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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 or belonging to <gen>Natica</gen>, or the family <fam>Naticid&aelig;</fam>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>nation</ets>, L. <ets>natio</ets> nation, race, orig., a being born, fr. <ets>natus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>nasci</ets>, to be born, for <ets>gnatus</ets>, <ets>gnasci</ets>, from the same root as E. <ets>kin</ets>. &radic;44. See <er>Kin</er> kindred, and cf. <er>Cognate</er>, <er>Natal</er>, <er>Native</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All <qex>nations</qex>, and kindreds, and people, and tongues.</q> <rj><qau>Rev. vii. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>nation</qex> is the unity of a people.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a <qex>nation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>F. S. Key.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Family; lineage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Scotch Universities)</fld> <def>One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; <as>as, a <ex>nation</ex> of herbs</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sterne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Five nations</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Five</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Law of nations</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>International law</cref>, under <er>International</er>, and <er>Law</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- people; race. See <er>People</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tion*al</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>national</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; <as>as, a <ex>national</ex> government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Attached to one's own country or nation.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>National anthem</b></col>, <cd>a popular song or hymn which has become by general acceptance the recognized musical expression of the patriotic sentiment of a nation; as, &ldquo;God save the King&rdquo; is called the <xex>national anthem</xex> of England.</cd> -- <col><b>National bank</b></col>, <cd>the official common name of a class of banking corporations established under the laws of the United States.</cd> -- <col><b>National flag</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Flag</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>National guard</b></col>, <cd>a body of militia, or a local military organization, as in Paris during the French Revolution, or as certain bodies of militia in other European countries and in the United States.</cd> -- <col><b>National salute</b></col>, <cd>a salute consisting of as many guns as there are States in the Union.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>na"tion*al</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A citizen (of a particular country); <as>as, U. S. <ex>nationals</ex> are advised to contact their embassy when abroad</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A country-wide sports competition; for a series of competitions, the plural form is usually used; <as>as, to advance to the <ex>nationals</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nationalisation</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>same as <er>nationalization</er>.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tion*al*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An idiom, trait, or character peculiar to any nation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>National independence; the principles of the Nationalists.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A devotion to one's country; patriotism;</def> <specif>especially.</specif> <def>an exaggerated or excessive form of patriotism; chauvinism.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The policy of advocating the independence of one's country.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The policy of advocating the interests of one's own country exclusively, regardless of effects of a country's actions on other countries.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>na"tion*al*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who advocates national unity and independence; -- as, for example, one of a party favoring Irish independence before 1918.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who advocates nationalism, in any sense.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nationalistic</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>Fanatically patriotic; chauvinistic.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others; <as>as, minor <ex>nationalistic</ex> differences</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nationalist.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`tion*al"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nationalities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>nationalit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation; patriotism.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation; national character.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A race or people, as determined by common language and character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The fulfillment of his mission is to be looked for in the condition of <qex>nationalities</qex> and the character of peoples.</q> <rj><qau>H. W. Beecher.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national unity and integrity.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.; <as>as, to record one's <ex>nationality</ex> on identification papers; the Soviet Union had citizens of many <ex>nationalities</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`tion*al*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of nationalizing, or the state of being nationalized.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>na"tion*al*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nationalized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nationalizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>nationaliser</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To change ownership of (a business, a property) from private ownership to state ownership or control; <as>as, to <ex>nationalize</ex> the steel industry</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tion*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a national manner or way; as a nation.</def> &ldquo;The jews . . . being <xex>nationally</xex> espoused to God by covenant.&rdquo;  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Throughout the nation; <as>as, <ex>nationally</ex> famous</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tion*al*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being national; nationality.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na`ti*o*nal"rath`</hw> <pr>(n&auml;"ts&euptack_;*&ouptack_;*n&auml;l"r&auml;t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Switzerland)</fld> <def>See <er>Legislature</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tive</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"t&ibreve_;v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>natif</ets>, L. <ets>nativus</ets>, fr. <ets>nasci</ets>, p. p. <ets>natus</ets>. See <er>Nation</er>, and cf. <er>Na&iuml;ve</er>, <er>Neif</er> a serf.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Arising by birth; having an origin; born.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are <qex>native</qex>, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.</q> <rj><qau>Cudworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to <ant>foreign</ant>; <as>as, <ex>native</ex> land, language, color, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Born in the region in which one lives; <as>as, a <ex>native</ex> inhabitant, race</as>; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or <ant>imported</ant>; <as>as, <ex>native</ex> oysters, or strawberries</as>.  In the latter sense, synonymous with <altname>domestic</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Original; constituting the original substance of anything; <as>as, <ex>native</ex> dust</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; <as>as, <ex>native</ex> genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc.  Having the same meaning as <altname>congenital</altname>, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas <altname>congenital</altname> may be used for negative qualities.  See also <er>congenital</er></as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Courage is <qex>native</qex> to you.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucyd.).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>the head is not more <qex>native</qex> to the heart, . . . <br/>
Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Found in nature uncombined with other elements; <as>as, <ex>native</ex> silver, copper, gold</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Found in nature; not artificial; <as>as <ex>native</ex> sodium chloride</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Native American party</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>American</er>, <pos>a.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Native bear</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the koala.</cd> -- <col><b>Native bread</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a large underground fungus, of Australia (<spn>Mylitta australis</spn>), somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger.</cd> -- <col><b>Native devil</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>Same as <cref>Tasmanian devil</cref>, under <er>Devil</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Native hen</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>an Australian rail (<spn>Tribonyx Mortierii</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Native pheasant</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Leipoa</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Native rabbit</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>an Australian marsupial (<spn>Perameles lagotis</spn>) resembling a rabbit in size and form.</cd> -- <col><b>Native sloth</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the koala.</cd> -- <col><b>Native thrush</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>an Australian singing bird (<spn>Pachycephala olivacea</spn>); -- called also <altname>thickhead</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Native turkey</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the Australian bustard (<spn>Choriotis australis</spn>); -- called also <altname>bebilya</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Natural; natal; original; congenital.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Native</er>, <er>Natural</er>, <er>Natal</er>. <xex>natural</xex> refers to the <xex>nature</xex> of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; <xex>native</xex>, to one's birth or origin; as, a <xex>native</xex> country, language, etc.; <xex>natal</xex>, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a <xex>natal</xex> day, or star. <ex>Native</ex> talent is that which is inborn; <xex>natural</xex> talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. <ex>Native</ex> eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; <xex>natural</xex> eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artificial.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; <as>as, a <ex>native</ex> of France; the <ex>natives</ex> are restless</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Stock Breeding)</fld> <def>Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being native.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tive steel</hw>. <def>A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tiv*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Philos.)</fld> <def>The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tiv*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An advocate of nativism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`tiv*is"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Relating to nativism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*tiv"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nativies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>nativit&eacute;</ets>, L. <ets>nativitas</ets>. See <er>Native</er>, and cf. <er>Na&iuml;vet&Eacute;</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I have served him from the hour of my <qex>nativity</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thou hast left . . . the land of thy <qex>nativity</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ruth ii. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>These in their dark <qex>nativity</qex> the deep<br/>
Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <mark>(capitalized)</mark> <def>A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ.  The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate one's future destinies; a horoscope.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>The Nativity</b></col>, <cd>the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas day.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To cast one's nativity</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To calculate one's nativity</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld>, <cd>to find out and represent the position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A species of shrike.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tri*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Natron</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The technical name for <altname>sodium</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tro*lite</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Natron</ets> + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>natrolithe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure.  It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and soda.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. Sp. <ets>natron</ets>, Ar. <ets>natr&umacr;n</ets>, <ets>nitr&umacr;n</ets>.  Cf. <er>Niter</er>, <er>Anatron</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Native sodium carbonate.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>anatron</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>knetta</ets> to grumble.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To find fault; to be peevish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. or Scot.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To talk constantly; to chatter incessantly to prattle; <as>as, <ex>nattering</ex> like a chatterbox</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"ter*jack`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A European toad (<spn>Bufo calamita</spn>), having a yellow line along its back.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Neat</er> clean.]</ety> <def>Neatly dressed; smart; trim; tidy; spruce.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Nat"ti*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Nat"ti*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"u*ral</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>naturel</ets>, F. <ets>naturel</ets>, fr. L. <ets>naturalis</ets>, fr. <ets>natura</ets>. See <er>Nature</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characteristic; innate; not artificial, foreign, assumed, put on, or acquired; <as>as, the <ex>natural</ex> growth of animals or plants; the <ex>natural</ex> motion of a gravitating body; <ex>natural</ex> strength or disposition; the <ex>natural</ex> heat of the body; <ex>natural</ex> color.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>With strong <qex>natural</qex> sense, and rare force of will.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; <as>as, the <ex>natural</ex> consequence of crime; a <ex>natural</ex> death; anger is a <ex>natural</ex> response to insult.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>What can be more <qex>natural</qex> than the circumstances in the behavior of those women who had lost their husbands on this fatal day?</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with, or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or experience; not supernatural; <as>as, a <ex>natural</ex> law; <ex>natural</ex> science; history, theology.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>I call that <qex>natural</qex> religion which men might know . . . by the mere principles of reason, improved by consideration and experience, without the help of revelation.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Wilkins.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Conformed to truth or reality</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Springing from true sentiment; not artificial or exaggerated; -- said of action, delivery, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>natural</ex> gesture, tone, etc.</as></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Resembling the object imitated; true to nature; according to the life; -- said of anything copied or imitated; <as>as, a portrait is <ex>natural</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To leave his wife, to leave his babes, . . . <br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Connected by the ties of consanguinity.</def> <specif>especially,</specif> <def>Related by birth rather than by adoption; <as>as, one's <ex>natural</ex> mother</as>.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Natural</xex> friends.&rdquo;  <rj><au>J. H. Newman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; <as>as, a <ex>natural</ex> child</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the lower or animal nature, as contrasted with the higher or moral powers, or that which is spiritual; being in a state of nature; unregenerate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>natural</qex> man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.</q> <rj><qau>1 Cor. ii. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; -- said of certain functions or numbers; <as>as, <ex>natural</ex> numbers, those commencing at 1; <ex>natural</ex> sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.</def>  <sd>(d)</sd> <def>Neither flat nor sharp; -- of a tone.</def> <sd>(e)</sd> <def>Changed to the pitch which is neither flat nor sharp, by appending the sign &natur;; <as>as, A <ex>natural</ex></as>.</def> <rj><au>Moore (Encyc. of Music).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>Existing in nature or created by the forces of nature, in contrast to production by man; not made, manufactured, or processed by humans; <as>as, a <ex>natural</ex> ruby; a <ex>natural</ex> bridge; <ex>natural</ex> fibers;  a deposit of <ex>natural</ex> calcium sulfate</as>.  Opposed to <ant>artificial</ant>, <ant>man-made</ant>, <ant>manufactured</ant>, <ant>processed</ant> and <ant>synthetic</ant>.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Not processed or refined; in the same statre as that existing in nature; <as>as, <ex>natural</ex> wood; <ex>natural</ex> foods</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Natural day</b></col>, <cd>the space of twenty-four hours.</cd>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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-- <mcol><col><b>Natural fats</b></col>, <col><b>Natural gas</b></col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Fat</er>, <er>Gas</er>. etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural Harmony</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the harmony of the triad or common chord.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural history</b></col>, <cd>in its broadest sense, a history or description of nature as a whole, including the sciences of <stype>botany</stype>, <stype>zo&ouml;logy</stype>, <stype>geology</stype>, <stype>mineralogy</stype>, <stype>paleontology</stype>, <stype>chemistry</stype>, and <stype>physics</stype>. In recent usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of botany and zo&ouml;logy collectively, and sometimes to the science of zoology alone.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural law</b></col>, <cd>that instinctive sense of justice and of right and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated human law.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural modulation</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>transition from one key to its relative keys.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural order</b></col>. <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>order</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural person</b></col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See under <er>person</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Natural philosophy</b></col>, <cd>originally, the study of nature in general; the natural sciences; in modern usage, that branch of physical science, commonly called <altname>physics</altname>, which treats of the phenomena and laws of matter and considers those effects only which are unaccompanied by any change of a chemical nature; -- contrasted with <contr>mental philosophy</contr> and <contr>moral philosophy</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural scale</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a scale which is written without flats or sharps.</cd>  <note><xex>Model</xex> would be a preferable term, as less likely to mislead, the so-called <xex>artificial</xex> scales (scales represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally natural with the so-called <xex>natural</xex> scale.</note> -- <col><b>Natural science</b></col>, <cd>the study of objects and phenomena existing in nature, especially <examp>biology</examp>, <examp>chemistry</examp>, <examp>physics</examp> and their interdisciplinary related sciences; <altname>natural history</altname>, in its broadest sense; -- used especially in contradistinction to <contr>social science</contr>, <contr>mathematics</contr>, <contr>philosophy</contr>, <contr>mental science</contr> or <contr>moral science</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural selection</b></col> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <cd>the operation of natural laws analogous, in their operation and results, to designed selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in the <xex>survival of the fittest</xex>; the elimination over time of species unable to compete in specific environments with other species more adapted to survival; -- the essential mechanism of evolution.  The principle of <ex>natural selection</ex> is neutral with respect to the mechanism by which inheritable changes occur in organisms (most commonly thought to be due to mutation of genes and reorganization of genomes), but proposes that those forms which have become so modified as to be better adapted to the existing environment have tended to survive and leave similarly adapted descendants, while those less perfectly adapted have tended to die out through lack of fitness for the environment, thus resulting in the <xex>survival of the fittest</xex>. See <er>Darwinism</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Natural system</b></col> <fld>(Bot. &amp; Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a classification based upon real affinities, as shown in the structure of all parts of the organisms, and by their embryology.</cd><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Native</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"u*ral</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A native; an aboriginal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Raleigh.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Natural gifts, impulses, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot.</def> &ldquo;The minds of <xex>naturals</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A character [&natur;] used to contradict, or to remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the unaltered note.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A person who has an innate talent that makes success in some specific endeavor, such as sports, much easier than for others; <as>as, <persfn>Pele</persfn> was a <ex>natural</ex> in soccer</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nat"u*ral fam"i*ly</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>a group of living organisms classed as a <altname>family</altname> in a toxonomic classification.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>natural gas</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The combustible gas found associated with petroleum deposits, and also in other geological formations, comprised predominantly of methane plus variable other constitutents.  It is an important source of energy, and is transported long distances by pipelines, or in a liquefied state in tankers, for commercial distribution.  Some natural gas deposits contain helium, and comprise the primary source of that rare element.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"u*ral*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>naturalisme</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A state of nature; conformity to nature.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The theory that art or literature should conform to nature; realism; also, the quality, rendering, or expression of art or literature executed according to this theory.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <def>The principles and characteristics professed or represented by a 19th-century school of realistic writers, notably by <persfn>Zola</persfn> and <persfn>Maupassant</persfn>, who aimed to give a literal transcription of reality, and laid special stress on the analytic study of character, and on the scientific and experimental nature of their observation of life.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nat"u*ral*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>naturaliste</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of plants or animals; a botanist or zoologist.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion.</def>  <rj><au>H. Bushnell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat`u*ral*is"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Closely resembling nature; realistic.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Naturalistic</xex> bit of pantomime.&rdquo;  <rj><au>W. D. Howells.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat`u*ral"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naturalitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>naturalit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>Nature; naturalness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat`u*ral*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>naturalisation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"u*ral*ize</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Naturalized</conjf> <pr>(#)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Naturalizing</conjf> <pr>(#)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>naturaliser</ets>. See <er>Natural</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make natural; <as>as, custom <ex>naturalizes</ex> labor or study</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a native subject.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one's own; <as>as, to <ex>naturalize</ex> foreign words</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be <qex>naturalized</qex> in the New England climate.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"u*ral*ize</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To become as if native.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Infected by this <qex>naturalizing</qex> tendency.</q> <rj><qau>H. Bushnell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>naturalized</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>Acclimated to a new environment; introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants or animals not native to a location.</def> <wns>[wns=1 &amp; 3]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> domesticated, nonnative.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>planted randomly in soil so as to give an appearance of wild growth; <as>as, drifts of <ex>naturalized</ex> daffodils</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"u*ral*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of things; spontaneously.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"u*ral*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"u*ral prod"uct</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem., Biochem.)</fld> <def>A chemical substance produced by a living organism; -- a term used commonly in reference to chemical substances found in nature that have distinctive pharmacological effects.  Such a substance is considered a <ex>natural product</ex> even if it can be prepared by total synthesis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"u*ral prod"uct chem"is*try</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>That branch of chemistry which deals with the isolation, identification, structure elucidation, and study of the chemical characteristics of chemical substances produced by living organisms.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nat"u*ral steel</hw>. <def>Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"ture</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>natura</ets>, fr. <ets>natus</ets> born, produced, p. p. of <ets>nasci</ets> to be born. See <er>Nation</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation.  Contrasted with the world of mankind, with its mental and social phenomena.</def><br/>
