the nail</b></col>, <cd>in hand; on the spot; immediately; without delay or time of credit; <as>as, to pay money <ex>on the nail</ex>; to pay cash <ex>on the nail</ex></as>.</cd> &ldquo;You shall have ten thousand pounds <xex>on the nail</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Beaconsfield.</au> -- <col><b>To hit the nail on the head</b></col>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>to hit most effectively; to do or say a thing in the right way.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>to describe the most important factor.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nail</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nailed</conjf> <pr>(n&amacr;ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nailing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>n&aelig;glian</ets>. See <er>Nail</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; <as>as, to <ex>nail</ex> boards to the beams</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He is now dead, and <qex>nailed</qex> in his chest.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The rivets of your arms were <qex>nailed</qex> with gold.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at once how I <qex>nailed</qex> them.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To spike, as a cannon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To nail an assertion</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To nail a lie</b></col></mcol>, etc., <cd>to detect and expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an expression probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nail"brush`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A brush for cleaning the nails.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nail"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who fastens with, or drives, nails.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nail"er*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who makes nails.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nail"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, n.; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Naileries</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A factory where nails are made.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nail"-head`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nail-headed characters</b></col>, <cd>arrowheaded or cuneiform characters. See under <er>Arrowheaded</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Nail-headed molding</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an ornament consisting of a series of low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of large nails; -- called also <altname>nail-head molding</altname>, or <altname>nail-head</altname>.  It is the same as the simplest form of dogtooth.  See <er>Dogtooth</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nail"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without nails; having no nails.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nain`sook"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nainsukh</ets>, a valley in Kaghan.]</ety> <def>A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na"is</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a naiad.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Naiad</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nais`sant"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., p. pr. of <ets>na&icirc;tre</ets> to be born, L. <ets>nasci</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Jessant</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>na*ive"</hw>, <hw>na*&iuml;ve"</hw></mhw> <pr>(n&auml;*&emacr;v")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>na&iuml;f</ets>, fem. <ets>na&iuml;ve</ets>, fr. L. <ets>nativus</ets> innate, natural, native. See <er>Native</er>, and cf. <er>Na&iuml;f</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; <as>as, <ex>na&iuml;ve</ex> manners; a <ex>na&iuml;ve</ex> person; <ex>na&iuml;ve</ex> and unsophisticated remarks.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having a lack of knowledge, judgment, or experience; especially, lacking sophistication in judging the motives of others; credulous; <as>as, a <ex>naive</ex> belief in the honesty of politicians</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>na"&iuml;ve`ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a na&iuml;ve manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na`&iuml;ve`t&eacute;"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Na&iuml;ve</er>, and cf. <er>Nativity</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being naive.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A story which pleases me by its <qex>na&iuml;vet&eacute;</qex> -- that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>lack of sophistication or worldliness.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> naivete, naiveness.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>na*iv"e*ty</hw>, <hw>Na"&iuml;ve`ty</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Na&iuml;vet&eacute;.</def>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Naja</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of cobras.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Naja</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Najadaceae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers; same as <fam>Naiadaceae</fam>; the naiad family.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> <fam>Naiadaceae</fam>, family <fam>Naiadaceae</fam>, family <fam>Najadaceae</fam>, naiad family.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Najas</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The sole genus of the family <fam>Naiadaceae</fam>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> <gen>Naias</gen>, genus <gen>Naias</gen>, genus <gen>Najas</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nake</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;k)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make naked.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Come, be ready, <qex>nake</qex> your swords.</q> <rj><qau>Old Play.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"ked</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"k&ebreve_;d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nacod</ets>; akin to D. <ets>naakt</ets>, G. <ets>nackt</ets>, OHG. <ets>nacchot</ets>, <ets>nahhot</ets>, Icel. <ets>n&ouml;kvi&eth;r</ets>, <ets>nakinn</ets>, Sw. <ets>naken</ets>, Dan. <ets>n&ouml;gen</ets>, Goth. <ets>naqa&thorn;s</ets>, Lith. <ets>n&uring;gas</ets>, Russ. <ets>nagii</ets>, L. <ets>nudus</ets>, Skr. <ets>nagna</ets>. &radic;266.  Cf. <er>Nude</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; <as>as, a <ex>naked</ex> body; a <ex>naked</ex> limb; a <ex>naked</ex> sword.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless; <as>as, <ex>naked</ex> to invasion</as>.</def> <br/>
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<p><q>Had I but served my God with half the zeal<br/>
I served my king, he would not in mine age<br/>
Have left me <xex>naked</xex> to mine enemies.</q> <rj><qau>King Henry VIII., Act iii. sc. 2 (Shakespeare)</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thy power is full <qex>naked</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Behold my bosom <qex>naked</qex> to your swords.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they saw now left <qex>naked</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The truth appears so <qex>naked</qex> on my side,                   That any purblind eye may find it out.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>All things are <qex>naked</qex> and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. iv. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Mere; simple; plain; <as>as, the <ex>naked</ex> truth</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The very <qex>naked</qex> name of love.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Without pubescence; <as>as, a <ex>naked</ex> leaf or stem</as>; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; <as>as, a <ex>naked</ex> fourth or fifth</as>.</def><!-- = open fourth, fifth? --><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Naked bed</b></col>, <cd>a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Naked eye</b></col>, <cd>the eye alone, unaided by eyeglasses, or by telescope, microscope, or other magnifying device.</cd> -- <col><b>Naked-eyed medusa</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Hydromedusa</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Naked flooring</b></col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>the timberwork which supports a floor.</cd> <au>Gwilt.</au> -- <col><b>Naked mollusk</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a nudibranch.</cd> -- <col><b>Naked wood</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a large rhamnaceous tree (<spn>Colibrina reclinata</spn>) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish.</cd>   <au>C. S. Sargent.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed; plain; defenseless.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"ked*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a naked manner; without covering or disguise; manifestly; simply; barely.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"ked*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition of being naked.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>The privy parts; the genitals.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ham . . . saw the <qex>nakedness</qex> of his father.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. ix. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"ker</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Nacre</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"ker</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>nakere</ets>, F. <ets>nakaire</ets>, LL. <ets>nacara</ets>, Per. <ets>naq&amacr;ret</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of kettledrum.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au> Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na"koo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The gavial.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nako</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Nale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A corrupt form arising from the older &ldquo;at &thorn;e<ets>n ale</ets>&rdquo; at the nale.]</ety> <def>Ale; also, an alehouse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Great feasts at the <qex>nale</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nall</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Either fr. Icel. <ets>n&amacr;l</ets> (see <er>Needle</er>); or fr. <ets>awl</ets>, like <ets>newt</ets> fr. <ets>ewt</ets>.]</ety> <def>An awl.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tusser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nam</hw> <pr>(n&auml;m)</pr>. <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>ne am</ets>.]</ety> <def>Am not.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nam</hw>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Nim</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nam"a*ble</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;m"&adot_;*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being named.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*ma"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>namare</ets> to take; cf. AS. <ets>niman</ets> to take.