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<p><q>But looks through <qex>nature</qex> up to <qex>nature's</qex> God.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When, in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bonds which have connected them with another, ans to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal Station which the Laws of <qex>Nature</qex> and of <qex>Nature's</qex> God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to the Separation.</q> <rj><qau>Declaration of Independence</qau></rj></p>

<p><q><qex>Nature</qex> has caprices which art can not imitate.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence; <as>as, produced by <ex>nature</ex>; the forces of <ex>nature</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I oft admire<br/>
How <qex>Nature</qex>, wise and frugal, could commit<br/>
Such disproportions.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.</def><br/>
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<p><q>One touch of <qex>nature</qex> makes the whole world kin.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou, therefore, whom thou only canst redeem,<br/>
Their <qex>nature</qex> also to thy <qex>nature</qex> join,<br/>
And be thyself man among men on earth.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Kind, sort; character; quality.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A dispute of this <qex>nature</qex> caused mischief.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.</def> &ldquo;My days of <xex>nature</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Oppressed <qex>nature</qex> sleeps.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Natural affection or reverence.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Have we not seen<br/>
The murdering son ascend his parent's bed,<br/>
Through violated <qex>nature</qex> force his way?</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Constitution or quality of mind or character.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A born devil, on whose <qex>nature</qex><br/>
Nurture can never stick.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That reverence which is due to a superior <qex>nature</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Good nature</b></col>, <col><b>Ill nature</b></col></mcol>. <cd>see under <er>Good</er> and <er>Ill</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>In a state of nature</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Naked as when born; nude.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In a condition of sin; unregenerate.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>Untamed; uncivilized.</cd> -- <col><b>Nature printing</b></col>, <cd>a process of printing from metallic or other plates which have received an impression, as by heavy pressure, of an object such as a leaf, lace, or the like.</cd> -- <col><b>Nature worship</b></col>, <cd>the worship of the personified powers of nature.</cd> -- <col><b>To pay the debt of nature</b></col>, <cd>to die.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"ture</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To endow with natural qualities.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He [God] which <qex>natureth</qex> every kind.</q> <rj><qau>Gower.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tured</hw> <pr>(?; 135)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; <as>as, good-<ex>natured</ex>, ill-<ex>natured</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"ture*less</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Not in accordance with nature; unnatural.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tur*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tur*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of naturism.</def>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*tu"ri*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being produced by nature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"tur*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To endow with a nature or qualities; to refer to nature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>nauch</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nautch, nautch dance.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nauclea</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Nauclea</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"frage</hw> <pr>(?; 48)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>naufragium</ets>; <ets>navis</ets> + <ets>frangere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Shipwreck; ruin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>acon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"fra*gous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naufragus</ets>. See <er>Naufrage</er>.]</ety> <def>causing shipwreck.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>r. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Naught</hw> <pr>(n&asuml_;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>naught</ets>, <ets>nought</ets>, <ets>naht</ets>, <ets>nawiht</ets>, AS. <ets>n&amacr;wiht</ets>, <ets>n&amacr;uht</ets>, <ets>n&amacr;ht</ets>; <ets>ne</ets> not + <ets>&amacr;</ets> ever + <ets>wiht</ets> thing, whit; hence, not ever a whit. See <er>No</er>, <pos>adv.</pos> <er>Whit</er>, and cf. <er>Aught</er>, <er>Not</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Nothing.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nought</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>Doth Job fear God for <qex>naught</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Job i. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See <er>Cipher</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To set at naught</b></col>, <cd>to treat as of no account; to disregard; to despise; to defy; to treat with ignominy.</cd> &ldquo;Ye have <xex>set at naught</xex> all my counsel.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Prov. i. 25.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Naught</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In no degree; not at all.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To wealth or sovereign power he <qex>naught</qex> applied.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Naught</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is <qex>naught</qex>, it is <qex>naught</qex>, saith the buyer.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xx. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Go, get you to your house; begone, away!<br/>
All will be <qex>naught</qex> else.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Things <qex>naught</qex> and things indifferent.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, vile; base; naughty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>No man can be stark <qex>naught</qex> at once.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Naugh"ti*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Naugh"ti*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I know thy pride, and the <qex>naughtiness</qex> of thine heart.</q> <rj><qau>1 Sam. xvii. 28.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Naught"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Naughtily; wrongly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>because my parents <qex>naughtly</qex> brought me up.</q> <rj><qau>Mir. for Mag.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Naugh"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Naughtier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Naughtiest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having little or nothing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>[Men] that needy be and <qex>naughty</qex>, help them with thy goods.</q> <rj><qau>Piers Plowman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Worthless; bad; good for nothing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The other basket had very <qex>naughty</qex> figs.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. xxiv. 2.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>hence, corrupt; wicked.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>So shines a good deed in a <qex>naughty</qex> world.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; <as>as, a <ex>naughty</ex> child</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This word is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children, or in sportive censure.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"heim treat`ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Orig., a method of therapeutic treatment administered, esp. for chronic diseases of the curculatory system, at <city>Bad Nauheim</city>, Germany, by <person>G. Schott</person>, consisting in baths in the natural mineral waters of that place, which are charged with carbonic acid, and the use of a graduated course of rest, physical exercises, massage, etc.; hence, any similar treatment using waters artificially charged with the essential ingredients of the natural mineral waters of Bad Nauheim.  Hence, <hw>Nauheim bath</hw>, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>naumachia</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>naumachy</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"ma*chy</hw> <pr>(n&asuml_;"m&adot_;*k&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naumachia</ets>, Gr. <grk>naymachi`a</grk>; <grk>nay^s</grk> ship + <grk>ma`chh</grk> fight, battle, <grk>ma`chesqai</grk> to fight.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight put on by the ancient Romans.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A show or spectacle representing a sea fight; also, a place for such exhibitions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nau"pli*us</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nauplii</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a kind of shellfish, fr. Gr. <grk>nay^s</grk> ship + &unr_; to sail.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antenn&aelig;, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau`ro*pom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nay^s</grk> ship + &unr_; inclination + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship heels at sea.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nauruan</hw> <pos>prop. adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to Nauru; <as>as, <ex>Nauruan</ex> artifacts</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Nauru; <as>as, <ex>Nauruan</ex> natives</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Nauran.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Naus"co*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nay^s</grk> ship + <ets>-scopy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>nauscopie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable distances.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"se*a</hw> <pr>(? or &unr_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. <grk>nay^s</grk> ship. See <er>Nave</er> of a church, and cf. <er>Noise</er>.]</ety> <def>Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"se*ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nauseans</ets>, p. pr. Of <ets>nauseare</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A substance which produces nausea; an emetic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"se*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nauseated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nauseating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>nauseare</ets>, <ets>nauseatum</ets>, fr. <ets>nausea</ets>. See <er>Nausea</er>.]</ety> <def>To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"se*ate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The patient <qex>nauseates</qex> and loathes wholesome foods.</q> <rj><qau>Blackmore.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau`se*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of nauseating, or the state of being nauseated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"se*a*tive</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> &unr_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Causing nausea; nauseous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"seous</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nauseosus</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; <as>as, a <ex>nauseous</ex> drug or medicine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Feeling nausea; <as>as, <ex>nauseous</ex> from the effects of chemotherapy</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>nauseousness</qex> of such company disgusts a reasonable man.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nautch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>n&amacr;ch</ets>, fr. Skr. <ets>n&rsdot_;tya</ets> dance.]</ety> <def>An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls.</def> <mark>[India]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nauch.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Nautical</er>.]</ety> <def>Nautical.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nauticus</ets>, Gr. <grk>naytiko`s</grk>, fr. <grk>nay`ths</grk> a seaman, sailor, fr. <grk>nay^s</grk> ship: cf. F. <ets>nautique</ets>. See <er>Nave</er> of a church.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; <as>as, <ex>nautical</ex> skill</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Naval; marine; maritime. See <er>Naval</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nautical almanac</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Almanac</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Nautical distance</b></col>, <cd>the length in nautical miles of the rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.</cd> -- <col><b>nautical mile</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Mile</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"tic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affairs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"ti*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nay^s</grk> ship + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Shaped like the hull of a ship.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nautilidae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of spiral-shelled cephalopods.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Nautilidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"ti*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil nautilus.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"ti*loid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nautilus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>nautilo&iuml;de</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A mollusk, or shell, of the genus <gen>Nautilus</gen> or family <fam>Nautilid&aelig;</fam>.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Nau"ti*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Nautiluses</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, L. <plw>Nautili</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>nayti`los</grk> a seaman, sailor, a kind of shellfish which was supposed to be furnished with a membrane which served as a sail; fr. <grk>nay^s</grk> ship. See <er>Nave</er> of a church.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods.  About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil.  The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See <er>Tetrabranchiata</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The head of the animal bears numerous simple tapered arms, or tentacles, arranged in groups, but not furnished with suckers.  The siphon, unlike, that of ordinary cephalopods, is not a closed tube, and is not used as a locomotive organ, but merely serves to conduct water to and from the gill cavity, which contains two pairs of gills.  The animal occupies only the outer chamber of the shell; the others are filled with gas. It creeps over the bottom of the sea, not coming to the surface to swim or sail, as was formerly imagined.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The argonaut; -- also called <altname>paper nautilus</altname>. See <er>Argonauta</er>, and <cref>Paper nautilus</cref>, under <er>Paper</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"va*joes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing. <singw>Navajo</singw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of Indians inhabiting New Mexico and Arizona, allied to the Apaches. They are now largely engaged in agriculture.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"val</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"v&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>navalis</ets>, fr. <ets>navis</ets> ship: cf. F. <ets>naval</ets>. See <er>Nave</er> of a church.]</ety> <def>Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; <as>as, <ex>naval</ex> forces, successes, stores, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Naval brigade</b></col>, <cd>a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land.</cd> -- <col><b>Naval officer</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An officer in the navy.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A high officer in some United States customhouses.</cd> -- <col><b>Naval tactics</b></col>, <cd>the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Nautical; marine; maritime.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Naval</er>, <er>Nautical</er>. <xex>Naval</xex> is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; <xex>nautical</xex>, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a <ex>naval</ex>, as opposed to a <xex>military</xex>, engagement; <ex>naval</ex> equipments or stores, a <ex>naval</ex> triumph, a <ex>naval</ex> officer, etc., and of <xex>nautical</xex> pursuits or instruction, <xex>nautical calculations</xex>, <xex>a nautical</xex> almanac, etc.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"vals</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"v&aitalic_;lz)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>Naval affairs.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"varch</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"v&auml;rk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>navarchus</ets>, Gr. <grk>nay`archo`s</grk>; <grk>nay^s</grk> ship + <grk>'archo`s</grk> chief.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>The commander of a fleet.</def>  <rj><au>Mitford.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>na"varch*y</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"v&auml;rk*&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nayarchi`a</grk>.]</ety> <def>Nautical skill or experience.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Petty.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Navarino</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The name of a naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827), at which the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by the allied fleet.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> battle of Navarino.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Na`var*rese"</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> &unr_;)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Navarre.</def> -- <def2><pos>n. sing. &amp; pl.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the people of Navarre.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>nave</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;v)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nafu</ets>; akin to D. <ets>naaf</ets>, G. <ets>nabe</ets>, OHG. <ets>naba</ets>, Icel. <ets>n&ouml;f</ets>, Dan. <ets>nav</ets>, Sw. <ets>naf</ets>, Skr. n&amacr;bhi nave and navel: cf. L. <ets>umbo</ets> boss of a shield. &radic;260.  Cf. <er>Navel</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also <altname>hub</altname> or <altname>hob</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The navel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>hak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nave</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>nef</ets>, fr. L. <ets>navis</ets> ship, to which the church was often likened; akin to Gr. <grk>nay`archo`s</grk>, Skr. n&amacr;us, and perh. to AS. <ets>naca</ets> boat, G. <ets>nachen</ets>, Icel. <ets>n&ouml;kkvi</ets>; cf. L. <ets>nare</ets> to swim, float.  Cf. <er>Nausea</er>, <er>Nautical</er>, <er>Naval</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from the choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"vel</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"v'l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nafela</ets>, fr. <ets>nafu</ets> nave; akin to D. <ets>navel</ets>, G. <ets>nabel</ets>, OHG. <ets>nabolo</ets>, Icel. <ets>nafli</ets>, Dan. <ets>navle</ets>, Sw. <ets>nafle</ets>, L. <ets>umbilicus</ets>, Gr. <grk>'omfalo`s</grk>, Skr. <ets>n&amacr;bh&imacr;la</ets>. &radic;260. See <er>Nave</er> hub, and cf. <er>Omphalic</er>, <er>Nombril</er>, <er>Umbilical</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus; called also <altname>belly button</altname> in humans.  See <er>Umbilicus</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The central part or point of anything; the middle.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Within the <qex>navel</qex> of this hideous wood,<br/>
Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Navel gall</b></col>, <cd>a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle.</cd> <au>Johnson.</au> -- <col><b>Navel point</b></col>. <fld>(Her.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Nombril</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>na"vel or"ange</hw>. <def>A type of orange in which the fruit incloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex.  There are several varieties; they are usually seedless, or nearly so, and are much grown in California.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"vel-string`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The <altname>umbilical cord</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"vel*wort`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A European perennial succulent herb (<spn>Cotyledon umbilicus</spn>), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called <altname>pennywort</altname>, and <altname>kidneywort</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"vew</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>navel</ets>, <ets>naveau</ets>, a dim. fr. L. <ets>napus</ets> navew.  Cf. <er>Napiform</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of small turnip, a variety of <spn>Brassica campestris</spn>. See <er>Brassica</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>naphew</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*vic"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>navicularius</ets>, fr. <ets>navicula</ets>, dim. of <ets>navis</ets> ship: cf. F. <ets>naviculaire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; <as>as, the <ex>navicular</ex> glumes of most grasses; the <ex>navicular</ex> bone.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Navicular bone</b></col>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale</cd>; -- called also <altname>scaphoid</altname>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid.</cd> -- <col><b>Navicular disease</b></col> <fld>(Far.)</fld>, <cd>a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*vic"u*lar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The navicular bone.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nav`i*ga*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>navigabilit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nav"i*ga*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>navigabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>navigable</ets>. See <er>Navigate</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; <as>as, a <ex>navigable</ex> river</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; By the common law, a river is considered as navigable only so far as the tide ebbs and flows in it.  This is also the doctrine in several of the United States.  In other States, the doctrine of the civil law prevails, which is, that a navigable river is a river capable of being navigated, in the common sense of the term.</note>  <rj><au>Kent.</au>  <au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Nav"i*ga*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Nav"i*ga*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Nav"i*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Navigated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Navigating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>navigatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>navigare</ets>, v.t. &amp; i.; <ets>navis</ets> ship + <ets>agere</ets> to move, direct. See <er>Nave</er>, and <er>Agent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To journey by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Phenicians <qex>navigated</qex> to the extremities of the Western Ocean.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To direct or operate a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles; <as>as, to <ex>navigate</ex> around all the randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nav"i*gate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; <as>as, to <ex>navigate</ex> the Atlantic</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; <as>as, to <ex>navigate</ex> a ship</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles; <as>as, to <ex>navigate</ex> all the randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nav`i*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>navigatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>navigation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Ships in general.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>A&euml;rial navigation</b></col>, <cd>the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of airplanes or ballons; aviation; a&euml;ronautic.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Inland navigation</b></col>, <col><b>Internal navigation</b></col></mcol>, <cd>navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>navigational</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>of or pertaining to navigation; used in navigation; <as>as, <ex>navigational</ex> aids</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nav"i*ga`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; <as>as, Bowditch's <ex>Navigator</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na*vig"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naviger</ets>; <ets>navis</ets> ship + <ets>gerere</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nav"vy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Navies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Abbreviated fr. <ets>navigator</ets>.]</ety> <def>Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"vy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Navies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[ OF. <ets>navie</ets>, fr. L. <ets>navis</ets> ship. See <er>Nave</er> of a church.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>navy</xex> also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir.&rdquo;  <rj><au>1 kings x. 11.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; <as>as, the <ex>navy</ex> of Italy</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; <as>as, he belongs to the <ex>navy</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>same as <er>navy blue</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Navy bean</b></col>. <cd>see <er>Bean</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Navy yard</b></col>, <cd>a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy.  It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"vy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a color of navy blue.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Na"vy blue`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A dark grayish blue.  Also called <altname>navy</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Prussian blue.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na*wab"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Nabob</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A rich, retired Anglo-Indian; a nabob.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nawl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Nall</er>.]</ety> <def>An awl.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>usser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>nay</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>nei</ets>; akin to E. <ets>no</ets>. See <er>No</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by <altname>no</altname>.  Opposed to <ant>aye</ant> or <ant>yea</ant>. See also <er>Yes</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And eke when I say &ldquo;ye,&rdquo; ne say not &ldquo;<qex>nay</qex>.&rdquo;</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I tell you <qex>nay</qex>; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.</q> <rj><qau>Luke xiii. 3.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And now do they thrust us out privily? <qex>nay</qex>, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.</q> <rj><qau>Acts xvi. 37.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He that will not when he may,<br/>
When he would he shall have <qex>nay</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Old Prov.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Before the time of Henry VIII. <xex>nay</xex> was used to answer simple questions, and <xex>no</xex> was used when the form of the question involved a negative expression; <xex>nay</xex> was the simple form, <xex>no</xex> the emphatic.</note>  <rj><au>Skeat.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Nay</xex> in this sense may be interchanged with <xex>yea</xex>. &ldquo;Were he my brother, <xex>nay</xex>, my kingdom's heir.&rdquo;</note>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nay</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nays</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Denial; refusal.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A negative vote; one who votes in the negative.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>It is no nay</b></col>, <cd>there is no denying it.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>haucer.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nay</hw>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <def>To refuse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holinshed.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Na*yaur"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A specied of wild sheep (<spn>Ovis Hodgsonii</spn>), native of Nepal and Tibet.  It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nayt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>neita</ets>.]</ety> <def>To refuse; to deny.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;He shall not <xex>nayt</xex> ne deny his sin.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nay"ward</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The negative side.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Howe'er you lean to the <qex>nayward</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nay"word`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>hak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Naz`a*rene"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Nazarenus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; Nazareth.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naz"a*rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A Jew bound by a vow to leave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time.  The word is also used adjectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naz"a*rite*ship</hw>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The state of a Nazarite.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naz`a*rit"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naz"a*ri*tism</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The vow and practice of a Nazarite.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>naze</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ness</er>.]</ety> <def>A promontory or headland.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Naz"i*rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A Nazarite.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ne</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>ne</ets>. See <er>No</er>.]</ety> <def>Not; never.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He never yet no villany <qex>ne</qex> said.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Ne</xex> was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and survives in certain compounds, as <xex>n</xex>ever (= <xex>ne</xex> ever) and <xex>n</xex>one (= <xex>ne</xex> one). Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as <xex>nad</xex>, <xex>nam</xex>, <xex>nil</xex>. See <er>Negative</er>, 2.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>ne</hw>, <pos>conj.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ne</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>]</ety> <def>Nor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>No niggard <qex>ne</qex> no fool.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ne . . . ne</b></col>, <cd>neither . . . nor.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Neaf</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See 2d <er>Neif</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neal</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;l)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To anneal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neal</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be tempered by heat.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>neanderthal</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>uncouth in manners or appearance.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> boorish, clownish, loutish, oafish.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*an"der*thal`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anthropol.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man.  The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges.  The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the <gen>Pithecanthropus</gen> and modern man.</def>  <specif>Hence,</specif> <def>pertaining to or designating the <hw>Neanderthal race</hw>, or <hw>Neanderthal man</hw>, a species of extinct robust humans, believed to have been widespread in the Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia; <as>as, a <ex>Neanderthal</ex> skull</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Neanderthalian.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Similar to or reminiscent of a neanderthal human; troglodytic; primitive and uncultured.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*an"der*thal`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anthropol.)</fld> <def>A neanderthal human being; a member of the race <spn>Homo sapiens</spn> <varn>neanderthalensis</varn>; <as>as, <ex>neanderthals</ex> were shorter than modern humans</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One resembling a neanderthal human; a troglodyte; a cave man.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <mark>(Fig.)</mark> <def>A person of primitive, unenlightened or uneducated opinions or attitudes; one with a regressive social or political outlook; -- used disparagingly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neanderthalian</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>Neanderthal</er>{1}.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Neanderthal.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*an`der*thal"oid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Neanderthal</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anthropol.)</fld> <def>Like, or pertaining to, the Neanderthal skull, or the type of man it represents.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neap</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Neb</er>, <er>Nape</er>.]</ety> <def>The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Neap</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;p)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[As. <ets>n&emacr;p</ets>fl&omacr;d neap flood; cf. <ets>hnipian</ets> to bend, incline.]</ety> <def>Low.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Neap tides</b></col>, <cd>the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to <contr>spring tides</contr>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Neap</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A neap tide.</def><br/>
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<p><q>High springs and dead <qex>neaps</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Harkwill.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neaped</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also <altname>beneaped</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`a*pol"i*tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Neapolitanus</ets>, fr. <ets>Neapolis</ets> Naples, Gr. &unr_;, lit., New town.]</ety> <def>Of of pertaining to <city>Naples</city> in Italy.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native or citizen of <city>Naples</city>.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ne`a*pol"i*tan ice</hw>, <hw>Neapolitan ice cream</hw> }</mhw>. <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An ice or ice cream prepared in layers, as vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate ice cream, and orange or lemon water ice.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Near</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;r)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>ne&aacute;r</ets>, compar. of <ets>ne&aacute;h</ets> nigh. See <er>Nigh</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My wife! my traitress! let her not come <qex>near</qex> me.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Nearly; almost; well-nigh.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Near</xex> twenty years ago.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;<xex>Near</xex> a fortnight ago.&rdquo; <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Near</qex> about the yearly value of the land.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Closely; intimately.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Far and near</b></col>, <cd>at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region.</cd> -- <col><b>To come near to</b></col>, <cd>to want but little of; to approximate to.</cd> &ldquo;Such a sum he found would <xex>go near to</xex> ruin him.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj> -- <col><b>Near the wind</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>close to the wind; closehauled.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Near</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Nearer</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Nearest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[See <er>Near</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh.</def> &ldquo;As one <xex>near</xex> death.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He served great Hector, and was ever <qex>near</qex>,<br/>
Not with his trumpet only, but his spear.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Closely connected or related.</def><br/>
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<p><q>She is thy father's <qex>near</qex> kinswoman.</q> <rj><qau>Lev. xviii. 12.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; <as>as, a <ex>near</ex> friend</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; <as>as, a version <ex>near</ex> to the original</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow{3}; <as>as, a <ex>near</ex> escape; a <ex>near</ex> miss</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; <as>as, the <ex>near</ex> ox; the <ex>near</ex> leg</as>. See <cref>Off side</cref>, under <er>Off</er>, <pos>a</pos>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Immediate; direct; close; short.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>nearest</xex> way.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Close-fisted; parsimonious.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Low, Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Near</xex> may properly be followed by <xex>to</xex> before the thing approached; but more frequently <xex>to</xex> is omitted, and the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition.  The same is also true of the word <xex>nigh</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; familiar; dear.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Near</hw>, <pos>prep.</pos> <def>Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; <as>as, the ship sailed <ex>near</ex> the land</as>. See the Note under <er>near</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Near</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Neared</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n</pos> <conjf>Nearing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Near</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>]</ety> <def>To approach; to come nearer; <as>as, the ship <ex>neared</ex> the land</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Near</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To draw near; to approach.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist!<br/>
And still it <qex>neared</qex>, and <qex>neared</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*arc"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo</ets> + <ets>arctic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Near beer</hw>. <def>Any of various malt liquors (see <xex>Citation</xex> below).</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Near beer</qex> is a term of common currency used to designate all that class of malt liquors which contain so little alcohol (usually less than <frac>1/2</frac> per cent) that they will not produce intoxication, though drunk to excess, and includes in its meaning all malt liquors which are not within the purview of the general prohibition law.</q>  <rj><qau>Cambell v. City of Thomasville, Georgia Appeal Records, 6 212.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>nearby</hw> <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos> <def>situated near; <as>as, the <ex>nearby</ex> towns</as>.  Opposite of <ant>far away</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nearer</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>less distant in space; <as>as, we walked to the <ex>nearer</ex> house</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Near"hand`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; adv.</pos> <def>Near; near at hand; closely.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Near"-legged`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Near"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost; <as>as, he <ex>nearly</ex> lost his life in the accident</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Near"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Near"sight`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Seeing distinctly at short distances only; myopic; shortsighted.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Near"sight`ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An  eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability, such that one can see only close objects distinctly; the condition of being nearsighted.  See <er>Myopic</er>, and <er>Myopia</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> myopia, shortsightedness.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neat</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n. sing. &amp; pl.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>ne&aacute;t</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>n&omacr;z</ets>, Icel. <ets>naut</ets>, Sw. <ets>n&ouml;t</ets>, Dan. <ets>n&ouml;d</ets>, and to AS. <ets>ne&oacute;tan</ets> to make use of, G. <ets>geniessen</ets>, Goth. <ets>niutan</ets> to have a share in, have joy of, Lith. <ets>nauda</ets> use, profit.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Cattle of the genus <gen>Bos</gen>, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus <gen>Bos</gen>; <as>as, a <ex>neat's</ex> tongue; a <ex>neat's</ex> foot.</as></def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their <qex>neat</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The steer, the heifer, and the calf<br/>
Are all called <qex>neat</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>neat</qex> and a sheep of his own.</q> <rj><qau>Tusser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Neat's-foot</b></col>, <cd>an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle.  It is used to render leather soft and pliable.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Neat</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>neat</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the genus <gen>Bos</gen>, or to cattle of that genus; <as>as, <ex>neat</ex> cattle</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neat</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Neater</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Neatest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>nett</ets>, F. <ets>nett</ets>, fr. L. <ets>nitidus</ets>, fr. <ets>nitere</ets> to shine.  Cf. <er>Nitid</er>, <er>Net</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, <er>Natty</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly <qex>neat</qex> and clean.</q> <rj><qau>Law.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; <as>as, a <ex>neat</ex> style; a <ex>neat</ex> dress.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; <as>as, <ex>neat</ex> brandy; to drink one's vodka <ex>neat</ex></as>.</def> <specif>Hence:</specif> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pure; undiluted; <as>as, dissolved in <ex>neat</ex> acetone</as>.</def>  &ldquo;Our old wine <xex>neat</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; <as>as, a <ex>neat</ex> design; a <ex>neat</ex> thief.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>With all deductions or allowances made; net. <note>[In this sense usually written <asp>net</asp>. See <er>Net</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, 3.]</note></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>neat line</b></col> <fld>(Civil Engin.)</fld>, <cd>a line to which work is to be built or formed.</cd> -- <col><b>Neat work</b></col>, <cd>work built or formed to neat lines.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>'Neath</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> &unr_;)</pr>, <pos>prep. &amp; adv.</pos> <def>An abbreviation of <er>Beneath</er>.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Neat"herd`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neat"house`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A building for the shelter of neat cattle.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Massinger.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neat"i*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neat</ets>, a. + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make neat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>olland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neat"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neat"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being neat.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neat"ress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>neat</ets> cattle.]</ety> <def>A woman who takes care of cattle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Warner.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nebb</ets> head, face; akin to D. <ets>neb</ets>, Icel. <ets>nef</ets>, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. <ets>n&aelig;b</ets> beak, bill, Sw. <ets>n&auml;bb</ets>, <ets>n&auml;f</ets>, and prob. also to D. <ets>sneb</ets>, <ets>snavel</ets>, bill, beak, G. <ets>schnabel</ets>, Dan. &amp; Sw. <ets>snabel</ets>, and E. <ets>snap</ets>.  Cf. <er>Nib</er>, <er>Snap</er>, <er>Snaffle</er>.]</ety> <def>The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>nib</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne*ba"li*a</hw> <pr>(n&euptack_;*b&amacr;"l&ibreve_;*&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., of uncertain origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (<ord>Nebaloidea</ord>, or <ord>Phyllocarida</ord>.)</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb"bish</hw> <pr>(m&ebreve_;b"&ibreve_;sh)</pr> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Yiddish, <ets>nebekh</ets> poor, unfortunate.]</ety> <def>A person who is ineffectual, timid, and often luckless; a person of no significance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb"-neb`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Bablh</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nebo</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Babylonian mythology)</fld> <def>The Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Nabu.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nebraskan</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A resident of the state of Nebraska.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Cornhusker.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb"u*la</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;b"&uuptack_;*l&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nebul&aelig;</plw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;b"&uuptack_;*l&emacr;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., mist, cloud; akin to Gr. <grk>nefe`lh</grk>, <grk>ne`fos</grk>, cloud, mist, G. <ets>nebel</ets> mist, OHG. <ets>nebul</ets>, D. <ets>nevel</ets>, Skr. <ets>nabhas</ets> cloud, mist.  Cf. <er>Nebule</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars.  The term was originally applied to any diffuse luminous region.  Now, technically, it is applied to interstellar clouds of dust and gases (<altname>diffuse nebula</altname>).  However distant galaxies and very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope, such as the <stype>spiral nebula</stype> in Andromeda, known now to be a distant galaxy.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cloudy appearance in the urine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to nebul&aelig;; of the nature of, or resembling, a nebula.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nebular hypothesis</b></col>, <cd>an hypothesis to explain the process of formation of the stars and planets, presented in various forms by <persfn>Kant</persfn>, <persfn>Herschel</persfn>, <persfn>Laplace</persfn>, and others.  As formed by <persfn>Laplace</persfn>, it supposed the matter of the solar system to have existed originally in the form of a vast, diffused, revolving nebula, which, gradually cooling and contracting, threw off, in obedience to mechanical and physical laws, succesive rings of matter, from which subsequently, by the same laws, were produced the several planets, satellites, and other bodies of the system.  The phrase may indicate any hypothesis according to which the stars or the bodies of the solar system have been evolved from a widely diffused nebulous form of matter.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>neb"u*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Clouded with indistinct color markings, as an animal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neb`u*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition of being nebulated; also, a clouded, or ill-defined, color mark.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neb"ule</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;bule</ets>. See <er>nebula</er>.]</ety> <def>A little cloud; a cloud.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>O light without <qex>nebule</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Old Ballad.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>&Verbar;N&eacute;`bu`l&eacute;"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Neb"u*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>n&eacute;bul&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb`u*li*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The act or process of nebulizing; atomization.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb"u*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Nebula</er>.]</ety> <def>To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to atomize.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb"u*li`zer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An atomizer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb"u*lose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Nebulous; cloudy.</def>  <rj><au>Derham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb`u*los"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. nebulositas: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;bulosit&eacute;</ets>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; haziness; mistiness; nebulousness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>nebulosity</qex> . . . of the mother idiom.</q> <rj><qau>I. Disraeli.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The stuff of which a nebula is formed.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A nebula.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb"u*lous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nebulosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;buleux</ets>. See <er>Nebula</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Cloudy; hazy; misty.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Neb"u*lous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Neb"u*lous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Neb"u*ly</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Her. &amp; Arch.)</fld> <def>A line or a decoration composed of successive short curves or waves supposed to resemble a cloud. See <er>N&eacute;bul&eacute;</er></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec`es*sa"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;cessarien</ets>. See <er>Necessary</er>.]</ety> <def>An advocate of the doctrine of philosophical necessity; a necessitarian.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec`es*sa"ri*an</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to necessarianism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec`es*sa"ri*an*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrine of philosophical necessity; necessitarianism.</def>  <rj><au>Hixley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"es*sa*ri*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"es*sa*ri*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being necessary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"es*sa*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>necessarius</ets>, from <ets>necesse</ets> unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;cessaire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Death, a <qex>necessary</qex> end,<br/>