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. &amp; Scots Law)</fld> <def>A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.</def>  <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nam"ay*cush</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Indian name.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large North American lake trout (<spn>Salvelinus namaycush</spn>).  It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds.  Called also <altname>Mackinaw trout</altname>, <altname>lake trout</altname>, <altname>lake salmon</altname>, <altname>salmon trout</altname>, <altname>togue</altname>, and <altname>tuladi</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nam"by-pam`by</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Ambrose Phillips</ets>, in ridicule of the extreme simplicity of some of his verses.]</ety> <def>Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nam"by-pam`by</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid.</def>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Namby-pamby</qex> madrigals of love.</q> <rj><qau>W. Gifford.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Indecisive or weak; lacking firmness or resolve; -- of actions and policies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Name</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nama</ets>; akin to D. <ets>naam</ets>, OS. &amp; OHG. <ets>namo</ets>, G. <ets>name</ets>, Icel. <ets>nafn</ets>, for <ets>namn</ets>, Dan. <ets>navn</ets>, Sw. <ets>namn</ets>, Goth. <ets>nam&omacr;</ets>, L. <ets>nomen</ets> (perh. influenced by <ets>noscere</ets>, <ets>gnoscere</ets>, to learn to know), Gr. <grk>'o`mona</grk>, Scr. <ets>n&amacr;man</ets>. &radic;267.  Cf. <er>Anonymous</er>, <er>Ignominy</er>, <er>Misnomer</er>, <er>Nominal</er>, <er>Noun</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the <qex>name</qex> thereof.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. ii. 19.  </qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>What's in a <qex>name</qex>? That which we call a rose<br/>
By any other <qex>name</qex> would smell as sweet.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His <qex>name</qex> shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.</q> <rj><qau>Is. ix. 6.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.</def><br/>
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<p><q>What men of <qex>name</qex> resort to him?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Far above . . . every <qex>name</qex> that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.</q> <rj><qau>Eph. i. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I will get me a <qex>name</qex> and honor in the kingdom.</q> <rj><qau>1 Macc. iii. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He hath brought up an evil <qex>name</qex> upon a virgin.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xxii. 19.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The king's army . . . had left no good <qex>name</qex> behind.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Those of a certain name; a race; a family.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his <qex>name</qex>, came every day to pay their feigned civilities.</q> <rj><qau>Motley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A person, an individual.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>They list with women each degenerate <qex>name</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Christian name</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from <contr>surname</contr>; baptismal name; in western countries, it is also called a <altname>first name</altname>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A given name, whether received at baptism or not.</cd> -- <col><b>Given name</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Given</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>In name</b></col>, <cd>in profession, or by title only; not in reality; <as>as, a friend <ex>in name</ex></as>.</cd> -- <col><b>In the name of</b></col>.  <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In behalf of; by the authority of.</cd> &ldquo; I charge you <qex>in the duke's name</qex> to obey me.&rdquo; <qau>Shak.</qau> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In the represented or assumed character of.</cd> &ldquo;I'll to him again <qex>in name of</qex> Brook.&rdquo; <qau>Shak.</qau> -- <col><b>Name plate</b></col>, <cd>a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate.</cd> -- <col><b>Pen name</b></col>, <cd>a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or <altname>nom de plume</altname>.</cd> <au>Bayard Taylor.</au> -- <col><b>Proper name</b></col> <fld>(Gram.)</fld>, <cd>a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing.</cd> -- <col><b>To call names</b></col>, <cd>to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations.</cd> -- <col><b>To take a name in vain</b></col>, <cd>to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths.</cd> <au>Ex. xx. 7.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Name</er>, <er>Appellation</er>, <er>Title</er>, <er>Denomination</er>. <xex>Name</xex> is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. <xex>Appellation</xex>, although sometimes put for <xex>name</xex> simply, denotes, more properly, a <xex>descriptive term</xex> (called also <stype>agnomen</stype> or <stype>cognomen</stype>), used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the <xex>Bold</xex>, Philip the <xex>Stammerer</xex>. A <xex>title</xex> is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the <xex>Duke</xex> of Bedford, Paul the <xex>Apostle</xex>, etc. <xex>Denomination</xex> is to particular bodies what <xex>appellation</xex> is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different <xex>denominations</xex>, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Name</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;m)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Named</conjf> <pr>(n&amacr;md)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Naming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>namian</ets>.  See <er>Name</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.</def><br/>
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<p><q>She <qex>named</qex> the child Ichabod.</q> <rj><qau>1 Sam. iv. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thus was the building left<br/>
Ridiculous, and the work Confusion <qex>named</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.</def><br/>
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<p><q>None <qex>named</qex> thee but to praise.</q> <rj><qau>Halleck.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Old Yew, which graspest at the stones<br/>
That <qex>name</qex> the underlying dead.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; <as>as, to <ex>name</ex> a day for the wedding; to <ex>name</ex> someone as ambassador</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whom late you have <qex>named</qex> for consul.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(House of Commons)</fld> <def>To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify; designate; nominate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>named</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>given or having a specified name; <as>as, an actor <ex>named</ex> Harold Lloyd; a building in Cardiff <ex>named</ex> the Temple of Peace</as>.  Contrasted to <ant>unnamed</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> called.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>bearing the author's name; <as>as, a <ex>named</ex> source</as>.  Opposite of <ant>anonymous</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>namedrop</hw> <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire so as to impress them; same as to <er>drop names</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> drop names.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>namedropper</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends.  Someone who namedrops.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>name-dropping</hw> <pos>n.</pos>  <def>The practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress one's listener.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nameko</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>one of the most important fungi (<spn>Pholiota nameko</spn>) cultivated in Japan.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> viscid mushroom, <spn>Pholiota nameko</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Name"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Without a name; not having been given a name; <as>as, a <ex>nameless</ex> star</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Waller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Undistinguished; not noted or famous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>nameless</qex> dwelling and an unknown name.</q> <rj><qau>Harte.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; <as>as, a <ex>nameless</ex> writer</as>.</def>&ldquo;<xex>Nameless</xex> pens.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Atterbury.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible.</def><br/>
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<p><q>But what it is, that is not yet known; what<br/>
I can not name; 't is <qex>nameless</qex> woe,I wot.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I have a <qex>nameless</qex> horror of the man.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Name"less*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a nameless manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Name"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The solitariness of man . . . God hath <qex>namely</qex> and principally ordered to prevent by marriage.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>For the excellency of the soul, <qex>namely</qex>, its power of divining dreams; that several such divinations have been made, none can question.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nam"er</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;m"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who names, or calls by name.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Name"sake`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>name's sake</ets>; <it>i. e.</it>, one named for the sake of another's name.]</ety> <def>One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nammu</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Sumerian mythology)</fld> <def>The Sumerian goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*mo"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>No more.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Namtar</hw>, <hw>Namtaru</hw></mhw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Sumerian and Akkadian mythology)</fld> <def>A demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess <persfn>Ereshkigal</persfn> bringing death to mankind.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Namtaru.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>anan</ets>.]</ety> <def>Anan.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[prob. from babytalk.]</ety> <def>Grandmother.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nan"dine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An African carnivore (<spn>Nandinia binotata</spn>), allied to the civets. It is spotted with black.