Will come when it will come.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requisite; essential.</def> &ldquo;'T is <xex>necessary</xex> he should die.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A certain kind of temper is <qex>necessary</qex> to the pleasure and quiet of our minds.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to <ant>free</ant>; <as>as, whether man is a <ex>necessary</ex> or a free agent is a question much discussed</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"es*sa*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Necessaries</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; <as>as, the <ex>necessaries</ex> of life</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A privy; a water-closet.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ces`si*ta"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to <contr>libertarian</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ces`si*ta"ri*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ces`si*ta"ri*an*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrine of philosophical necessity; the doctrine that results follow by invariable sequence from causes, and esp. that the will is not free, but that human actions and choices result inevitably from motives; determinism.</def>  <rj><au>M. Arnold.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ces"si*tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Necessitated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Necessitating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>necessitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>necessitare</ets>, and F. <ets>n&eacute;cessiter</ets>. See <er>Necessity</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Sickness [might] <qex>necessitate</qex> his removal from the court.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This fact <qex>necessitates</qex> a second line.</q> <rj><qau>J. Peile.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The Marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was <qex>necessitated</qex> to draw all his army into York.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ces`si*tat"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;cessitation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of making necessary, or the state of being made necessary; compulsion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>bp. Bramhall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ces"si*tied</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>In a state of want; necessitous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ces"si*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;cessiteux</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Necessitous</qex> heirs and penurious parents.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; <as>as, <ex>necessitous</ex> circumstances</as>.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ne*ces"si*tous*ly</wf>, adv. -- <wf>Ne*ces"si*tous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ces"si*tude</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>necessitudo</ets>, fr. necesse. See <er>Necessray</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Necessitousness; want.</def>  <rj><au>Sir M. Hale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Necessary connection or relation.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Between kings and their people, parents and their children, there is so great a <qex>necessitude</qex>, propriety, and intercourse of nature.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ces"si*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Necessities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>necessite</ets>, F. <ets>n&eacute;cessit&eacute;</ets>, L. <ets>necessitas</ets>, fr. <ets>necesse</ets>. See <er>Necessary</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Urge the <qex>necessity</qex> and state of times.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The extreme poverty and <qex>necessity</qex> his majesty was in.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is necessary; a necessary; a requisite; something indispensable; -- often in the plural.</def><br/>
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<p><q>These should be hours for <qex>necessities</qex>,<br/>
Not for delights.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>What was once to me<br/>
Mere matter of the fancy, now has grown<br/>
The vast <qex>necessity</qex> of heart and life.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality.</def><br/>
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<p><q>So spake the fiend, and with <qex>necessity</qex>,<br/>
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Of necessity</b></col>, <cd>by necessary consequence; by compulsion, or irresistible power; perforce.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Need</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>necke</ets>, AS. <ets>hnecca</ets>; akin to D. <ets>nek</ets> the nape of the neck, G. <ets>nacken</ets>, OHG. <ets>nacch</ets>, <ets>hnacch</ets>, Icel. <ets>hnakki</ets>, Sw. <ets>nacke</ets>, Dan. <ets>nakke</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; <as>as, a <ex>neck</ex> forming the journal of a shaft</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Neck and crop</b></col>, <cd>completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and at once.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col><b>Neck and neck</b></col> <fld>(Racing)</fld>, <cd>so nearly equal that one cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side.</cd> -- <col><b>Neck of a capital</b></col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Gorgerin</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Neck of a cascabel</b></col> <fld>(Gun.)</fld>, <cd>the part joining the knob to the base of the breech.</cd> -- <col><b>Neck of a gun</b></col>, <cd>the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.</cd> -- <col><b>Neck of a tooth</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the constriction between the root and the crown.</cd> -- <col><b>Neck or nothing</b></col> <mark>(Fig.)</mark>, <cd>at all risks.</cd> -- <col><b>Neck verse</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, &ldquo;<xex>Miserere mei</xex>,&rdquo; etc.</cd> <au>Sir W. Scott.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <specif>Hence,</specif> <cd>a verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth.</cd><br/>
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<q>These words, &ldquo;bread and cheese,&rdquo; were their <qex>neck verse</qex> or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing &ldquo;broad and cause,&rdquo; being presently put to death.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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  -- <col><b>Neck yoke</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's shoulders.</cd> -- <col><b>On the neck of</b></col>, <cd>immediately after; following closely; on the heel of.</cd> &ldquo;Committing one sin <xex>on the neck of</xex> another.&rdquo; <au>W. Perkins.</au> -- <col><b>Stiff neck</b></col>, <cd>obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy.</cd> &ldquo;I know thy rebellion, and thy <xex>stiff neck</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Deut. xxxi. 27.</au> -- <col><b>To break the neck of</b></col>, <cd>to destroy the main force of; to break the back of.</cd> &ldquo;What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous rules . . . <xex>breaks the neck of</xex> their own cause.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au> -- <col><b>To harden the neck</b></col>, <cd>to grow obstinate; to be more and more perverse and rebellious.</cd> <au>Neh. ix. 17.</au> -- <col><b>To tread on the neck of</b></col>, <cd>to oppress; to tyrannize over.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Necked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Necking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with <ptcl>down</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>neck</ex> down a shaft</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neck</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To kiss and caress amorously.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <wordforms><pos>n.</pos> <wf>necking</wf>.</wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck"ar nut`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Nicker nut</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck"band`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A band which goes around the neck; often, the part at the top of a garment.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck"cloth`</hw> <pr>(?; 115)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Necked</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having (such) a neck; -- chiefly used in composition; <as>as, stiff-<ex>necked</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Cracked; -- said of a treenail.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck"er*chief</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[For <ets>neck kerchief</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kerchief for the neck; -- called also <altname>neck handkerchief</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Neckmold</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neck"lace</hw> <pr>(?; 48)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neck"laced</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The hooded and the <qex>necklaced</qex> snake.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Jones.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>neck"land</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A neck of land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>neckless</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>lacking or apparently lacking a neck; -- of a garment; <as>as, a <ex>neckless</ex> gown</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neck"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A necklace.</def>  <rj><au>E. Anold.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Neck"mold`</hw>, <hw>Neck"mould`</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small convex molding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.</def>  <rj><au>Weale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck"plate`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Gorget</er>, 1 and 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck"tie`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A scarf, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around the neck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened in front of the neck.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck"wear`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A collective term for cravats, collars, etc.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or trade name]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Neck"weed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An American annual weed (<spn>veronica peregrina</spn>), with small white flowers and a roundish pod.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. Prior.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nec`ro*bi*o"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>nekro`s</grk> dead + &unr_; way of life, fr. &unr_; life.]</ety> <fld>(Biol. &amp; Med.)</fld> <def>The death of a part of an organism by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy; a normal dying out of cells in a tissue, in contrast to <contr>necrosis</contr>.</def>  <rj><au>Virchow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec`ro*bi*ot"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Biol. &amp; Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to necrobiosis; <as>as, a <ex>necrobiotic</ex> metamorphosis</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*crol"a*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead person + &unr_; to worship.]</ety> <def>The worship of the dead; manes worship.</def>  <rj><au>H. Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"ro*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nekro`s</grk> a corpse + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Necronite</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Nec`ro*log"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Nec`ro*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;crologique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to necrology; of the nature of necrology; relating to, or giving, an account of the dead, or of deaths.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*crol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who gives an account of deaths.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*crol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Necrologies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead person + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;crologie</ets>. See <er>Necromancy</er>.]</ety> <def>An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"ro*man`cer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"ro*man`cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>nigromaunce</ets>, <ets>nigromancie</ets>, OF. <ets>nigromance</ets>, F. <ets>n&eacute;cromance</ets>, <ets>n&eacute;cromancie</ets>, from L. <ets>necromantia</ets>, Gr. &unr_;; <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead body (akin to L. <ets>necare</ets> to kill, Skr. <ets>na&ccedil;</ets> to perish, vanish) + &unr_; divination, fr. &unr_; diviner, seer, akin to E. <ets>mania</ets>.  See <er>Mania</er>, and cf. <er>Internecine</er>, <er>Noxious</er>.  The old spelling is due to confusion with L. <ets>niger</ets> black.  Hence the name <ets>black art</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See <er>Black art</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This palace standeth in the air,<br/>
By <qex>necromancy</qex> plac&egrave;d there.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>necromania</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An abnormal attraction to dead bodies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec`ro*man"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Conjuration.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>With all the <qex>necromantics</qex> of their art.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Nec`ro*man"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Nec`ro*man"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Nec`ro*man"tic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"ro*nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead body.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetid odor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*croph"a*gan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Necrophagous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Eating carrion.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any species of a tribe (<fam>Necrophaga</fam>) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*croph"a*gous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; eating corpses; <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead body + &unr_; to eat: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;crophage</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <fam>Necrophaga</fam>; eating carrion. See <er>Necrophagan</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec`ro*pho"bi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead body + <grk>fobei^n</grk> to fear.]</ety> <def>An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"ro*phore</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead body + <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus <gen>Necrophorus</gen> and allied genera; -- called also <altname>burying beetle</altname>, <altname>carrion beetle</altname>, <altname>sexton beetle</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*crop"o*lis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Necropolises</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead body, adj., dead + &unr_; city.]</ety> <def>A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"rop*sy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead body + &unr_; sight: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;cropsie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See <er>Autopsy</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Nec`ro*scop"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Nec`ro*scop"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead body + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>Or or relating to post-mortem examinations.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*crose"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To affect with necrosis; to undergo necrosis.</def>  <rj><au>Quain.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*crosed"</hw> <pr>(n&euptack_;*kr&omacr;st")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Affected by necrosis; dead; <as>as, a <ex>necrosed</ex> bone</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne*cro"sis</hw> <pr>(n&euptack_;*kr&omacr;"s&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ne`krwsis</grk>, fr. <grk>nekruy^n</grk> to make dead, to mortify, <grk>nekro`s</grk> a dead body.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The pathologic death of part of a tissue due to irreversible damage.    Contrast to <contr>necrobiosis</contr>, which is a normal death of cells in a tissue.  Formerly, applied primarily to death of bone tissue.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*crot"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Affected with necrosis; <as>as, <ex>necrotic</ex> tissue</as>; characterized by, or producing, necrosis; <as>as, a <ex>necrotic</ex> process</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec*rot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nekro`s</grk> dead person + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The dissection of dead bodies; also, excision of necrosed bone.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Nec`ro*tom"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> -- <wf>Nec*rot"o*mist</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"tar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Myth. &amp; Poetic)</fld> <def>The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec*ta"re*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Nectareous.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a nectary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec*ta"re*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nectareus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>nectar&eacute;en</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant.</def> &ldquo;<xex>nectarean</xex> juice.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Talfourd.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"tared</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec*ta"re"ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious; nectarean.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Nec*ta"re*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Nec*ta"re*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec*ta"ri*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"ta*ried</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a nectary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec`tar*if"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nectar</ets> nectar + <ets>-ferous</ets>: cf. F. <ets>nectarif&egrave;re</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"tar*ine</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;k"t&etilde_;r*&ibreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Nectareous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec`tar*ine"</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;k`t&etilde_;r*&emacr;n")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>nectarine</ets>. See <er>Nectar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A smooth-skinned variety of peach.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Spanish nectarine</b></col>, <cd>the plumlike fruit of the West Indian tree <spn>Chrysobalanus Icaco</spn>; -- also called <altname>cocoa plum</altname>.  It is made into a sweet conserve which is largely exported from Cuba.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"tar*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nectarized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nectarizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cockeram.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"tar*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Nectareous.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"ta*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nectaries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[From <er>Nectar</er>: cf. F. <ets>nectaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the <xex>Illustration</xex> of <er>Nasturtium</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nec`to*ca"lyx</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nectocalyces</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>nhkto`s</grk> swimming + &unr_; a calyx.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the zooids of certain <ord>Siphonophora</ord>, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Nec"to*sac</hw>, <hw>Nec"to*sack</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nhkto`s</grk> swimming + E. <ets>sac</ets>, <ets>sack</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The cavity of a nectocalyx.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nec"to*stem</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nhkto`s</grk> swimming + E. <ets>stem</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in the <ord>Siphonophora</ord>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ned"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Adder</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An adder.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ned"dy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Neddies</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A pet name for a donkey.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nee</hw> <pr>(n&auptack_;)</pr>, <pos>p. p., fem.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>nata</ets>, fem. of <ets>natus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>nasci</ets> to be born. See <er>Nation</er>.]</ety> <def>Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth (i.e. her maiden name); <as>as, Madame de Sta&euml;l, <ex>n&eacute;e</ex> Necker</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Need</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>need</ets>, <ets>neod</ets>, <ets>nede</ets>, AS. <ets>ne&aacute;d</ets>, <ets>n&ymacr_;d</ets>; akin to D. <ets>nood</ets>, G. <ets>not</ets>, <ets>noth</ets>, Icel. <ets>nau&eth;r</ets>, Sw. &amp; Dan. <ets>n&ouml;d</ets>, Goth. <ets>nau&thorn;s</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And the city had no <qex>need</qex> of the sun.</q> <rj><qau>Rev. xxi. 23.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I have no <qex>need</qex> to beg.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Be governed by your <qex>needs</qex>, not by your fancy.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Famine is in thy cheeks;<br/>
<qex>Need</qex> and oppression starveth in thine eyes.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (<pluf>pl.</pluf>) necessary things; business.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Situation of need; peril; danger.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Exigency; emergency; strait; extremity; necessity; distress; destitution; poverty; indigence; want; penury.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Need</er>, <er>Necessity</er>. <xex>Necessity</xex> is stronger than <xex>need</xex>; it places us under positive compulsion.  We are frequently under the <xex>necessity</xex> of going without that of which we stand very greatly in <xex>need</xex>.  It is also with the corresponding adjectives; <xex>necessitous</xex> circumstances imply the direct pressure of suffering; <xex>needy</xex> circumstances, the want of aid or relief.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Need</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;d)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Needed</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Needing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[See <er>Need</er>, <pos>n.</pos> Cf. AS. <ets>n&ymacr_;dan</ets> to force, Goth. <ets>nau&thorn;jan</ets>.]</ety> <def>To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Other creatures all day long<br/>
Rove idle, unemployed, and less <qex>need</qex> rest.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; With another verb, <xex>need</xex> is used like an auxiliary, generally in a negative sentence expressing requirement or obligation, and in this use it undergoes no change of termination in the third person singular of the present tense. &ldquo;And the lender <xex>need</xex> not fear he shall be injured.&rdquo;</note>  <rj><au>Anacharsis (Trans. ).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Need</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be wanted; to be necessary.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When we have done it, we have done all that is in our power, and all that <qex>needs</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Need</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Of necessity. See <er>Needs</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>needed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>necessary; <as>as, provided them with all <ex>needed</ex> equipment</as>.  Opposite of <ant>unnecessary</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> needful, required, requisite.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Need"er</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;d"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who needs anything.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Need"ful</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;d"f&usdot_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>needful</qex> time of trouble.</q> <rj><qau>Bk. of Com. Prayer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All things <qex>needful</qex> for defense abound.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Need"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Need"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Need"i*ly</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;d"&ibreve_;*l&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Needy</er>.]</ety> <def>In a needy condition or manner; necessarily.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Need"i*ness</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;d"&ibreve_;*n&ebreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dle</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"d'l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>nedle</ets>, AS. <ets>n&aemacr_;dl</ets>; akin to D. <ets>neald</ets>, OS. <ets>n&amacr;dla</ets>, G. <ets>nadel</ets>, OHG. <ets>n&amacr;dal</ets>, <ets>n&amacr;dala</ets>, Icel. <ets>n&amacr;l</ets>, Sw. <ets>n&aring;l</ets>, Dan. <ets>naal</ets>, and also to G. <ets>n&auml;hen</ets> to sew, OHG. <ets>n&amacr;jan</ets>, L. <ets>nere</ets> to spin, Gr. <grk>ne`ein</grk>, and perh. to E. <ets>snare</ets>: cf. Gael. &amp; Ir. <ets>snathad</ets> needle, Gael. <ets>snath</ets> thread, G. <ets>schnur</ets> string, cord.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In some needles (as for sewing machines) the eye is at the pointed end, but in ordinary needles it is at the blunt end.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>See <cref>Magnetic needle</cref>, under <er>Magnetic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See <er>Pinus</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A hypodermic needle; a syringe fitted with a hypodermic needle, used for injecting fluids into the body.</def> <mark>[Informal]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>An injection of medicine from a hypodermic needle; a shot.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Dipping needle</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Dipping</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Needle bar</b></col>, <cd>the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached.</cd> -- <col><b>Needle beam</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>in shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part.</cd> -- <col><b>Needle furze</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a prickly leguminous plant of Western Europe; the petty whin (<spn>Genista Anglica</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Needle gun</b></col>, <cd>a firearm loaded at the breech with a cartridge carrying its own fulminate, which is exploded by driving a slender needle, or pin, into it.</cd> <mark>[archaic]</mark> -- <col><b>Needle loom</b></col> <fld>(Weaving)</fld>, <cd>a loom in which the weft thread is carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle instead of by a shuttle.</cd> -- <col><b>Needle ore</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>acicular bismuth; a sulphide of bismuth, lead, and copper occuring in acicular crystals; -- called also <altname>aikinite</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Needle shell</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a sea urchin.</cd> -- <col><b>Needle spar</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>aragonite.</cd> -- <col><b>Needle telegraph</b></col>, <cd>a telegraph in which the signals are given by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right or to the left of a certain position.</cd> -- <col><b>Sea needle</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the garfish.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To form in the shape of a needle; <as>as, to <ex>needle</ex> crystals</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To tease (a person), especially repeatedly.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To prod or goad (someone) into action by teasing or daring.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dle</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dle*book`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>needlebush</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A shrub (<spn>Hakea lissosperma</spn>) of eastern Australia, with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> needle bush, <spn>Hakea lissosperma</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dle*case`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A case to keep needles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>needlecraft</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An article or articles created or assembled by needle and thread; needlework.