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Nan"dou</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Nan"du</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Braz. <ets>nhandu</ets> or <ets>yandu</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the genera <gen>Rhea</gen> and <gen>Pterocnemia</gen>, especially the smallest, <spn>Pterocnemia pennata</spn> (formerly <spn>Rhea Americana</spn>), called also the <altname>common rhea</altname>.  They are tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed, found from Peru to the Straits of Magellan.  See <er>Rhea</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nandow</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"nism</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"n&ibreve_;z'm; n&abreve;n"&ibreve_;z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>na^nos</grk> + <ets>-ism</ets>: cf. F. <ets>nanisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The condition of being abnormally small in stature; dwarfism; dwarfishness; -- opposed to <contr>gigantism</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Nanjing</hw>, <hw>Nanking</hw></mhw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>a former capital of China.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nan*keen"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from its being originally manufactured at <ets>Nankin</ets> (Nanjing), in China.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nankin</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (<spn>Gossypium religiosum</spn>) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Trousers made of nankeen.</def>  <rj><au>Ld. Lytton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nankeen bird</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the Australian night heron (<spn>Nycticorax Caledonicus</spn>); -- called also <altname>quaker</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nanna</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The wife of Balder.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Sumerian mythology)</fld> <def>The god of the moon; counterpart of the Akkadian <persfn>Sin</persfn>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nan"ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A diminutive of <xex>Ann</xex> or <xex>Anne</xex>, the proper name.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nanny goat</b></col>, <cd>a female goat.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Nan"ny</hw>, <hw>Nan"nie</hw></mhw> <pr>(n&abreve;n"n&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>nannies</plw>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a caretaker for a child; a child's nurse; a nursemaid.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Grandmother; -- a child's word, used especially as a form of address.  See also <er>nana</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nan"ny*ber`ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Sheepberry</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nan"o-</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;n"&ouptack_;-)</pr>, <pos>pref.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A prefix meaning <sig>one-billionth</sig>; <as>as, a <ex>nano</ex>gram is one-thousandth of a microgram</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Very small; submicroscopic; -- used to designate sizes smaller than those that would be referred to as <contr>micro-</contr>; <as>as, <ex>nano</ex>scale manipulations</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nan"o*tech*nol`o*gy</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;n"&ouptack_;*t&ebreve_;k*n&obreve_;l`&ouptack_;*j&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The manipulation or construction of objects with sizes in the nanometer range or smaller.</def>  <note>Objects of the size of molecules may be moved and placed in specific locations using <uses>laser tweezers</uses> or an <uses>atomic force microscope</uses>.  See <a href="http://21net.com/content/inside_se/nano.htm">nanotechnology</a>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Nan"pie</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The magpie.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nantua</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A white sauce with whipping cream and shrimp butter.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> shrimp sauce.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na"os</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"&obreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>nao`s</grk> a temple, the cella.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A term used by modern arch&aelig;ologists instead of <xex>cella</xex>. See <er>Cella</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;p)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Napped</conjf> <pr>(n&abreve;pt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Napping</conjf> <pr>(n&abreve;p"p&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>nappen</ets>, AS. <ets>hn&aelig;ppian</ets> to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. <ets>hnipian</ets> to bend one's self, Icel. <ets>hnipna</ets>, <ets>hn&imacr;pa</ets>, to droop.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; <as>as, to be caught <ex>napping</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Wyclif.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I took thee <qex>napping</qex>, unprepared.</q> <rj><qau>Hudibras.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.</def>  <rj><au>Cowper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>noppe</ets>, AS. <ets>hnoppa</ets>; akin to D. <ets>nop</ets>, Dan. <ets>noppe</ets>, LG. <ets>nobbe</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; <as>as, the <ex>nap</ex> of cotton flannel or of broadcloth</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To raise, or put, a nap on.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Napoleon</er>, 1, below.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>napa</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A plant (<spn>Brassica rapa</spn> <varn>pekinensis</varn>) with an elongated celerylike head of broadstalked leaves used as a vegetable in east Asia; called also <altname>Chinese cabbage</altname>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, <spn>Brassica rapa</spn> pekinensis.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Napaea</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus consisting of only one species, the glade mallow.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus Napaea.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A name from Greek mythology.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Napea.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>napalm</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"p&auml;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A highly incediary liquid consisting of gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps, used as a weapon of war in fire bombs and flame throwers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nape</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;p)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perh. akin to <ets>knap</ets> a knop.]</ety> <def>The back part of the neck.</def>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nape"-crest`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An African bird of the genus <gen>Schizorhis</gen>, related to the plantain eaters.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"per*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Naperies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OF. <ets>naperie</ets>, fr. <ets>nape</ets> a tablecloth, F. <ets>nappe</ets>, LL. <ets>napa</ets>, fr. L. <ets>mappa</ets>. See <er>Map</er>, and cf. <er>Apron</er>, <er>Napkin</er>.]</ety> <def>Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Gayton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"pha wa`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Sp. <ets>nafa</ets>, from Ar. <ets>napha</ets> odor.]</ety> <def>A perfume distilled from orange flowers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"phew</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Navew</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>naprapathy</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph"tha</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;f"th&adot_; <it>or</it> n&abreve;p"th&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naphtha</ets>, Gr. <grk>na`fqa</grk>, fr.Ar. <ets>nafth</ets>, <ets>nifth</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called <altname>crude petroleum</altname>, <altname>mineral oil</altname>, or <altname>rock oil</altname>.</def>  <specif>Specifically:</specif> <def>That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; <as>as, <ex>Boghead naphtha</ex>, from Boghead coal (obtained at <ex>Boghead</ex>, Scotland); <ex>crude naphtha</ex>, or <ex>light oil</ex>, from coal tar; <ex>wood naphtha</ex>, from wood, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This term was applied by the earlier chemical writers to a number of volatile, strong smelling, inflammable liquids, chiefly belonging to the ethers, as the sulphate, nitrate, or acetate of ethyl.</note>  <rj><au>Watts.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Naphtha vitrioli</b></col> <ety>[NL., naphtha of vitriol]</ety> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>common ethyl ether; -- formerly called <altname>sulphuric ether</altname>. See <er>Ether</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph"tha*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph"tha*lene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, <chform>C10H8</chform>, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar.  It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also <altname>naphthaline</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Naphthalene red</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a dyestuff obtained from certain diazo derivatives of naphthylamine, and called also <altname>magdala red</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Naphthalene yellow</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a yellow dyestuff obtained from certain nitro derivatives of naphthol.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph`tha*len"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to , or derived from, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called <xex>naphthalenic acid</xex> and also <xex>hydroxy quinone</xex>, and obtained from certain derivatives of naphthol.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph*tha"lic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- formerly used to denote any one of a series of acids derived from naphthalene, and called <xex>naphthalene acids</xex>, now specifically referring to <chname>1,8-naphthalenedicaboxylic acid</chname>, <chform>C12H8O4</chform>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Formerly, designating an acid probably identical with <altname>phthalic</altname> acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph*thal"i*dine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naphthalene</ets> + tolu<ets>idine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Naphthylamine</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Naph"tha*lin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Naph"tha*line</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>naphthaline</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Naphthalene</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph"tha*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To mingle, saturate, or impregnate, with naphtha.