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> needlework.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The art, process, or occupation of creating objects with needles, such as in crocheting, embroidery, quilting, or tapestry.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dle*fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The European great pipefish (<spn>Siphostoma acus</spn> or <spn>Syngnathus acus</spn>); -- called also <altname>earl</altname>, and <altname>tanglefish</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The garfish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nee"dle*ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>needlefuls</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>As much thread as is used in a needle at one time.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dle-pointed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pointed as needles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes or uses needles; also, a dealer in needles.</def>  <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dless</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having no need.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Weeping into the <qex>needless</qex> stream.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite; <as>as, <ex>needless</ex> labor; <ex>needless</ex> expenses.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Without sufficient cause; groundless; causeless.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Needless</xex> jealousy.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Need"less*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Need"less*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dle*stone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Natrolite; -- called also <altname>needle zeolite</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dle*wom`an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Needlewomen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nee"dle*wood`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A large bushy shrub (<spn>Hakea leucoptera</spn>) of central and eastern Australia, with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> needle wood, <spn>Hakea leucoptera</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dle*work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery, crocheting, quilting, or tapestry, etc.; also, the art, process, or occupation of creating objects with needles.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> needlecraft.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nee"dly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a needle or needles; <as>as, a <ex>needly</ex> horn; a <ex>needly</ex> beard.</as></def>  <rj><au>R. D. Blackmore.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Need"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>n&ymacr_;dlice</ets>. See <er>Need</er>.]</ety> <def>Necessarily; of necessity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>hak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Need"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Something needed or wanted.</def>  <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Outfit; necessary luggage.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Carrying each his <qex>needments</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Needs</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Orig. gen. of <ets>need</ets>, used as an adverb.  Cf. <er>-wards</er>.]</ety> <def>Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; -- often with <xex>must</xex>, and equivalent to <xex>of need</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A man must <qex>needs</qex> love mauger his head.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And he must <qex>needs</qex> go through Samaria.</q> <rj><qau>John iv. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He would <qex>needs</qex> know the cause of his repulse.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Needs"cost`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Of necessity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Needs"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Of necessity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Drayton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Need"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Needier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Neediest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor; indigent; necessitous.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy <qex>needy</qex> in thy land.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xv. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Spare the blushes of <qex>needy</qex> merit.</q> <rj><qau>Dr. T. Dwight.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Necessary; requisite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Corn to make your <qex>needy</qex> bread.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Neeld</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Neele</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Needle</er>.]</ety> <def>A needle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neel"ghau</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Nylghau</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neem" tree`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Hind. <ets>n&imacr;m</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Asiatic name for <spn>Melia Azadirachta</spn>, and <spn>Melia Azedarach</spn>. See <er>Margosa</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ne`en*ceph"a*lon</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;`&ebreve_;n*s&ebreve_;f"&adot_;*l&obreve_;n)</pr>, <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The most recently evolved part of the <partof>brain</partof> of higher animals.  It includes the cerebral cortex and related structures.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neer</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;r)</pr>, <pos>adv. &amp; a.</pos> <def>Nearer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne'er</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;r <i>or</i> n&acirc;r)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>a contraction of <er>Never</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne'er"-do-well`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The idle and dissolute <qex>ne'er-do-wells</qex> of their communities.</q>  <rj><qau>Harper's Mag.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neese</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Neesed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Neesing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>nesen</ets>; akin to D. <ets>niezen</ets>, G. <ets>niesen</ets>, Icel. <ets>hnj&omacr;sa</ets>.]</ety> <def>To sneeze.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>neeze</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Nees"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Sneezing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;By his <xex>neesings</xex> a light doth shine.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Job xli. 18.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne` ex"e*at</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L. <ets>ne exeat regno</ets> let him not go out of the kingdom.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court.  The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree.</def>  <rj><au>Kent.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nef</hw> <pr>(?; F. &unr_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Nave</er>.]</ety> <def>The nave of a church.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ne"fand</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ne*fan"dous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nefandus</ets> not to be spoken; <ets>ne</ets> not + <ets>fari</ets> to speak.]</ety> <def>Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Nefand</xex> adominations.&rdquo; <au>Sheldon.</au> &ldquo;<xex>Nefandous</xex> high treason.&rdquo; <au>Cotton Mather.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*fa"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nefarius</ets>, fr. <ets>nefas</ets> crime, wrong; <ets>ne</ets> not + <ets>fas</ets> divine law; akin to <ets>fari</ets> to speak. See <er>No</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>, and <er>Fate</er>.]</ety> <def>Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; heinious; atrocious; infamous; impious. See <er>Iniquitous</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ne*fa"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ne*fa"ri*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne"fasch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any fish of the genus <gen>Distichodus</gen>.  Several large species inhabit the Nile.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"fast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nefastus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Wicked.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Negaprion</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of lemon sharks.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Negaprion</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>negatio</ets>, fr. <ets>negare</ets> to say no, to deny; <ets>ne</ets> not + the root of <ets>aio</ets> I say; cf. Gr. &unr_;, Skr. <ets>ah</ets> to say; cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;gation</ets>. See <er>No</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>, and cf. <er>Adage</er>, <er>Deny</er>, <er>Renegade</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of <ant>affirmation</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our assertions and <qex>negations</qex> should be yea and nay.</q> <rj><qau>Rogers.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg"a*tive</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;g"&adot_;*t&ibreve_;v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>n&eacute;gatif</ets>, L. <ets>negativus</ets>, fr. <ets>negare</ets> to deny. See <er>Negation</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer <xex>no</xex> to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; <as>as, a <ex>negative</ex> answer; a <ex>negative</ex> opinion</as>; -- opposed to <ant>affirmative</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If thou wilt confess,<br/>
Or else be impudently <qex>negative</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Denying me any power of a <qex>negative</qex> voice.</q> <rj><qau>Eikon Basilike.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Something between an affirmative bow and a <qex>negative</qex> shake.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; <as>as, a <ex>negative</ex> argument; <ex>negative</ex> evidence; a <ex>negative</ex> morality; <ex>negative</ex> criticism.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>There in another way of denying Christ, . . . which is <qex>negative</qex>, when we do not acknowledge and confess him.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; <as>as, a <ex>negative</ex> proposition</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contrasted with <contr>positive</contr> or <contr>basic</contr>; <as>as, the nitro group is <ex>negative</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This word, derived from <xex>electro-negative</xex>, is now commonly used in a more general sense, when <xex>acidiferous</xex> is the intended signification.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Negative crystal</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A cavity in a mineral mass, having the form of a crystal.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A crystal which has the power of negative double refraction. See <er>refraction</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>negative electricity</b></col> <fld>(Elec.)</fld>, <cd>the kind of electricity which is developed upon resin or ebonite when rubbed, or which appears at that pole of a voltaic battery which is connected with the plate most attacked by the exciting liquid; -- formerly called <altname>resinous electricity</altname>.  Opposed to <ant>positive electricity</ant>. Formerly, according to Franklin's theory of a single electric fluid, negative electricity was supposed to be electricity in a degree below saturation, or the natural amount for a given body.  See <er>Electricity</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Negative eyepiece</b></col>. <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <cd>see under <er>Eyepiece</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Negative quantity</b></col> <fld>(Alg.)</fld>, <cd>a quantity preceded by the negative sign, or which stands in the relation indicated by this sign to some other quantity. See <cref>Negative sign</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col><b>Negative rotation</b></col>, <cd>right-handed rotation. See <er>Right-handed</er>, 3.</cd> -- <col><b>Negative sign</b></col>, <cd>the sign -, or <altname>minus</altname> (opposed in signification to +, or <ant>plus</ant>), indicating that the quantity to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted from the preceding quantity, or is to be reckoned from zero or cipher in the opposite direction to that of quanties having the sign <xex>plus</xex> either expressed or understood; thus, in <mathex>a - b</mathex>, <it>b</it> is to be substracted from <it>a</it>, or regarded as opposite to it in value; and -10&deg; on a thermometer means 10&deg; <xex>below</xex> the zero of the scale.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg"a*tive</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;g"&adot_;*t&ibreve_;v)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;gative</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This is a known rule in divinity, that there is no command that runs in <qex>negatives</qex> but couches under it a positive duty.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A word used in denial or refusal; <as>as, <ex>not</ex>, <ex>no</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In Old England two or more negatives were often joined together for the sake of emphasis, whereas now such expressions are considered ungrammatical, being chiefly heard in iliterate speech.  A double negative is now sometimes used as nearly or quite equivalent to an affirmative.</note><br/>
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<p><q><qex>No</qex> wine <qex>ne</qex> drank she, neither white nor red.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>These eyes that never did <qex>nor never</qex> shall<br/>
So much as frown on you.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If a kind without his kingdom be, in a civil sense, nothing, then . . . his <qex>negative</qex> is as good as nothing.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; <as>as, the question was decided in the <ex>negative</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; A <xex>negative</xex> is chiefly used for producing photographs by means of passing light through it and acting upon sensitized paper, thus producing on the paper a positive picture.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Elect.)</fld> <def>The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Negative pregnant</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a negation which implies an affirmation.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg"a*tive</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;g"&adot_;*t&ibreve_;v)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Negatived</conjf> <pr>(n&ebreve_;g"&adot_;*t&ibreve_;vd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Negativing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To prove unreal or untrue; to disprove.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The omission or infrequency of such recitals does not <qex>negative</qex> the existence of miracles.</q> <rj><qau>Paley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; <as>as, the Senate <ex>negatived</ex> the bill</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To neutralize the force of; to counteract.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg"a*tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In a negative manner; with or by denial.</def> &ldquo;He answered <xex>negatively</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to <ant>positively</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I shall show what this image of God in man is, <qex>negatively</qex>, by showing wherein it does not consist, and positively, by showing wherein it does consist.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Negatively charged</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Negatively electrified</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Elec.)</fld>, <cd>having a charge of the kind of electricity called <ex>negative</ex>, as does the electron.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Neg"a*tive*ness</hw>, <hw>Neg`a*tiv"i*ty</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being negative.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg"a*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>negatorius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;gatorie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative.</def>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Negev</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A desert in Southern Israel.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Negev Desert.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;neg"i*noth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>n&ebreve_;g&imacr;n&omacr;th</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>Stringed instruments.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. W. Smith.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To the chief musician on <qex>Neginoth</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. iv. 9heading).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg*lect"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Neglected</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Neglecting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>neglectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>neglegere</ets> (<ets>negligere</ets>) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; <ets>nec</ets> not, nor (fr. <ets>ne</ets> not + <ets>-que</ets>, a particle akin to Goth. <ets>-h</ets>, <ets>-uh</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>who</ets>; cf. Goth. <ets>nih</ets> nor) + L. <ets>legere</ets> to pick up, gather. See <er>No</er>, <pos>adv.</pos>, <er>Legend</er>, <er>Who</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to allow to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; <as>as, to <ex>neglect</ex> duty or business; to <ex>neglect</ex> to pay debts.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>I hope<br/>
My absence doth <qex>neglect</qex> no great designs.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This, my long suffering and my day of grace,<br/>
Those who <qex>neglect</qex> and scorn shall never taste.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; <as>as, to <ex>neglect</ex> strangers</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See <er>Slight</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg*lect"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>neglectus</ets>. See <er>Neglect</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; <as>as, <ex>neglect</ex> of business, of health, of economy</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame,<br/>
Or our <qex>neglect</qex>, we lost her as we came.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Omission of attention or civilities; slight; <as>as, <ex>neglect</ex> of strangers</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Habitual carelessness; negligence.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Age breeds <qex>neglect</qex> in all.</q> <rj><qau>Denham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Rescue my poor remains from vile <qex>neglect</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem; remissness; indifference. See <er>Negligence</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>benign neglect</b></col> <cd>A deliberate policy of minimizing public discussion of a controversial issue [e.g. by the president] on the theory that excessive discussion in itself is harmful or counterproductive.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg*lect"ed*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being neglected.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg*lect"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who neglects.</def>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg*lect"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A cold and <qex>neglectful</qex> countenance.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely <qex>neglectful</qex> of it.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Neg*lect"ful*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Neg*lect"ful*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg*lect"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Carelessly; heedlessly.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg*lec"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>neglectio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being negligent; negligence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg*lect"ive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Neglectful.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Neglective</xex> of their own children.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>neg`li*ge"</hw>, <hw>neg`li*gee"</hw></mhw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;g`l&ibreve_;*zh&amacr;"; F. n&auptack_;`gl&euptack_;`zh&auptack_;")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>neglig&eacute;</asp> and <asp>neglig&eacute;e</asp>.]</altsp><ety>[F. <ets>n&eacute;glig&eacute;</ets>, fr. <ets>n&eacute;gliger</ets> to neglect, L. <ets>negligere</ets>. See <er>Neglect</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An easy, unceremonious attire; undress.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A kind of loose, flowing dressing gown worn by women, usually made of sheer fabric.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> negligee, peignoir.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg"li*gence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>n&eacute;gligence</ets>, L. <ets>negligentia</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An act or instance of negligence or carelessness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>remarking his beauties, . . . I must also point out his <qex>negligences</qex> and defects.</q> <rj><qau>Blair.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman <contr>culpa</contr>.  A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Contributory negligence</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Contributory</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Neglect; inattention; heedlessness; disregard; slight.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Negligence</er>, <er>Neglect</er>.  These two words are freely interchanged in our older writers; but a distinction has gradually sprung up between them.  As now generally used, <xex>negligence</xex> is the habit, and <xex>neglect</xex> the act, of leaving things undone or unattended to.  We are <xex>negligent</xex> as a general trait of character; we are guilty of <xex>neglect</xex> in particular cases, or in reference to individuals who had a right to our attentions.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg"li*gent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>n&eacute;gligent</ets>, L. <ets>negligens</ets>,p. pr. of <ets>negligere</ets>. See <er>Neglect</er>.]</ety> <def>Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; <as>as, disposed in <ex>negligent</ex> order</as>.</def> &ldquo;Be thou <xex>negligent</xex> of fame.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He that thinks he can afford to be <qex>negligent</qex> is not far from being poor.</q> <rj><qau>Rambler.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Careles; heedless; neglectful; regardless; thoughtless; indifferent; inattentive; remiss.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg"li*gent*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a negligent manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neg"li*gi*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;gligible</ets>, <ets>n&eacute;gligeable</ets>.]</ety> <def>That may be neglected, disregarded, or left out of consideration; too small or unimportant to be worthy of notice.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Within very <qex>negligible</qex> limits of error.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Herschel.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*goce"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>n&eacute;goce</ets>. See <er>Negotiate</er>.]</ety> <def>Business; occupation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bentley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go`ti*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;gociabilit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go"ti*a*ble</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;gotiable</ets>. See <er>Negotiate</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or indorsement to another person; <as>as, a <ex>negotiable</ex> note or bill of exchange</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Negotiable paper</b></col>, <cd>any commercial paper transferable by sale or delivery and indorsement, as bills of exchange, drafts, checks, and promissory notes.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go"ti*ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>negotians</ets>, prop. p. pr. of <ets>negotiari</ets>: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;gociant</ets>.]</ety> <def>A negotiator.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir W. Raleigh.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go"ti*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>negotiatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>negotiari</ets>, fr. <ets>negotium</ets> business; <ets>nec</ets> not + <ets>otium</ets> leisure.  Cf. <er>Neglect</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To transact business; to carry on trade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hammond.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; <as>as, to <ex>negotiate</ex> with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, convention, or other proposed agreement; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He that <qex>negotiates</qex> between God and man<br/>