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph*thaz"a*rin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naphtha</ets>lene + ali<ets>zarin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from naphthoquinone as a red crystalline substance with a bright green, metallic luster; -- called also <altname>naphthalizarin</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph"thene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A peculiar hydrocarbon fraction occuring as an ingredient of some crude petroleums, mostly mixtures of derivatives of the five- and six-membered saturated cyclic alkanes, cyclopentane and cyclohexane, having the general formula C<sub>n</sub>H<sub>2n</sub>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph"thide</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;f"th&ibreve_;d <it>or</it> n&abreve;f"th&imacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound of naphthalene or its radical with a metallic element; <as>as, mercuric <ex>naphthide</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph*tho"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives, called <xex>naphthoic acids</xex> of the general formula <chform>C10H7.COOH</chform>, such as <stype>1-naphthoic acid</stype>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph"thol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naphth</ets>alene + <ets>-ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of naphthalene, analogous to phenol.  In general they are crystalline substances with a phenol (carbolic) odor.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Naphthol blue</b></col>, <col><b>Naphthol orange</b></col>, <col><b>Naphthol yellow</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>brilliant dyestuffs produced from certain complex nitrogenous derivatives of naphthol or naphthoquinone.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph`tho*qui"none</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naphth</ets>alene + <ets>quinone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow crystalline substance, <chform>C10H6O2</chform>, analogous to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph"thyl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naphth</ets>alene + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naph`thyl*am"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, <chform>C10H7.NH2</chform>, forming crystalline solids.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Na*pie"ri*an</hw>, <hw>Na*pe"ri*an</hw> , }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, <etsep>Napier</etsep>, or <etsep>Naper</etsep>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Naperian logarithms</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Logarithms</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Na"pi*er's bones`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Na"pi*er's rods`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>. <def>A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of <person>Baron Napier</person>, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"pi*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>napus</ets> turnip + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>napiforme</ets>.  Cf. <er>Navew</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap"kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Dim. of OF. <ets>nape</ets> a tablecloth, cloth, F. <ets>nappe</ets>, L. <ets>mappa</ets>. See <er>Napery</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A little towel, made of cloth or paper, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A handkerchief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Napkin pattern</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Linen scroll</cref>, under <er>Linen</er>. -- <er>Napkin ring</er>, a ring of metal, ivory, or other material, used to inclose a table napkin.</cd> -- <col><b>paper napkin</b></col>, <cd>a napkin made of paper, intended to be disposed of after use.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without nap; threadbare.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"ples yel"low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See under <er>Yellow</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Napoleon</hw>, <hw>Napoleon I.</hw></mhw> <pr>(n&auml;*p&omacr;"l&emacr;*&ubreve;n; F. pron. n&auml;`p&omacr;`l&amacr;`&obreve_;N")</pr>  <def>Napoleon Bonaparte (or Buonaparte), Born at Ajaccio, Corsica, <date>Aug. 15, 1766</date>, or, according to some, at Corte, <date>Jan. 7, 1768</date>; died at Longwood, St. Helena, <date>May 5, 1821</date>.  Emperor of the French 1804-14.</def></p>

<p><bio>   He was the son of Charles Marie Bonaparte and L&aelig;titia Ramolino; studied at the military school of Brienne 1779-84, and at that of Paris 1784-85; and received a lieutenant's commission in the French army in 1785. He opposed the patriot movement under Paoli in Corsica in 1793; commanded the artillery in the attack on Toulon in the same year; served in the army in Italy in 1794; and, as second in command to Barras, subdued the revolt of the sections at Paris in <date>Oct., 1795</date>. He married Josephine de Beauharnais <date>March 9, 1796</date>.  Toward the close of this month (March 27) he assumed command at Nice of the army in Italy, which he found opposed by the Austrians and the Sardinians.  He began his campaign April 10, and, after defeating the Austrians at Montenotte (April 12), Millesimo (April 14), and Dego (April 15), turned (April 15) against the Sardinians, whom he defeated at Ceva (April 20) and Mondovi (April 22), forcing them to sign the separate convention of Cherasco (April 29).  In the following month he began an invasion of Lombardy, and by a brilliant series of victories, including those of Lodi (May 10) and Arcole (Nov. 15-17), expelled the Austrians from their possessions in the north of Italy, receiving the capitulation of Mantua, their last stronghold, <date>Feb. 2, 1797</date>. Crossing the Alps, he penetrated Styria as far as Leoben, where he dictated preliminaries of peace April 18.  The definitive peace of Campo-Formio followed (Oct 17).  By the treaty of Campo-Formio northern Italy was reconstructed in the interest of France, which furthermore acquired the Austrian Netherlands, and received a guarantee of the left bank of the Rhine.  Campo-Formio destroyed the coalition against France, and put an end to the Revolutionary war on the Continent.  The only enemy that remained to France was England.  At the instance of Bonaparte the Directory adopted the plan of attacking the English in India, which involved the conquest of Egypt. Placed at the head of an expedition of about 85,000 men, he set sail from Toulon <date>May 19, 1798</date>; occupied Malta June 12; disembarked at Alexandria July 2; and defeated the Mamelukes in the decisive battle of the Pyramids July 21.  He was master of Egypt, but the destruction of his fleet by Nelson in the battle of the Nile (Aug. 1) cut him off from France and doomed his expedition to failure.  Nevertheless he undertook the subjugation of Syria, and stormed Jaffa <date>March 7, 1799</date>. Repulsed at Acre, the defense of which was supported by the English, he commenced a retreat to Egypt May 21.  He inflicted a final defeat on the Turks at Abukir July 26; transferred the command in Egypt to Kl&eacute;ber Aug. 22; and, setting sail with two frigates, arrived in the harbor of Fr&eacute;jus Oct. 9.  During his absence a new coalition had been formed against France, and the Directory saw its armies defeated, both on the Rhine and in Italy.  With the assistance of his brother Lucien and of Siey&egrave;s and Roger Ducos, he executed the coup d'etat of Brumaire, whereby he abolished the Directory and virtually made himself monarch under the title of first consul, holding office for a term of 10 years.  He crossed the Great St. Bernard in May, 1800, and restored the French ascendancy in Italy by the victory of Marengo (June 14), which, with that won by Moreau at Hohenlinden (Dec. 8), brought about the peace of Lun&eacute;ville (<date>Feb. 9, 1801</date>).  The treaty of Lun&eacute;ville, which was based on that of Campo-Formio, destroyed the coalition, and restored peace on the Continent.  He concluded the peace of Amiens with England <date>March 27, 1802</date>.  After the peace of Lun&eacute;ville he commenced the legislative reconstruction of France, the public institutions of which had been either destroyed or thrown into confusion during the Revolution.  To this period belong the restoration of the Roman Catholic Church bythe Concordat (concluded <date>July 15, 1801</date>), the restoration of higher education by the erection of the new university (<date>May 1, 1802</date>), and the establishment of the Legion of Honor (<date>May 19, 1802</date>): preparation had been previously made for the codification of the laws.<br/>
   He was made consul for life <date>Aug. 2, 1802</date>; executed the Duc d'Enghien <date>March 21, 1804</date>; was proclaimed hereditary emperor of the French <date>May 18, 1804</date> (the coronation ceremony took place <date>Dec. 2, 1804</date>); and was crowned king of Italy <date>May 26, 1805</date>.  In the meantime England had been provoked into declaring war (<date>May 18, 1803</date>), and a coalition consisting of England, Russia, Austria, and Sweden was formed against France in 1806: Spain was allied with France.  The victory of Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar (<date>Oct. 21, 1805</date>) followed the failure of the projected invasion of England.  Breaking up his camp at Boulogne, he invaded Austria, occupied Vienna, and (<date>Dec. 2, 1805</date>) defeated the allied Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz.  The Russians retired from the contest under a military Convention; the Austrians signed the peace of Presburg (<date>Dec. 26, 1805</date>); and the coalition was destroyed.  His intervention in germany brought about the erection of the Confederation of the Rhine <date>July 12, 1806</date>.  This confederation, which was placed under his protection, ultimately embraced nearly all the states of Germany except Austria and Prussia.  Its erection, together with other provocation, caused Prnssia to mobilize its army in Aug., and Napoleon presently found himself opposed by a coalition with Prussia, Russia, and England as its principal members.  He crushed the Prussian army at Jena and Auerst&auml;dt Oct. 14; entered Berlin Oct. 27; fought the Russians and Prussians in the drawn battle of Eylau <date>Feb. 7-8, 1807</date>; defeated the Russians at the battle of Friedland June 14; and compelled both Russia and Prussia to conclude peace at Tilsit <date>July 7 and 9, 1807</date>, respectively.  Russia became the ally of France; Prussia was deprived of nearly half her territory.  Napoleon was now, perhaps, at the height of his power.  The imperial title was no empty form.  He was the head of a great confederacy of states.  He had surrounded the imperial throne with subordinate thrones occupied by members of his own family.  His stepson <person>Eug&egrave;ne de Beauharnais</person> was viceroy of the kingdom of Italy in northern and central Italy; his brother <persfn>Joseph</persfn> was king of <city>Naples</city> in southern Italy; his brother <persfn>Louis</persfn> was king of Holland; his brother <persfn>Jerome</persfn> was king of Westphalia; his brother-in-law <persfn>Murat</persfn> was grandduke of Berg.  The Confederation of the Rhine existed by virtue of his protection, and his troops occupied dismembered Prussia.  He directed the policy of Europe.<br/>
   England alone, mistress of the seas, appeared to stand between him and universal dominion.  England was safe from invasion, but she was vulnerable through her commerce.  <persfn>Napoleon</persfn> undertook to starve her by closing the ports of the Continent against her commerce.  This policy, known as "the Continental system," was inaugurated by the Berlin decree in 1806, and was extended by the Milan decree in 1807.  To further this policy he resolved to seize the maritime states of Portugal and Spain.  His armies expelled the house of Braganza from Portugal, and <date>Nov. 30, 1807</date>, the French entered Lisbon.  Under pretense of guarding the coast against the English, he quartered 80,000 troops in Spain, then in 1808 enticed <person>Ferdinand VII.</person> and his father <person>Charles IV.</person> (who had recently abdicated) to Bayonne, extorted from both a renunciation of their claims, and placed his brother Joseph on the Spanish throne.  An uprising of the Spaniards took place, followed by a popular insurrection in Portugal, movements which found response in Germany.  The seizure of Spain and Portugal proved in the end a fatal error.  The war which it kindled, known as the Peninsular war, drained him of his resources and placed an enemy in his rear when northern Europe rose against him in 1813.  The English in 1808 landed an army in Portugal, whence they expelled the French, and penetrated into Spain.  Napoleon, securing himself against Austria by a closer alliance with the czar Alexander at Erfurt (concluded <date>Oct. 12, 1808</date>), hastened in person to Spain.  With 250,000 men, drove out the English, and entered <city>Madrid</city> (<date>Dec. 4, 1808</date>).  He was recalled by the threatening attitude of Austria, against which he precipitated war in <date>April, 1809</date>.  He occupied Vienna (May 13), was defeated by the archduke Charles at Aspern and Essling (May 21-22), defeated the archduke at Wagram (July 5-6), and concluded the peace of Sch&ouml;nbrunn <date>Oct. 14, 1809</date>.  He divorced <persfn>Josephine</persfn> <date>Dec. 16, 1809</date>, and married <person>Maria Louisa</person> of Austria <date>March 11 (April 2), 1810</date>.  He annexed the Papal States in 1809 (the Pope being carried prisoner to France), and Holland in 1810.  The refusal of Alexander to carry out strictly the Continental system, which Napoleon himself evaded by the sale of licenses, brought on war with Russia.  He crossed the Niemen <date>June 24, 1812</date>; gained the victory of Borodino Sept. 7; and occupied Moscow Sept. 14.  His proffer of truce was rejected by the Russians, and he was forced by the approach of winter to begin a retreat (Oct. 19).  He was overtaken by the winter, and his army dwindled before the cold, hunger, and the enemy.  He left the army in command of Murat Dec. 4, and hastened to Paris. Murat recrossed the Niemen Dec. 13, with 100,000 men), the remnant of the Grand Army of 600,000 veterans.  The loss sustained by Napoleon in this campaign encouraged the defection of Prussia, which formed an alliance with Russia at Kalisch <date>Feb. 28, 1813</date>.  Napoleon defeated the Russians and Prussians at L&uuml;tzen May 2, and at Bautzen May 20-21.  Austria declared war Aug. 12, and Napoleon presently found himself opposed by a coalition of Russia, England, Sweden, Prussia, and Austria, of which the first three had been united since the previous year.  He won his last great victory at Dresden Aug. 26-27, and lost the decisive battles of Leipsic (Oct. 16, 18, and 19), Laon (<date>March 9-10, 1814</date>), and Arcis-sur-Aube (March 20-21).  On March 31 the Allies entered Paris.  He was compelled to abdicate at Fontainebleau April 11, but was allowed to retain the title of emperor, and received the island of Elba as a sovereign principality, and an aunual income of 2,000,000 francs.  He arrived in Elba May 4.  The Congress of Vienna convened in Sept., 1814, for the purpose of restoring and regulating the relations between the powers disturbed by Napoleon.  Encouraged by the quarrels which arose at the Congress between the Allies, Napoleon left Elba <date>Feb. 26, 1816</date>; landed at Cannes March 1; and entered Paris March 20, the troops sent against him, including Ney with his corps, having joined his standard.  At the return of Napoleon, the Allies again took the field.  He was finally overthrown at Waterloo <date>June 18, 1815</date>, and the Allies entered Paris a second time July 7.  After futile attempts to escape to America, he surrendered himself to the British admiral Hotham at Rochefort July 16.  By a unanimous resolve of the Allies he was transported as prisoner of war to St. Helena, where he arrived on <date>Oct. 16, 1815</date>, and where he was detained the rest of his life.<br/>
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<note>The spelling Buonaparte was used by Napoleon's father, and by Napoleon himself down to 1796, although the spelling Bonaparte occurs in early Italian documents.<br/>
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  Aug. 15, 1769, is the commonly accepted date of Napoleon's birth, and Jan. 7, 1768 that of the birth of his brother Joseph.  It has been said, but without good reason, that these dates were interchanged at the time of Napoleon's admission to the military school of Brienne in 1779, no candidate being eligible after 10 years of age.</note></bio><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*po"le*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the Emperor <ets>Napoleon</ets> 1.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A French gold coin of twenty francs, no longer minted or circulated.  It bore the portrait of <etsep>Napoleon I.</etsep> or <etsep>Napoleon III.</etsep></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A game in which each player holds five cards, the eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid to take, any subsequent player having the right to overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder naming the trump and winning a number of points equal to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the same number of points if he fails to make them.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A bid to take five tricks at napoleon.  It is ordinarily the highest bid; but sometimes bids are allowed of <xex>wellington</xex>, or of <xex>blucher</xex>, to take five tricks, or pay double, or treble, if unsuccessful.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>A Napoleon gun.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <def>A kind of top boot of the middle of the 19th century.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn>  <def>A shape and size of cigar. It is about seven inches long.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn>  <def>a puff pastry confection, usually layered, with a filling of custard or cream, or sometimes jelly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*po`le*on"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to <persfn>Napoleon I.</persfn>, or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, <person>Napoleon I.</person></def>  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*po"le*on*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nappe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>nappe</ets> cloth, sheet. See <er>Napery</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving the surface.  Thus, some hyperboloids have one <ex>nappe</ex>, and some have two.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap"pi*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From 2d <er>Nappy</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap"ping</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Hat Making)</fld> <def>A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The act or process of having a short sleep; <as>as, <ex>napping</ex> is a common occupation for cats</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap"py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From 1st <er>Nap</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Inclined to sleep; sleepy; <as>as, to feel <ex>nappy</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady; <as>as, <ex>nappy</ex> ale</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wyatt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap"py</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From 3d <er>Nap</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nap"py</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nappies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>nap</ets>, AS. <ets>hn&aelig;p</ets> cup, bowl. See <er>Hanaper</er>.]</ety> <def>A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nappie</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>nap"py</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>nappies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <def>A <er>diaper</er>{4}.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Nap"-tak`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A taking by surprise; an unexpected onset or attack.</def>  <rj><au>Carew.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na*pu"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A very small chevrotain (<spn>Tragulus Javanicus</spn>), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also <altname>Java musk deer</altname>, <altname>pygmy musk deer</altname>, and <altname>deerlet</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na"pus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of turnip. See <er>Navew</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"ce*ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>narce</ets> numbness, torpor, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. F. <ets>narc&eacute;&iuml;ne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste.  It is a narcotic.  Called also <altname>narceia</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar*cis"sine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to <persfn>Narcissus</persfn>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>narcissism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An exceptional interest in and admiration for oneself.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> self-love, narcism.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>narcissist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Someone in love with hisself or herself.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> narcist.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>narcissistic</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Having an excessive love of oneself; egocentric; egoistic.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> egotistic, egotistical, self-loving.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar*cis"sus</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r*s&ibreve_;s"s&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Narcissuses</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>narcissus</ets>, and (personified) <ets>Narcissus</ets>, Gr. <grk>na`rkissos</grk>, <grk>Na`rkissos</grk>, fr. <grk>na`rkh</grk> torpor, in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower.  Cf. <er>Narcotic</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Classical Myth.)