Is God's ambassador.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To intrigue; to scheme.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go"ti*ate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Negotiated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Negotiating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; <as>as, to <ex>negotiate</ex> peace, or an exchange</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Constantinople had <qex>negotiated</qex> in the isles of the Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies.</q> <rj><qau>Gibbon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The notes were not <qex>negotiated</qex> to them in the usual course of business or trade.</q> <rj><qau>Kent.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go`ti*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>negotiatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;gociation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, mercantile business; trading.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Who had lost, with these prizes, forty thousand pounds, after twenty years' <qex>negotiation</qex> in the East Indies.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc.; <as>as, the <ex>negotiations</ex> at Ghent</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An important <qex>negotiation</qex> with foreign powers.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go"ti*a`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;gociateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public or private compacts.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go"ti*a*to*ry</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to negotiation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go`ti*a"trix</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A woman who negotiates.</def>  <rj><au>Miss Edgeworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go`ti*os"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>negotiositas</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being busy; multitude of business.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>negotiosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Very busy; attentive to business; active.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>D. Rogers.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*go"tious*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being busily occupied; activity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>D. Rogers.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"gress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Negresses</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;grese</ets>, fem. of <ets>n&eacute;gre</ets> a negro. See <er>Negro</er>.]</ety> <def>A black woman; a female negro.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne*gri"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., blackish, fem. of <ets>negrito</ets>, dim. of <ets>negro</ets> black.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A blackish fish (<spn>Hypoplectrus nigricans</spn>), of the Sea-bass family.  It is a native of the West Indies and Florida.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*grit"ic</hw> <pr>(n&euptack_;*gr&ibreve_;t"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes.</def>  <rj><au>Keary.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*gri"tos</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing <singw>Negrito</singw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr></sing>. <ety>[Sp., dim. of <ets>negro</ets> black.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands.  They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size.  They are mostly nomads.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"gro</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"gr&ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Negroes</plw> <pr>(n&emacr;"gr&omacr;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Sp. or Pg. <ets>negro</ets>, fr. <ets>negro</ets> black, L. <ets>niger</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>night</ets>.]</ety> <def>A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person of dark skin color descended at least in part from African negroes; in the United States, an <altname>African-American</altname>.</def> <mark>[U.S. usage, sometimes considered offensive.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"gro</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to negroes; black.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Negro bug</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry.  It produces a very disagreeable flavor.</cd> -- <col><b>negro corn</b></col>, <cd>the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies.  See <er>Durra</er>.</cd>  <rj><au>McElrath.</au></rj> -- <col><b>Negro fly</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a black dipterous fly (<spn>Psila ros&aelig;</spn>) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also <altname>carrot fly</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Negro head</b></col> <fld>(Com.)</fld>, <cd>Cavendish tobacco.</cd> <mark>[Cant]</mark>  <rj><au>McElrath.</au></rj> -- <col><b>Negro monkey</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the <cref>moor monkey</cref>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"gro*head`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An inferior commercial variety of India rubber made up into round masses.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"groid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Negro</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Characteristic of the negro.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those who resemble the negro.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"groid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Negro</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>A member of any one of several East African tribes whose physical characters show an admixture with other races.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"gro*loid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Negroid</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"gus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice; -- so called, it is said, from its first maker, <person>Colonel <etsep>Negus</etsep></person>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne"hi*loth</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes.</def>  <rj><au>Ps. v. (heading).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*hush"tan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses.</def>  <rj><au>2 Kings xviii. 4.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Neif</hw>, <hw>Neife</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(n&emacr;f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>ne&iuml;f</ets>, <ets>na&iuml;f</ets>, a born serf, fr. L. <ets>nativus</ets> born, imparted by birth. See <er>Native</er>.]</ety> <def>A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Neif</hw>, <hw>Neaf</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;f)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>hnefi</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>n&aelig;ve</ets>, Sw. <ets>n&auml;fve</ets>.]</ety> <def>The fist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;I kiss thy <xex>neif</xex>.&rdquo; &ldquo;Give me your <xex>neaf</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neigh</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Neighed</conjf> <pr>(n&amacr;d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Neighing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>neien</ets>, AS. <ets>hn&aemacr_;gan</ets>, prob. of imitative origin; cf. MHG. <ets>n&emacr;gen</ets>, Icel. <ets>hneggja</ets>, <ets>gneggja</ets>, Sw. <ets>gn&auml;gga</ets>.  Cf. <er>Nag</er> a horse.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To scoff or sneer; to jeer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Neighed</qex> at his nakedness.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neigh</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The cry of a horse; a whinny.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neigh"bor</hw> <pr>(n&amacr;"b&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>neighebour</ets>, AS. <ets>ne&aacute;hgeb&umacr;r</ets>; <ets>ne&aacute;h</ets> nigh + <ets>geb&umacr;r</ets> a dweller, farmer; akin to D. <ets>nabuur</ets>, G. <ets>nachbar</ets>, OHG. <ets>n&amacr;hgib&umacr;r</ets>. See <er>Nigh</er>, and <er>Boor</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>neighbour</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Masters, my good friends, mine honest <qex>neighbors</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who is near in sympathy or confidence.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Buckingham<br/>
No more shall be the <qex>neighbor</qex> to my counsel.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was <qex>neighbor</qex> unto him that fell among the thieves?</q> <rj><qau>Luke x. 36.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The gospel allows no such term as &ldquo;stranger;&rdquo; makes every man my <qex>neighbor</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neigh"bor</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>neighbor</xex> cities.&rdquo; <au>Jer. l. 40.</au> &ldquo;The <xex>neighbor</xex> room.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>neigh"bor</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Neighbored</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n</pos> <conjf>Neighboring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To adjoin; to border on; to be near to.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Leisurely ascending hills that <qex>neighbor</qex> the shore.</q> <rj><qau>Sandys.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To associate intimately with.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neigh"bor</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>A copse that <qex>neighbors</qex> by.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neigh"bor*hood</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Written also <ets>neighbourhood</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Then the prison and the palace were in awful <qex>neighborhood</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Ld. Lytton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which may be counted as neighbors; <as>as, he lives in my <ex>neighborhood</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each other; <as>as, the fire alarmed all the <ex>neiborhood</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Vicinity; vicinage; proximity.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Neighborhood</er>, <er>Vicinity</er>. <xex>Neighborhood</xex> is Anglo-Saxon, and <xex>vicinity</xex> is Latin.  <xex>Vicinity</xex> does not commonly denote so close a connection as <xex>neighborhood</xex>.  A <xex>neighborhood</xex> is a more immediately <xex>vicinity.</xex>  The houses immediately adjoining a square are in the <xex>neighborhood</xex> of that square; those which are somewhat further removed are also in the <xex>vicinity</xex> of the square.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Neigh"bor*ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Living or being near; adjacent; <as>as, the <ex>neighboring</ex> nations or countries</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neigh"bor*li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being neighborly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neigh"bor*ly</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Also written <ets>neighbourly</ets>.]</ety> <def>Appropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly.</def> -- <def2><pos>adv.</pos>  <def>In a neighborly manner.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><q>Judge if this be <qex>neighborly</qex> dealing.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neigh"bor*ship</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being neighbors.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Bailie.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>neighbour</hw>, <hw>neighbouring</hw>, <hw>neighbourhood</hw>, <hw>neighbourly</hw></mhw> <def>Same as <er>neighbor</er>, <er>neighboring</er>, <er>neighborhood</er>, <er>neighborly</er>.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neis"hout</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From D. <ets>niezen</ets> to sneeze + <ets>hout</ets> wood.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree <spn>Pteroxylon utile</spn>, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence the name).  Also called <altname>sneezewood</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nei"ther</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"&thlig_;&etilde_;r <it>or</it> n&imacr;"&thlig_;&etilde_;r; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>neither</ets>, <ets>nother</ets>, <ets>nouther</ets>, AS. <ets>n&amacr;w&eth;er</ets>, <ets>n&amacr;hw&aelig;&eth;er</ets>; <ets>n&amacr;</ets> never, not + <ets>hw&aelig;&eth;er</ets> whether.  The word has followed the form of <ets>either</ets>.  See <er>No</er>, and <er>Whether</er>, and cf. <er>Neuter</er>, <er>Nor</er>.]</ety> <def>Not either; not the one or the other.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Which of them shall I take?<br/>
Both? one? or <qex>neither</qex>? <qex>Neither</qex> can be enjoyed,<br/>
If both remain alive.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He <qex>neither</qex> loves,<br/>
Nor either cares for him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nei"ther</hw>, <pos>conj.</pos> <def>Not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or more co&ouml;rdinate clauses of which those that follow begin with <xex>nor</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Fight <qex>neither</qex> with small nor great, save only with the king.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings xxii. 31.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent,<br/>
<qex>Neither</qex> had I transgressed, nor thou with me.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When she put it on, she made me vow<br/>
That I should <qex>neither</qex> sell, nor give, nor lose it.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Neither</xex> was formerly often used where we now use <xex>nor</xex>. &ldquo;For neither circumcision, <xex>neither</xex> uncircumcision is anything at all.&rdquo; <au>Tyndale.</au> &ldquo;Ye shall not eat of it, <xex>neither</xex> shall ye touch it.&rdquo; <au>Gen. iii. 3.</au> <xex>Neither</xex> is sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to enforce a foregoing negative (<xex>nor</xex>, <xex>not</xex>, <xex>no</xex>). &ldquo;He is very tall, but not too tall <xex>neither</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Addison.</au> &rdquo; &lsquo;I care not for his thrust' &lsquo;No, nor I <xex>neither</xex>.'&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au></note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Not so neither</b></col>, <cd>by no means.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>nekton</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne*lum"bo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Ceylonese word.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of great water lilies.  The North American species is <spn>Nelumbo lutea</spn>, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, <spn>Nelumbo speciosa</spn>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Nelumbium</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem"a*line</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;m"&adot_;*l&imacr;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nema</ets> thread, Gr. <grk>nh^ma</grk>, fr. <grk>ne`ein</grk> to spin.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Having the form of threads; fibrous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem"a*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nh^ma</grk> thread + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;malite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A fibrous variety of brucite.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nem`a*tel"mi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Nemathelminthes</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nem`a*the"ci*um</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> &unr_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nemathecia</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>nh^ma</grk> a thread + &unr_; a box.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red alg&aelig;, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>&Verbar;Nem`a*thel*min"thes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>&Verbar;Nem`a*tel*min"thes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Nemato-</er>, and <er>Helminthes</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of helminths, including the <ord>Nematoidea</ord> and Gordiacea; the roundworms.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Nematelminthea</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>nem"a*to-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A combining form from Gr. <grk>nh^ma</grk>, <grk>nh`matos</grk>, a <sig>thread</sig>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nem"a*to*blast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nemato-</ets> + <ets>-blast</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A spermatocyte or spermoblast.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nem`a*to*ca"lyx</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nematocalyces</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Nematocalyxes</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Nemato-</er>, and <er>Calyx</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family <fam>Plumularid&aelig;</fam>.  They contain nematocysts. See <er>Plumularia</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nem`a*toc"e*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>nh^ma</grk>, <grk>nh`matos</grk>, a thread + <grk>ke`ras</grk> horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antenn&aelig;, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also <altname>Nemocera</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nem`a*to*cid"al</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;m`&abreve;*t&ouptack_;*s&imacr;d"&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the property of killing nematodes; lethal to nematodes.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>nematicidal</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>nem"a*to*cide</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;m"&adot_;*t&ouptack_;*s&imacr;d <it>or</it> n&ibreve_;*m&abreve;t"&ouptack_;*s&imacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A substance that kills nematodes, especially one used in medicine or to kill plant pathogens.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>nematicide</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem"a*to*cyst</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nemato-</ets> + <ets>cyst</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A lasso cell, or thread cell. See <er>Lasso cell</er>, under <er>Lasso</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem`a*to"da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A phylum of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms.  They are mostly parasites, in plants and animals, but some are free-living in soil or water.  Also called <altname>Nematoidea</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nem"a*tode</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Nematoid</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nem"a*tode</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any worm of the phylum <phylum>Nematoda</phylum>; a roundworm; -- they are unsegmented worms having a cylindrical elongated body.  They may live freely in soil or water, or as parasites in plants or animals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem"a*to*gene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nemato-</ets> + root of Gr. &unr_; to be born.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to <ant>rhombogene</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem`a*tog"nath</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the <ord>Nematognathi</ord>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nem`a*tog"na*thi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>nemato-</er>, and <er>Gnathic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws.  It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See <er>Siluroid</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem"a*toid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nemato-</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <ord>Nematoda</ord>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the <phylum>Nematoda</phylum>.  See <xex>Illustration</xex> in Appendix.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nem`a*toi"de*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>nh^ma</grk>, <grk>nh`matos</grk>, thread + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A phylum of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms.  Called also <altname>Nematodea</altname>, and more commonly <altname>Nematoda</altname>.  Formerly, it was classed as a taxonomic order.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The trichina, stomach worm, and pinworm of man belong to this group.  See also <cref>Vinegar eel</cref>, under <er>Vinegar</er>, and <er>Gapeworm</er>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem`a*toid"e*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Nematoid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nem`a*toph"o*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>nh^ma</grk>, <grk>nh`matos</grk>, a thread + <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>C&oelig;lenterata</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"me*an</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"m&euptack_;*&aitalic_;n; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Nemeus</ets>, fr. <ets>Nemea</ets>, Gr. <grk>Neme`h</grk>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*mer"te*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <ord>Nemertina</ord>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the <ord>Nemertina</ord>.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne*mer"tes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>nhmerth`s</grk> unerring.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of <ord>Nemertina</ord>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*mer"ti*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Nemertean.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*mer"tid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a. &amp; n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Nemertean.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne*mer"ti*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Nemertina.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nem`er*ti"na</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;m`&etilde_;r*t&imacr;"n&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Nemrtes</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also <altname>Nemertea</altname>, <altname>Nemertida</altname>, and <altname>Rhynchoc&oelig;la</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The mouth is beneath the head, and the straight intestine at the posterior end.  They have a very singular long tubular proboscis, which can be everted from a pore in the front of the head.  Their nervous system and blood vessels are well developed.  Some of the species become over one hundred feet long.  They are mostly marine and seldom parasitic; a few inhabit fresh water.  The two principal divisions are Anopla and Enopla.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>nemertine</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any of an order (<ord>Nemertina</ord>) of soft unsegmented marine worms having an eversible threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ribbon worm, nemertean, proboscis worm.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem"e*sis</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;m"&euptack_;*s&ibreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>Ne`mesis</grk>, orig., distribution, fr. <grk>ne`mein</grk> to distribute. See <er>Nomad</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This is that ancient doctrine of <qex>nemesis</qex> who keeps watch in the universe, and lets no offense go unchastised.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*moph"i*list</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Nemophily</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*moph"i*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ne`mos</grk> wooded pasture, glade + <grk>filei^n</grk> to love.]</ety> <def>Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem"o*ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nemoralis</ets>, fr. <ets>nemus</ets>, <ets>nemoris</ets>, a wood or grove: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;moral</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a wood or grove.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nem"o*rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nemorosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Woody.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Paradise itself was but a kind of <qex>nemorous</qex> temple.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nemp"ne</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nemnan</ets> to name or call. See <er>Name</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>To name or call.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nempt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>p. p.</pos> <mord>of <er>Nempne</er>.</mord> <def>Called; named.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nems</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;mz)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The ichneumon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nenia</ets>, <ets>naenia</ets>.]</ety> <def>A funeral song; an elegy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nen"u*phar</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;n"&uuptack_;*f&auml;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>n&eacute;nufar</ets>: cf. Sp. <ets>nen&uacute;far</ets>, It. <ets>nenuf&aacute;r</ets>; all fr. Per. <ets>n&imacr;l&umacr;far</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The great white water lily of Europe; the <spn>Nymph&aelig;a alba</spn>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"o-</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>. <ety>[Gr. <grk>ne`os</grk> youthful, new. See <er>New</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix meaning <sig>new</sig>, <sig>recent</sig>, <sig>late</sig>; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been <xex>recently</xex> classified, and in which at least one carbon atom is connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with <xex>normal</xex> and <xex>iso-</xex>; <as>as, <ex>neo</ex>pentane; the <ex>neo</ex>paraffins. Also used adjectively.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne`o*car"i*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ne`os</grk> new + &unr_;, &unr_;, a kind of crustacean.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"o*cene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + Gr. <grk>ne`os</grk> new.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Chris*tian"i*ty</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>Christianity</ets>.]</ety> <def>Rationalism.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Ne`o*clas"sic</hw>, <hw>Ne`o*clas"si*cal</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>classic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival or adaptation of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, style, taste and manner of work in architecture, arts, literature, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neoclassic architecture</hw>. <def>All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neoclassicism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a revival of the classical Greek and Roman style in art or literature.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neoclassicist</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an advocate of neoclassicism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neocolonialism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures.  In contrast to <contr>colonialism</contr>, in which one country controls another territory by military force.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*co"mi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Neocomium</ets>, the Latin name of Neuchatel, in Switzerland, where these rocks occur.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*co"mi*an</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the lower greensand.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neocortex</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The cortical part of the neencephalon; the most recently evolved part of the <partof>cerebral cortex</partof> of the <partof>brain</partof> of higher animals, and the site of most of the higher brain functions; called also <altname>neopallium</altname>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> neopallium.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>neocortical</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the neocortex.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*cos"mic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>cosmic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the universe in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*oc"ra*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets>+ <ets>-cracy</ets>, as in <ets>aristocracy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*crit"i*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>classicism</ets>.]</ety> <def>The form of Neo-Kantianism developed by French idealists, following <person>C. Renouvier</person>.  It rejects the noumena of <persfn>Kant</persfn>, restricting knowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*od"a*mode</hw> <pr>(n&euptack_;*&obreve_;d"&adot_;*m&omacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>neodamw`dhs</grk>; <grk>ne`os</grk> new + <grk>da^mos</grk>, <grk>dh^mos</grk>, the people + <grk>e'i^dos</grk> shape.]</ety> <def>In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by the state in reward for military service.</def>  <rj><au>Milford.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Dar"win*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The theory which holds natural selection, as explained by Darwin, to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants and animals, and denies the inheritance of acquired characters; -- esp. opposed to <contr>Neo-Lamarckism</contr>. Weismannism is an example of extreme Neo-Darwinism.