</fld> <mark>(Capitalized)</mark><def>A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>narcist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Someone in love with themselves; a narcissist.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> narcissist.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nar*co"sis</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r*k&omacr;"s&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>na`rkwsis</grk>. See <er>Narcotic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar*cot"ic</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r*k&obreve_;t"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>narcotique</ets>, Gr. <grk>narkwtiko`s</grk>, fr. <grk>narkoy^n</grk> to benumb, <grk>na`rkh</grk> numbness, torpor.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Nar*cot"ic*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar*cot"ic</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r*k&obreve_;t"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Nercotykes</qex> and opye (opium) of Thebes.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar*cot"ic*al</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r*k&obreve_;t"&ibreve_;*k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Narcotic.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Nar*cot"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"co*tine</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r"k&ouptack_;*t&ibreve_;n <it>or</it> n&auml;r"k&ouptack_;*t&emacr;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>narcotine</ets>.  Cf. <er>Cotarnine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also <altname>narcotia</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar`co*tin"ic</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r`k&ouptack_;*t&ibreve_;n"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to narcotine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"co*tism</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r"k&ouptack_;*t&ibreve_;z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>narcotisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Narcosis; the state of being narcotized.</def>  <rj><au>G. Eliot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"co*tize</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r"k&ouptack_;*t&imacr;z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Narcotized</conjf> <pr>(n&auml;r"k&ouptack_;*t&imacr;zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Narcotizing</conjf> <pr>(n&auml;r"k&ouptack_;*t&imacr;*z&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>narcotized</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>under the influence of narcotics.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> doped, drugged.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>narcotizing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Inducing stupor or narcosis.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> narcotic.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nard</hw> <pr>(n&auml;rd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS., fr. L. <ets>nardus</ets>, Gr. <grk>na`rdos</grk>; cf. Heb. <ets>n&ecirc;rd</ets>, Per. <ets>nard</ets>, Scr. <ets>nalada</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An East Indian plant (<spn>Nardostachys Jatamansi</spn>) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See <er>Spikenard</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of grass (<spn>Nardus stricta</spn>) of little value, found in Europe and Asia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nard"ine</hw> <pr>(n&auml;rd"&ibreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nardinus</ets>, Gr. <grk>na`rdinos</grk>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nar*doo"</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r*d&oomacr_;")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Australian name for <spn>Marsilea Drummondii</spn>, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nare</hw> <pr>(n&acirc;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naris</ets>.]</ety> <def>A nostril.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na"res</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., pl. of <ets>naris</ets> nostril.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the <xex>anterior nares</xex> being the external or proper nostrils, and the <xex>posterior nares</xex>, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Nar"gile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Nar"gi*leh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per. <ets>n&amacr;rgh&imacr;l</ets>, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because first made of a cocoanut.]</ety> <def>An apparatus for smoking tobacco.  It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.  Also called <er>hoookah</er> and <altname>water pipe</altname>.  Functionally similar to the <er>hubble-bubble</er>, a simplified form.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nar"i*ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The brown coati. See <er>Coati</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"i*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naris</ets> nostril + <ets>-form</ets>. See <er>Nose</er>.]</ety> <def>Formed like the nose.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nar"ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or belonging to the nostrils.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nark</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[from <ets>narc</ets>otics.]</ety> <def>A law enforcement agent specializing in narcotics law violations.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>nar"ra*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>narrabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>narrare</ets> to narrate.]</ety> <def>Capable of being narrated or told.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar`ra*gan"setts</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing. <singw>Narragansett</singw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nar*rate"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Narrated</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Narrating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>narratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>narrare</ets> to narrate, prob. for <ets>gnarigare</ets>, fr. <ets>gnarus</ets> knowing. See <er>Ignore</er>, <er>Know</er>.]</ety> <def>To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To relate; recount; detail; describe.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>nar*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>narratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>narration</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; a recital of certain events, usually in chronological order; rehearsal.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; a narrative; story; history.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; description; explanation; detail; narrative; story; tale; history. See <er>Account</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"ra*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>narratif</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>But wise through time, and <qex>narrative</qex> with age.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"ra*tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Cyntio was much taken with my <qex>narrative</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tatler.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; narration; story; tale. See <er>Account</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"ra*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the style of narration.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar*ra"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"ra*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Giving an account of events; narrative; <as>as, <ex>narratory</ex> letters</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Howell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Narre</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Nearer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"row</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;r"r&ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Narrower</adjf> <pr>(n&abreve;r"r&ouptack_;*&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Narrowest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>narwe</ets>, <ets>naru</ets>, AS. <ets>nearu</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>naru</ets>, <ets>naro</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; <as>as, a <ex>narrow</ex> board; a <ex>narrow</ex> street; a <ex>narrow</ex> hem.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Hath passed in safety through the <qex>narrow</qex> seas.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a <qex>narrow</qex> compass in the world.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Wilkins.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near{5}; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; <as>as, a <ex>narrow</ex> shot; a <ex>narrow</ex> escape; a <ex>narrow</ex> miss; a <ex>narrow</ex> majority.</as></def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; <as>as, <ex>narrow</ex> circumstances</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; <as>as, a <ex>narrow</ex> mind; <ex>narrow</ex> views.</as></def> &ldquo;A <xex>narrow</xex> understanding.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A very <qex>narrow</qex> and stinted charity.</q> <rj><qau>Smalridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.</def><br/>
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<p><q>But first with <qex>narrow</qex> search I must walk round<br/>
This garden, and no corner leave unspied.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <def>Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from <xex>wide</xex>; as &emacr; (&emacr;ve) and &oomacr_; (f&oomacr_;d), etc., from &ibreve_; (&ibreve_;ll) and &oobreve_; (f&oobreve_;t), etc. See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, &sect;13.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Narrow</xex> is not unfrequently prefixed to words, especially to participles and adjectives, forming compounds of obvious signification; as, <xex>narrow</xex>-bordered, <xex>narrow</xex>-brimmed, <xex>narrow</xex>-breasted, <xex>narrow</xex>-edged, <xex>narrow</xex>-faced, <xex>narrow</xex>-headed, <xex>narrow</xex>-leaved, <xex>narrow</xex>-pointed, <xex>narrow</xex>-souled, <xex>narrow</xex>-sphered, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Narrow gauge</b></col>. <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <cd>See Note under <er>Gauge</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 6.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"row</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Narrows</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; <as>as, The <ex>Narrows</ex> of New York harbor</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous<br/>
<qex>narrow</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gladstone.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"row</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Narrowed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Narrowing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>nearwian</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.</def>  <rj><au>Sir W. Temple.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; <as>as, to <ex>narrow</ex> one's views or knowledge; to <ex>narrow</ex> a question in discussion.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Our knowledge is much more <qex>narrowed</qex> if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Knitting)</fld> <def>To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"row</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; <as>as, the sea <ex>narrows</ex> into a strait</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; <as>as, a horse <ex>narrows</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Farrier's Dict.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Knitting)</fld> <def>To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>narrowed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>reduced in size as if by being squeezed.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> constricted.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"row*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, narrows or contracts.</def>  <rj><au>Hannah More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"row*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The part of a stocking which is narrowed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"row*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nearulice</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>With little breadth; in a narrow manner.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Without much extent; contractedly.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>With minute scrutiny; closely; <as>as, to look or watch <ex>narrowly</ex>; to search <ex>narrowly</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; <as>as, he <ex>narrowly</ex> escaped</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Sparingly; parsimoniously.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>With close adherence to the literal meaning of a text; <as>as, to interpret <ex>narrowly</ex>; to construe <ex>narrowly</ex>; to read <ex>narrowly</ex>; -- used especially of laws and contracts</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"row-mind`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of narrow mental scope; lacking tolerance or breadth of view; illiberal; mean.  Opposite of <ant>broad-minded</ant>, <ant>open-minded</ant>, <ant>liberal</ant>.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns> [Narrower terms: <stype>dogmatic, dogmatical</stype>; <stype>little, petty, small, small-minded</stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> narrowminded, narrow, illiberal, intolerant.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Capable of being shocked by behavior of others.  Opposite of <ant>unshockable</ant>.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> shockable.</syn><br/>
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<p> -- <wordforms><wf>Nar"row-mind`ed*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"row*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nearunes</ets>.]</ety> <def>The condition or quality of being narrow.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nart</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[For <ets>ne art</ets>.]</ety> <def>Art not.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nar"thex</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., giant fennel, Gr. <grk>na`rqhx</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tall umbelliferous plant (<spn>Ferula communis</spn>). See <cref>Giant fennel</cref>, under <er>Fennel</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"wal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Narwhal</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"we</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r"w&eitalic_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Narrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nar"whal</hw> <pr>(n&auml;r"hw&adot_;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sw. or Dan. <ets>narvhal</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>n&amacr;hvalr</ets>, and E. <ets>whale</ets>. the first syllable is perh. from Icel. <ets>n&amacr;r</ets> corpse, dead body, in allusion to the whitish color its skin. See <er>Whale</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>narwhale</asp> and <asp>narwal</asp>.]</altsp> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An arctic cetacean (<spn>Monodon monocerous</spn>), about twenty feet long.  The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk, projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also <altname>sea unicorn</altname>, <altname>unicorn fish</altname>, and <altname>unicorn whale</altname>. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas</hw> <pr>(n&auml;z)</pr>. <ety>[For <ets>ne was</ets>.]</ety> <def>Was not.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas</hw>. <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>ne has</ets>.]</ety> <def>Has not.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"sal</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"z&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., from L. <ets>nasus</ets> the nose. See <er>Nose</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the nose.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <def>Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants <it>m</it>, <it>n</it>, <it>ng</it> (see <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, &sect;&sect; 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; <as>as, a <ex>nasal</ex> vowel; a <ex>nasal</ex> utterance.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nasal bones</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>two bones of the skull, in front of the frontals.</cd> -- <col><b>Nasal index</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>in the skull, the ratio of the transverse breadth of the anterior nasal aperture to the height from the base of the aperture to the nasion, which latter distance is taken as the standard, equal to 100.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"sal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Anc. Armor)</fld> <def>Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a <altname>nose guard</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the nasal bones.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nasalis</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of mammals comprising the proboscis monkeys.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Nasalis</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>nasalise</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>Same as <er>nasalize</er>.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Na*sal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>nasalit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being nasal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`sal*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"sal*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nasalized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nasalizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"sal*ize</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose; to pronounce with a lowered velum.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"sal*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a nasal manner; by the nose.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas"cal</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;s"k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>nascale</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly used.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas"cen*cy</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;s"s&eitalic_;n*s&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nascentia</ets>. See <er>Nascent</er>.]</ety> <def>State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas"cent</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;s"s&eitalic_;nt; n&amacr;"s&eitalic_;nt)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nascens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. <ets>nasci</ets> to be born. See <er>Nation</er>, and cf. <er>Naissant</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; <as>as, a <ex>nascent</ex> germ</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Nascent</qex> passions and anxieties.</q> <rj><qau>Berkley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Evolving; being evolved or produced; <as>as, nascent <ex>oxygen</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nascent state</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>the fleeting or momentary state of an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one compound, and not yet united with another, -- a hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical properties; <as>as, hydrogen in the <ex>nascent state</ex> is a strong reducer</as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nase"ber`ry</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;z"b&ebreve_;r*r&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>nispero</ets> medlar and naseberry tree, fr. L. <ets>mespilus</ets>. See <er>Medlar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tropical fruit. See <er>Sapodilla</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nisberry</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Nash</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;sh)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas`i*cor"nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nasus</ets> nose + <ets>cornu</ets> horn: cf. F. <ets>nasicorne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas"i*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nasus</ets> nose + <ets>-form</ets>. See <er>Nose</er>, and cf. <er>Nariform</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the shape of a nose.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na*si*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>nasus</ets> nose.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The middle point of the nasofrontal suture.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"so-</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>. <ety>[L. <ets>nasus</ets> nose.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A combining form denoting <sig>pertaining to the nose</sig>, or <sig>connected with the nose</sig>; <as>as, <ex>naso</ex>frontal</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"so*buc"cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naso</ets> + <ets>buccal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Connected with both the nose and the mouth; <as>as, the <ex>nasobuccal</ex> groove in the skate</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`so*fron"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naso-</ets> + <ets>frontal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the head; <as>as, the embryonic <ex>nasofrontal</ex> process which forms the anterior boundary of the mouth</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`so*lach"ry*mal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naso-</ets> + <ets>lachrymal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; <as>as, the <ex>nasolachrymal</ex>, or lachrymal duct</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Na`so*pal"a*tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Na`so*pal"a*tine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naso-</ets> + <ets>palatal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Connected with both the nose and the palate; <as>as, the <ex>nasopalatine</ex> or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the <ex>nasopalatine</ex> nerve.