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ne`o-Dar*win"i*an</wf>, <pos>a.</pos> &amp; <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*dym"i*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. Dee <er>Neo-</er>, and <er>Didymium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The chemical element of atomic number 60, one of the <isa>rare earth</isa> elements.  Symbol <it>Nd</it>.  Atomic weight 144.27.</def>  <note>It is a rare metallic element occurring in combination with cerium, lanthanum, and other rare metals, and forming amethyst-colored salts.  It was originally thought to be part of a supposed new element <partof>didymium</partof>, obtained from cerite in 1843.  Later this was resolved into two elements, neodymium and praesodymium by <person>von Welsbach</person> in 1885.  It is chiefly trivalent.  It is a faintly yellow metal.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*g&aelig;"an</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;`&ouptack_;*j&emacr;"&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + Gr. <grk>gai^a</grk> earth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the New World, or Western Hemisphere.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*og"a*mist</hw> <pr>(n&euptack_;*&obreve_;g"&adot_;*m&ibreve_;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>neo`gamos</grk> newly married.]</ety> <def>A person recently married.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"o*gen</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"&ouptack_;*j&ebreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*gram*ma"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>grammarian</ets>; a translation of G. <ets>junggrammatiker</ets>.]</ety> <def>One of a group of philologists who apply phonetic laws more widely and strictly than was formerly done, and who maintain that these laws admit of no real exceptions.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ne`o*gram*mat"ic*al</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*og"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A new method or system of writing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Greek"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A member of a body of French painters (F. <ets>les n&eacute;o-Grecs</ets>) of the middle 19th century.  The term is rather one applied by outsiders to certain artists of grave and refined style, such as <persfn>Hamon</persfn> and <persfn>Aubert</persfn>, than a name adopted by the artists themselves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-He*bra"ic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pert. to, or designating, modern Hebrew, or Hebrew of later date than the Biblical.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neo-Hebraic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The modern Hebrew language.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-He*ge"li*an</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Neo-Hegelianism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neo-Hegelian</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An adherent of Neo-Hegelianism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-He*ge"li*an*ism</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The philosophy of a school of British and American idealists who follow <persfn>Hegel</persfn> in dialectical or logical method and in the general outcome of their doctrine.  The founders and leaders of Neo-Hegelianism include: in England, <person>T. H. Green</person> (1836-1882); in Scotland, <person>J. Caird</person> (1820-98) and <person>E. Caird</person> (1835-1908); in the United States, <person>W. T. Harris</person> (1835-1909) and <person>Josiah Royce</person> (1855- -).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Hel*len"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Romaic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Hel"len*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Hellenism as surviving or revival in modern times; the practice or pursuit of ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaissance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*im*pres"sion*ism</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;`&ouptack_;*&ibreve_;m*pr&ebreve_;sh"&ubreve;n*&ibreve_;z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Painting)</fld> <def>A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by <person>George Seurat</person> (1859-91), and carried on by <person>Paul Signac</person> (1863- -) and others.  Its method is marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground, any given line being produced by a variation in the proportionate quantity of the primary colors employed.  This method is also known as <altname><hw>Pointillism</hw></altname> (stippling).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Kant"i*an</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Neo-Kantianism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neo-Kantian</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An adherent of Neo-Kantianism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Kant"i*an*ism</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The philosophy of modern thinkers who follow <person>Kant</person> in his general theory of knowledge, esp. of a group of German philosophers including <person>F. A. Lange</person>, <person>H. Cohen</person>, <person>Paul Natorp</person>, and others.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-La*marck"ism</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recent biologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inherits characters acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.; -- opposed of <contr>Neo-Darwinism</contr> (which see, above).</def> <note>This theory has been thoroughly discredited, though it had some support for a time in the Soviet Union due to the influence of the biologist <persfn>Lysenko</persfn>.</note>-- <wordforms><wf>Ne`o-La*marck"i*an</wf>, <pos>a.</pos> &amp; <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Lat"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>Latin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neoliberalism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A political orientation originating in the 1960s, blending liberal political views with an emphasis on economic growth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*lith"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>-lith</ets> + <ets>-ic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch&aelig;ol. &amp; Geol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone; the late stone age.  Estimated as beginning around 9000 <sc>b. c.</sc> in the Middle East, this period is characterized by the beginnings of farming, the domestication of animals, and the manufacture of textiles and pottery.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>Neolithic</qex> era includes the latter half of the &ldquo;Stone age;&rdquo; the human relics which belong to it are associated with the remains of animals not yet extinct.  The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lake dwellings of Switzerland, and the stockaded islands, or &ldquo;crannogs,&rdquo; of the British Isles, belong to this era.</q> <rj><qau>Lubbock.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*lo*gi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Neologic; neological.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*lo"gi*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A neologist.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*lo"gi*an*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Neologism.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ne`o*log"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ne`o*log"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;ologique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to neology; employing new words; of the nature of, or containing, new words or new doctrines.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A genteel <qex>neological</qex> dictionary.</q> <rj><qau>Chesterfield.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*log"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a neological manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ol"o*gism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;ologisme</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense.</def>  <rj><au>Mrs. Browning.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A new word, phrase, or expression.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;ologiste</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who introduces new words or new senses of old words into a language.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> verbarian.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An innovator in any doctrine or system of belief, especially in theology; one who introduces or holds doctrines subversive of supernatural or revealed religion; a rationalist, so-called.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ne*ol`o*gis"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ne*ol`o*gis"tic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to neology; neological.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ol`o*gi*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of neologizing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ol"o*gize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To introduce or use new words or terms or new uses of old words.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To introduce innovations in doctrine, esp. in theological doctrine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;ologie</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language; <as>as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of <ex>neology</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A new doctrine;</def> <specif>esp.</specif> <fld>(Theol.)</fld>, <def>a doctrine at variance with the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of theological interpretation; rationalism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Designating, or pertaining to, a group of modern economists who hold to the Malthusianism doctrine that permanent betterment of the general standard of living is impossible without decrease of competition by limitation of the number of births.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian</wf>, <wf>Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian*ism</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne`o*me"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; <grk>ne`os</grk> new + <grk>mh`n</grk> month.]</ety> <def>The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne`o*me*noi"de*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>Neomenia</ets>, a representative genus (See <er>Neomenia</er>) + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"o*morph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; form.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A structure, part, or organ developed independently, that is, not derived from a similar structure, part, or organ, in a preexisting form.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neonatal</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to a neonate; <as>as, <ex>neonatal</ex> care; a <ex>neonatal</ex> unit at a hospital</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>newly born; recently born.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> newborn.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>ne"o*nate</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"&ouptack_;*n&amacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A newborn child, especially one less than one month old.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> baby, babe, infant.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"o*nism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Neologism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*no"mi*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; law.]</ety> <def>One who advocates adheres to new laws; esp. one who holds or believes that the gospel is a new law.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*no"mi*an</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Neonomians, or in accordance with their doctrines.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*no"mi*an*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrines or belief of the neonomians.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*pa"gan*ism</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>paganism</ets>.]</ety> <def>Revived or new paganism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neopallium</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The <er>neocortex</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"o*phyte</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"&ouptack_;*f&imacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>neophytis</ets>, Gr. <grk>neo`fytos</grk>, prop., newly planted; <grk>ne`os</grk> new + <grk>fyto`s</grk> grown, <grk>fyto`n</grk> that which has grown, a plant, fr. <grk>fy`ein</grk> to grow: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;ophyte</ets>. See <er>New</er>, and <er>Be</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A novice; a tyro; a beginner in anything.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne`o*pla"si*a</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;`&ouptack_;*pl&amacr;"zh&ibreve_;*&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ne`os</grk> new + <grk>pla`ssein</grk> to form, mold.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. &amp; Med.)</fld> <def>Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"o*plasm</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"&ouptack_;*pl&abreve;z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Neoplasia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. &amp; Med.)</fld> <def>A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*plas"tic</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;`&ouptack_;*pl&abreve;s"t&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physiol. &amp; Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"o*plas`ty</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"&ouptack_;*pl&abreve;s`t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Neoplasia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. &amp; Med.)</fld> <def>Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*pla"ton"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or the Neoplatonists.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*pla`to*ni"cian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Neoplatonist.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*pla"to*nism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>Platonism</ets>.]</ety> <def>A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which <persfn>Plotinus</persfn> was the chief (<sc>a. d.</sc> 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy.  It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*pla"to*nist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the Neoplatonic school.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*ra"ma</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; temple + &unr_; a view.]</ety> <def>A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Scho*las"tic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pert. to Neo-Scholasticism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o-Scho*las"ti*cism</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The modern revival of the Scholastic philosophy, esp. of that of <person>Thomas Aquinas</person>, with critical revision to suit the exigencies of the general advance in learning.  The Neo-Scholastic movement received a great impetus from <person>Leo XIII.</person>'s interest in it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*os"sine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>neossia`</grk> a bird's nest.]</ety> <def>The substance constituting the edible bird's nest.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`os*sol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a young bird + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The study of young birds.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ne`o*ter"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ne`o*ter"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>neotericus</ets>, Gr. <grk>newteriko`s</grk>, fr. <grk>new`teros</grk>, compar. of <grk>ne`os</grk> young, new.]</ety> <def>Recent in origin; modern; new.</def> &ldquo;Our <xex>neoteric</xex> verbs.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Fitzed. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Some being ancient, others <qex>neoterical</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*ter"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of modern times; a modern.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neo`ter"ic*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Recently; newly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ot"er*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; innovation]</ety> <def>An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ot"er*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who introduces new words or phrases; a neologist.</def>  <rj><au>Fitzed Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*ot"er*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Neoterized</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Neoterized</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; to innovate.]</ety> <def>To innovate; to coin or introduce new words.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Freely as we of the nineteenth century <qex>neoterize</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>fized. Hall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*trop"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + <ets>tropical</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geog. &amp; Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`o*zo"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; life.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>More recent than the Paleozoic, -- that is, including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>Nepeta</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Catnip.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne"pa</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nepa</ets> scorpion.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of aquatic hemipterous insects.  The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also <altname>scorpion bug</altname> and <altname>water scorpion</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep`a*lese"</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Nepal, a kingdom North of India; <as>as, <ex>Nepalese</ex> troops massed at the border</as>.</def> <altsp>[Formerly written <asp>Nepaulese</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Nepali.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep`a*lese"</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. sing. &amp; pl.</pos> <def>A native or natives of Nepal, or an inhabitant of Nepal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nepali</hw> <pos>prop. adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>Nepalese</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Nepalese.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep`au*lese"</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Nepal (formerly written Nepaul), a kingdom North of India; same as <altname>Nepalese</altname>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n. sing. &amp; pl.</pos> <def>A native or natives of Nepal.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Nepenthaceae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family coextensive with the genus <gen>Nepenthes</gen>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Nepenthaceae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*pen"the</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Fr. Gr. &unr_; removing all sorrow; hence, an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the day; &unr_; not + &unr_; sorrow, grief.]</ety> <def>A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh.  Hence, anything soothing and comforting.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Lulled with the sweet <qex>nepenthe</qex> of a court.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Quaff, O quaff this kind <qex>nepenthe</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Poe.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*pen"thes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See <er>Nepenthe</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Same as <er>Nepenthe</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of climbing plants found in tropical areas of India, Malaya, Australia, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called <altname>pitcher plants</altname> and <altname>monkey-cups</altname>.  There are about thirty species, of which the best known is <spn>Nepenthes distillatoria</spn>. See <er>Pitcher plant</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nep"e*ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neph"a*lism</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;f"&adot_;*l&ibreve_;z'm)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; soberness, fr. &unr_; sober, &unr_; to drink no wine: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;phalisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neph"a*list</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;f"&adot_;*l&ibreve_;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;phaliste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who advocates or practices nephalism.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Neph"e*line</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;f"&euptack_;*l&ibreve_;n)</pr>, <hw>Neph"e*lite</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;f"&euptack_;*l&imacr;t)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nefe`lh</grk> cloud: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;ph&eacute;line</ets>.  Cf. <er>Nebula</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy hexagonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety el&aelig;olite.  It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neph`e*lo*dom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;f`&euptack_;*l&ouptack_;*d&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nefe`lh</grk> a cloud + <grk>"odo`s</grk> way + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Meteorol.)</fld> <def>An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of clouds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neph`e*lom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;f`&euptack_;*l&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nefe`lh</grk> a cloud + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An instrument for measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem., Microbiol.)</fld> <def>An instrument which measures the degree to which liquid suspensions scatter light, and by inference, the concentration of scattering particles in the suspension.  It is used for various purposes, such as to estimate the number of bacteria in suspension in a liquid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neph"ew</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;f"&uuptack_;; <it>in England</it> n&ebreve_;v"&uuptack_;; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>neveu</ets>, <ets>nevou</ets>, <ets>nevu</ets>, fr. F. <ets>neveu</ets>, OF. also, <ets>nevou</ets>, L. <ets>nepos</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>nefa</ets>, D. <ets>neef</ets>, G. <ets>neffe</ets>, OHG. <ets>nevo</ets>, Icel. <ets>nefi</ets> a kinsman, Gr. <grk>ne`podes</grk>, pl., brood, young, Skr. <ets>nep&amacr;t</ets> grandson, descendant. &radic;262.  Cf. <er>Niece</er>, <er>Nepotism</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>But if any widow have children or <qex>nephews</qex> [Rev. Ver. <altname>grandchildren</altname>].</q> <rj><qau>1 Tim. v. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If naturalists say true that <qex>nephews</qex> are often liker to their grandfathers than to their fathers.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A cousin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neph"i*lim</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>n&ebreve_;ph&imacr;l&imacr;m</ets>.]</ety> <def>Giants.</def>  <rj><au>Gen. vi. 4.  Num. xiii. 33.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neph"o*scope</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ne`fos</grk> a cloud + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Meteorol.)</fld> <def>An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>&Verbar;Ne*phral"gi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ne*phral"gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>nephralgia</ets>, fr. Gr. <grk>nefro`s</grk> a kidney + &unr_; pain: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;phralgie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by pain in the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of the latter.</def>  <rj><au>Quain.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*phrid"i*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l. &amp; Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a nephridium.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne*phrid"i*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nephridia</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; of the <ets>kidneys</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l. &amp; Anat.)</fld> <def>A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Loeven's larva</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neph"rite</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;phrite</ets>. See <er>nephritis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of <isa>jade</isa>.  It varies in color from white to dark green.  It is the more common and less valuable variety of jade, the other being jadeite.  Large deposits are found in Australia.  Called also <altname>nephritic stone</altname>.  See also <er>Jade</er>.</def> <au>[MW10]</au><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ne*phrit"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ne*phrit"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nephriticus</ets>, Gr. <grk>nefritiko`s</grk>: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;phr&eacute;tique</ets>. See <er>Nephritis</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the kidneys or urinary organs; renal; <as>as, a <ex>nephritic</ex> disease</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Affected with a disease of the kidneys; <as>as, a <ex>nephritic</ex> patient</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Relieving disorders of the kidneys; affecting the kidneys; <as>as, a <ex>nephritic</ex> medicine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to nephrite.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nephritic stone</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>Nephrite; jade. See <er>Nephrite</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*phrit"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine adapted to relieve or cure disease of the kidneys.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*phri"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>nefri^tis</grk> (sc. &unr_;), fr. <grk>nefro`s</grk> a kidney.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An inflammation of the kidneys.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neph`ro*lith"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nefro`s</grk> a kidney + <ets>-lith</ets> + <ets>ic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to kidney stones, or renal calculi.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*phrol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nefro`s</grk> a kidney + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nephropsidae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family in some classifications coextensive with the <fam>Homaridae</fam>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Nephropsidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neph"ro*stome</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nefro`s</grk> a kidney + <grk>sto`ma</grk> mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l. &amp; Anat.)</fld> <def>The funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*phrot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>nefro`s</grk> a kidney + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;phrotomie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nephthys</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The goddess associated with ritual of the dead; sister of Geb and Nut; wife of Set.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nephthytis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any plant of the genus <gen>Nephthytis</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nepidae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of water scorpions.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Nepidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne plus ul"tra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L., no further; <ets>ne</ets> no, not + <ets>plus</ets> more + <ets>ultra</ets> beyond.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The uttermost point to which one can go or attain; hence, the summit of achievement; the highest point or degree; the acme.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable obstacle or limiting condition.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep"o*tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or relating to a nephew.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*pot"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>nepotism</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to nepotism.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>nepotic</qex> ambition of the ruling pontiff.</q> <rj><qau>Milman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep"o*tism</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nepus</ets>, <ets>nepotus</ets>, nephew: cf. F. <ets>n&eacute;potisme</ets>. See <er>Nephew</er>.]</ety> <def>Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.</def><br/>