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`so*phar`yn*ge"al</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> &unr_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naso-</ets> + <ets>pharyngeal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; <as>as, a <ex>nasopharyngeal</ex> polypus</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`so*sep"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naso-</ets> + <ets>septal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`so*tur"bi*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Naso-</ets> + <ets>turbinal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones; <as>as, the <ex>nasoturbinal</ex> bone, made up of the uppermost lammel&aelig; of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal</as>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The nasoturbinal bone.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas"sa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Nassas</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, L. <plw>Nass&AElig;</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[From L. <ets>nassa</ets> a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera <gen>Nassa</gen>, <gen>Tritia</gen>, and other allied genera of the family <fam>Nassid&aelig;</fam>; a dog whelk. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Gastropoda</er>.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>nas"soid</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas"ti*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a nasty manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas"ti*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness; dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>nastiness</qex> of Plautus and Aristophanes.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas*tur"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Nasturtium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Nasturtium</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas*tur"tium</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nasturtium</ets>, for <ets>nasitortium</ets>, fr. <ets>nasus</ets> nose + <ets>torquere</ets>, <ets>tortum</ets>, to twist, torture, in allusion to the causing one to make a wry face by its pungent taste. See <er>Nose</er> of the face, and <er>Torture</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the genus <gen>Trop&aelig;olum</gen>, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (<spn>Trop&aelig;olum majus</spn>), the canary-bird flower (<spn>Trop&aelig;olum peregrinum</spn>), and about thirty more species, all natives of <geog>South America</geog>.  The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nas"ty</hw> <pr>(n&adot_;s"t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Nastier</adjf> <pr>(n&adot_;s"t&ibreve_;*&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Nastiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[For older <ets>nasky</ets>; cf. dial. Sw. <ets>naskug</ets>, <ets>nasket</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; <as>as, a <ex>nasty</ex> rain, day, sky</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Characterized by obscenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Vicious; offensively ill-tempered; insultingly mean; spiteful; <as>as, a <ex>nasty</ex> disposition</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Difficult to deal with; troublesome; <as>as, he fell of his bike and got a <ex>nasty</ex> bruise on his knee</as>.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark> <br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Nasty</er>, <er>Filthy</er>, <er>Foul</er>, <er>Dirty</er>.</syn> <usage>Anything <xex>nasty</xex> is usually wet or damp as well as filthy or dirty, and disgusts by its stickiness or odor; but <xex>filthy</xex> and <xex>foul</xex> imply that a thing is filled or covered with offensive matter, while <xex>dirty</xex> describes it as defiled or sullied with dirt of any kind; as, <xex>filthy</xex> clothing, <xex>foul</xex> vapors, etc.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"sute</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nasutus</ets>, fr. <ets>nasus</ets> the nose.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a nice sense of smell.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Critically nice; captious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>auden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"sut*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat</hw> <pr>(n&auml;t)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Not.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat</hw> <ety>[For <ets>ne at</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not at; nor at.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>haucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tal</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"t&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>natalis</ets>, fr. <ets>natus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>nasci</ets> to be born: cf. F. <ets>natal</ets>. See <er>Nation</er>, and cf. <er>Noel</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Princes' children took names from their <qex>natal</qex> places.</q> <rj><qau>Camden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Propitious star, whose sacred power<br/>
Presided o'er the monarch's <qex>natal</qex> hour.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>Presiding over nativity; <as>as, <ex>natal</ex> Jove</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Native, natural. See <er>Native</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*tal" boil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>same as <er>Aleppo boil</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Na`ta*li"tial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Na`ta*li"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>natalitius</ets>, from <ets>natalis</ets>. See <er>Natal</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to one's birth or birthday, or one's nativity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Natalitial</xex> poplar.&rdquo; <au>Evelyn.</au> &ldquo;<xex>Natalitious</xex> fire.&rdquo; <au>W. Cartwright.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*tal"o*in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Natal alo</ets>es.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes.  Cf. <er>Aloon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*tal" plum`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the genus <gen>Carissa</gen> (formerly <gen>Arduina</gen>) (<spn>Carissa bispinosa</spn> and <spn>Carissa grandiflora</spn>).  It is also called <altname>amatungulu</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>the shrub bearing the <er>natal plum{1}</er>; a very large closely branched South African shrub (<spn>Carissa grandiflora</spn>) of the dogbane family having forked bright green spines, white flowers, shiny leaves, and red berries.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tals</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>One's birth, or the circumstances attending it.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fitz-Geffry.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>natans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, from swim, v. intens. fr. <ets>nare</ets> to swim: cf. F. <ets>natant</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimming toward the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tant*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a floating manner; swimmingly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>natatio</ets>, fr. <ets>natare</ets> to swim: cf. F. <ets>natation</ets>. See <er>Natant</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of floating on the water; swimming.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na`ta*to"res</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>natator</ets> a swimmer.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The swimming birds.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; They were formerly united into one order, which is now considered an artificial group.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`ta*to"rial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; <as>as, <ex>natatorial</ex> birds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`ta*to"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Adapted for swimming; -- said of the legs of certain insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na`ta*to"rium</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A swimming bath.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"ta*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>natatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Adapted for swimming or floating; <as>as, <ex>natatory</ex> organs</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Natch</hw> <pr>(n&abreve;ch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>nache</ets> fesse, LL. <ets>natica</ets>, from L. <ets>natis</ets> the rump, buttocks.  Cf. <er>Aitchbone</er>.]</ety> <def>The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Natch bone</b></col>, <cd>the edgebone, or aitchbone, in beef.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Natch"ez</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of Indians who formerly lived near the site of the city of <city>Natchez</city>, Mississippi.  In 1729 they were subdued by the French; the survivors joined the Creek Confederacy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Natch"nee</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An annual grass (<spn>Eleusine coracona</spn>), cultivated in India as a food plant.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na"tes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., the buttocks.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The buttocks.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The umbones of a bivalve shell.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nath</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>ne hath</ets>,]</ety> <def>hath not.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nath"less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>natheles</ets>, <ets>na the les</ets>, not the less, AS. <ets>n&amacr;</ets> never. See <er>Na</er>, <er>The</er>, <pos>conj.</pos>, and cf. <er>Nevertheless</er>.]</ety> <def>Nevertheless.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au>  <au>Milton.</au>  <au>E. Arnold.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nath"more`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>na the more</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not the more; never the more.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>nat"i*ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>naticas</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, L. <plw>natic&AElig;</plw> <pr>(-s&emacr;)</pr>.</plu> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to <gen>Natica</gen>, <gen>Lunatia</gen>, <gen>Neverita</gen>, and other allied genera (family <fam>Naticid&aelig;</fam>.)  They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"i*coid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Natica</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Like 