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<p><q>From <qex>nepotism</qex> <person>Alexander V.</person> was safe; for he was without kindred or relatives.  But there was another perhaps more fatal <qex>nepotism</qex>, which turned the tide of popularity against him -- the <qex>nepotism</qex> of his order.</q> <rj><qau>Milman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep"o*tist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who practices nepotism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep"tune</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Neptunus</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Myth.)</fld> <def>The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea.  He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The remotest major planet of our solar system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of <persfn>Leverrier</persfn>, of Paris -- by <persfn>Galle</persfn>, of Berlin, September 23, 1846.  It is classed as a <isa>gas giant</isa>, and has a radius of 22,716 km and an estimated mass of 1.027 x 10<exp>26</exp> kg, with an average density of 2.27 g/cc.  Its mean distance from the sun is about 5,000,000,000 km (3,106,856,000 miles), and its period of revolution is about 164.78 years.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Neptune powder</b></col>, <cd>an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting.</cd> -- <col><b>Neptune's cup</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge (<spn>Thalassema Neptuni</spn>).</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep*tu"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Neptunius</ets> belonging to Neptune: cf. F. <ets>neptunien</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Formed by water or aqueous solution; <as>as, <ex>Neptunian</ex> rocks</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Neptunian races</b></col> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld>, <cd>the Malay and Polynesian races.</cd> -- <col><b>Neptunian theory</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the theory of Werner, which referred the formation of all rocks and strata to the agency of water; -- opposed to the <contr>Plutonic</contr> theory.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Nep*tu"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Nep"tu*nist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>neptinien</ets>, <ets>neptuniste</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>One who adopts the Neptunian theory.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep*tu`ni*cen"tric</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neptune</ets> + <ets>centric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>As seen from Neptune, or having Neptune as a center; <as>as, <ex>Neptunicentric</ex> longitude or force</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nep*tu"ni*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>A radioactive metallic element of atomic number 93, produced in nuclear reactors from Plutonium or Uranium.  Symbol Np;  The atomic weight of the most stable isotope is 237.0482.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ner</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv. &amp; a.</pos> <def>Nearer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>Nerre</er>.</see><br/>
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<p><hw>Nere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>ne were</ets>.]</ety> <def>Were not.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"re*id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Nereids</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, L. <plw>Nereides</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>Nereis</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, Gr. <grk>Nhrei:`s</grk> <grk>Nhrhi:`s</grk>, <grk>Nhrhi:`dos</grk>, a daughter of Nereus, a nymph of the sea, fr. <grk>Nhrey`s</grk> Nereus, an ancient sea god; akin to <grk>nhro`s</grk> wet, Skr. <ets>n&amacr;ra</ets> water, cf. Gr. <grk>na`ein</grk> to flow.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any species of <gen>Nereis</gen>.  The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne`re*id"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any annelid resembling <gen>Nereis</gen>, or of the family <fam>Lycorid&aelig;</fam> or allied families.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne"re*is</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nereides</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A Nereid. See <er>Nereid</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus, including numerous species, of marine ch&aelig;topod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antenn&aelig;, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.</def>
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<p><hw>Ne"re*ites</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Fossil tracks of annelids.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne`re*o*cys"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Nereid</er>, and <er>Cyst</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of gigantic seaweeds.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <spn>Nereocystis Lutkeana</spn>, of the North Pacific, has a stem many fathoms long, terminating in a great vesicle, which is crowned with a tuft of long leaves.  The stem is used by the Alaskans for fishing lines.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerf"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The id.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne*ri"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[L., a sort of sea mussel, Gr. <grk>nhri`ths</grk>, <grk>nhrei`ths</grk>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ner"ite</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any mollusk of the genus <gen>Nerita</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neritic</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacost; <as>as, <ex>neritic</ex> fauna</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neritid</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> neritid gastropod.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neritidae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family comprising the neritids.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Neritidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ner`i*ti"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus including numerous species of shells resembling <gen>Nerita</gen> in form.  They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ner"ka</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ. <ets>niarka</ets>, prob. fr. native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The most important salmon of Alaska (<spn>Oncorhinchus nerka</spn>), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also <altname>red salmon</altname>, <altname>redfish</altname>, <altname>blueback</altname>, and <altname>sawqui</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne"ro</hw> <pr>(n&emacr;"r&ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A Roman emperor notorious for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ne*ro"ni*an</wf> <pr>(n&euptack_;*r&omacr;"n&ibreve_;*&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><bio>Nero  (originally <person>Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus</person>, later <person>Nero Claudius C&aelig;sar Drusus Germanicus</person>).  Born at <city>Antium</city>, Italy, Dec. 15, 37 <sc>a. d.</sc>: committed suicide near <city>Rome</city>, June 9, 68.  Roman emperor 54-68, son of <person>Domitius Ahenobarbus</person> and <persfn>Agrippina</persfn> (daughter of Germanicus).<br/>
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   He was adopted by his stepfather, the emperor <persfn>Claudius</persfn>, in 50, and in 53 married <persfn>Octavia</persfn>, the daughter of <persfn>Claudius</persfn> by <persfn>Messalina</persfn>.  In 54 <persfn>Claudius</persfn> was poisoned by <persfn>Agrippina</persfn>, who caused her son to be proclaimed to the exclusion of <persfn>Britannicus</persfn>, the son of <persfn>Claudius</persfn>.  His former tutors, the philosopher <persfn>Seneca</persfn> and <persfn>Burrus</persfn>, commander of the pretorian guards, were placed at the head of the government, and the early years of his reign were marked, on the whole, by clemency and justice.  He caused his rival <persfn>Britannicus</persfn> to be removed by poison in 55.  In 59 he procured the assassination of his mother, of whose control he had become impatient.  <persfn>Burrus</persfn> died in 62, whereupon <persfn>Seneca</persfn> retired from public life.  Freed from the restraint of his former advisers, he gave free rein to a naturally tyrannical and cruel disposition.  He divorced <persfn>Octavia</persfn> in order to marry <persfn>Popp&aelig;a</persfn>, and shortly afterward put <persfn>Octavia</persfn> to death (62).  <persfn>Popp&aelig;a</persfn> ultimately died from the effects of a kick administered by her brutal husband.  Having been accused of kindling the fire which in 64 destroyed a large part of <city>Rome</city>, he sought to divert attention from himself by ordering a persecution of the Christians, whom he accused of having caused the Conflagration.  He put Seneca to death in 65, and 66-68 visited Greece, where he competed for the prizes as a musician and charioteer in the religious festivals.  He was overthrown by a revolt under <persfn>Galba</persfn>, and stabbed himself to death with the assistance of his secretary.<br/>
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   But the imperial Reign of Terror was limited to a comparatively small number of families in Rome.  The provinces ware undoubtedly better governed than in the later days of the Republic, and even in Rome itself the common people strewed flowers on the grave of Nero.</bio><br/>
<rj><au>Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders, I. 6.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne`ro-an*ti"co</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It.; <ets>nero</ets> black + <ets>antico</ets> ancient.]</ety> <fld>(Art)</fld> <def>A beautiful black marble found in fragments among Roman ruins, and usually thought to have come from ancient Laconia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ner"o*li</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>n&eacute;roli</ets>, said to be from the name of an Italian princess.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of the orange.  It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Neroli camphor</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a white crystalline waxy substance, tasteless and odorless, obtained from neroli oil; -- called also <altname>auradin</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ner"re</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv. &amp; a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Near</er>.]</ety> <def>Nearer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>neer</asp>, <asp>ner</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Never the neer</b></col>, <cd>never the nearer; no nearer.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerthus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse <simto><persfn>Njord</persfn></simto>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Hertha.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerv"ate</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv"&auptack_;t)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Nerved.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ner*va"tion</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;r*v&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The outlines of the fronds of ferns, and their <qex>nervation</qex>, are frail characters if employed alone for the determination of existing genera.</q> <rj><qau>J. D. Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>nerve</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>nerfe</ets>, F. <ets>nerf</ets>, L. <ets>nervus</ets>, akin to Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> sinew, nerve; cf. <grk>neyra`</grk> string, bowstring; perh. akin to E. <ets>needle</ets>.  Cf. <er>Neuralgia</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; An ordinary nerve is made up of several bundles of nerve fibers, each bundle inclosed in a special sheath (the <xex>perineurium</xex>) and all bound together in a connective tissue sheath and framework (the <partof>epineurium</partof>) containing blood vessels and lymphatics.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sinew or a tendon.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.</def><br/>
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<p><q>he led me on to mightiest deeds,<br/>
Above the <qex>nerve</qex> of mortal arm.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Audacity; assurance.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nerve cell</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a neuron, one of the nucleated cells with which nerve fibers are connected; a <stype>ganglion cell</stype> is one type of nerve cell.</cd> -- <col><b>Nerve fiber</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>one of the fibers of which nerves are made up.  These fibers are either <stype>medullated</stype> or <stype>nonmedullated</stype>.  In both kinds the essential part is the translucent threadlike <part>axis cylinder</part> which is continuous the whole length of the fiber.</cd> -- <col><b>Nerve stretching</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>the operation of stretching a nerve in order to remedy diseases such as tetanus, which are supposed to be influenced by the condition of the nerve or its connections.</cd></cs><!-- #!? --><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerve</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nerved</conjf> <pr>(n&etilde_;rvs)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nerving</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; <as>as, fear <ex>nerved</ex> his arm</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerved</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rvd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having nerves of a special character; <as>as, weak-<ex>nerved</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>nerve"less</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv"l&ebreve_;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Destitute of nerves.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Destitute of strength or of courage; wanting vigor; weak; powerless.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A kingless people for a <qex>nerveless</qex> state.</q> <rj><qau>Byron.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Awaking, all <qex>nerveless</qex>, from an ugly dream.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerve"less*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being nerveless.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nerve-racking</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv"-r&abreve;k`&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Extremely irritating to the nerves; stressful; trying; <as>as, <ex>nerve-wracking</ex> noise</as>.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>nerve-wracking</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> stressful, trying.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerve"-shak`en</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv-sh&amacr;k"'n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease; weakened; overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shocked.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nerve-wracking</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv"-r&abreve;k`&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Same as <er>nerve-racking</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> stressful, trying.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ner`vi*mo"tion</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;r`v&ibreve_;*m&omacr;"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nerve</ets> + <ets>motion</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ner`vi*mo"tor</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;r`v&ibreve_;*m&omacr;"t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nerve</ets> + <ets>motor</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Any agent capable of causing nervimotion.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>nerv"ine</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv"&ibreve_;n; 277)</pr> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nervinus</ets> made of sinews: cf.F. <ets>nervin</ets>. See <er>Nerve</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A nervine agent.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>ner`vo*mus"cu*lar</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;r`v&ouptack_;*m&ubreve;s"k&uuptack_;*l&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nerve</ets> + <ets>muscular</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature of nerves and muscles; <as>as, <ex>nervomuscular</ex> energy</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ner*vose"</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;r*v&omacr;s")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Nervous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Nerved</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ner*vos"i*ty</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;r*v&obreve_;s"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nervositas</ets> strength.]</ety> <def>Nervousness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerv"ous</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv"&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nervosus</ets> sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. <ets>nerveux</ets>. See <er>Nerve</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Nervous</xex> arms.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; <as>as, a <ex>nervous</ex> writer</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; <as>as, <ex>nervous</ex> excitement; a <ex>nervous</ex> fever.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Poor, weak, <qex>nervous</qex> creatures.</q> <rj><qau>Cheyne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Sensitive; excitable; timid.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Apprehensive; <as>as, a child <ex>nervous</ex> about his mother's reaction to his bad report card</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our aristocratic class does not firmly protest against the unfair treatment of Irish Catholics, because it is <qex>nervous</qex> about the land.</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nervous fever</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a low form of fever characterized by great disturbance of the nervous system, as evinced by delirium, or stupor, disordered sensibility, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Nervous system</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the specialized co&ouml;rdinating apparatus which endows animals with sensation and volition. In vertebrates it is often divided into three systems: the <xex>central</xex>, brain and spinal cord; the <xex>peripheral</xex>, cranial and spinal nerves; and the <xex>sympathetic</xex>. See <er>Brain</er>, <er>Nerve</er>, <cref>Spinal cord</cref>, under <er>Spinal</er>, and <cref>Sympathetic system</cref>, under <er>Sympathetic</er>, and <xex>Illust.</xex> in Appendix.</cd> -- <col><b>Nervous temperament</b></col>, <cd>a condition of body characterized by a general predominance of mental manifestations.</cd>  <rj><au>Mayne.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerv"ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a nervous manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerv"ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State or quality of being nervous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nerv"ure</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv"&uuptack_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Nerve</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the nerves of leaves.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the chitinous supports, or veins, in the wings of insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nerv"us</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv"&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nerve.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>nerv"y</hw> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv"&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>nervier</adjf> <pr>(n&etilde_;rv"&ibreve_;*&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>nerviest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Strong; sinewy.</def> &ldquo;His <xex>nervy</xex> knees.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Keats.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Offensively bold or presumptuous; insolent; cheeky; pushy.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Exhibiting courage or daring; bold; plucky.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Nervous{6}; apprehensive; edgy{1}.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nes"cience</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nescientia</ets>, fr. <ets>nesciens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>nescire</ets> not to know; <ets>ne</ets> not + <ets>scire</ets> to know.]</ety> <def>Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism.</def><br/>
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<p><q>God fetched it about for me, in that absence and <qex>nescience</qex> of mine.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nese</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Nose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Piers plowman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nesh</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>hnesc</ets>, <ets>hn&aelig;sc</ets>, akin to Goth. <ets>hnasqus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Soft; tender; delicate.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>n&aelig;s</ets>, <ets>ns</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>nes</ets>, Sw. <ets>n&auml;s</ets>, Dan. <ets>n&aelig;s</ets>, and E. <ets>nose</ets>. &radic; 261. See <er>Nose</er>.]</ety> <def>A promontory; a cape; a headland.</def>  <rj><au>Hakluyt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Ness</xex> is frequently used as a suffix in the names of places and promontories; as, Sheer<xex>ness</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>-ness</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>. <ety>[AS. <ets>-ness</ets>, <ets>-nyss</ets>, <ets>-nys</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>-nissi</ets>, <ets>nussi</ets>, D. <ets>-nis</ets>, OHG. <ets>-nissa</ets>, <ets>-nass&imacr;</ets>, <ets>-nuss&imacr;</ets>, G. <ets>-nis</ets>, <ets>-niss</ets>, Goth. <ets>-inasus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of <sig>quality</sig> or <sig>state</sig>; <as>as, good<ex>ness</ex>, great<ex>ness</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ness"ler*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Nessler</ets>, the chemist.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To treat or test, as a liquid, with a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide, which is called <xex>Nessler's solution</xex> or <xex>Nessler's test</xex>, and is used to detect the presence of ammonia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nest</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nest</ets>; akin to D. &amp; G. <ets>nest</ets>, Sw. <ets>n&auml;ste</ets>, L. <ets>nidus</ets>, for <ets>nisdus</ets>, Skr. <ets>n&imacr;&dsdot_;a</ets> resting place, nest; cf. Lith. <ets>lizdas</ets>, Arm. <ets>neiz</ets>, Gael. &amp; Ir. <ets>nead</ets>. Prob. from the particle <ets>ni</ets> down, Skr. <ets>ni</ets> + the root of E. <ets>sit</ets>, and thus orig., a place to sit down in. &radic; 264. See <er>Nether</er>, and <er>Sit</er>, and cf. <er>Eyas</er>, <er>Nidification</er>, <er>Nye</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The birds of the air have <qex>nests</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. viii. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>The place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared.</def>  <rj><au>Bentley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; <as>as, a <ex>nest</ex> of traitors; a <ex>nest</ex> of bugs.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>A little cottage, like some poor man's <qex>nest</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nest</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To build and occupy a nest.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The king of birds <qex>nested</qex> within his leaves.</q> <rj><qau>Howell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nest</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To put into a nest; to form a nest for.</def><br/>
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<p><q>From him who <qex>nested</qex> himself into the chief power.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>nest egg</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it, and to induce her to lay more in the same place.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence,</specif> <mark>(figuratively)</mark>, <def>Money set aside in a special fund to be used for special occasions, or more commonly, for retirement; <as>as, she set aside a large hunk of her salary every month and had a considerable <ex>nest egg</ex> for her retirement</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nest"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Nestfuls</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>As much or many as will fill a nest.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nes"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nestled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nestling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>nestlian</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make and occupy a nest; to nest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The kingfisher . . . <qex>nestles</qex> in hollow banks.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of the wild country, and there <qex>nestle</qex> till succors came.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The children were <qex>nestled</qex> all snug in their beds<br/>
While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads.</q> <rj><qau>Clement Clarke Moore (A Visit From St. Nicholas, (a poem [1823]) also called The <er>Night Before Christmas</er>).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; <as>as, a child <ex>nestles</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nes"tle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To house, as in a nest.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cherish, as a bird her young.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nes"tling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A young bird which has not abandoned the nest.</def>  <rj><au>Piers Plowman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A nest; a receptacle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nes"tling</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nes"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of parrots with gray heads, of New Zealand and Papua, allied to the cockatoos. See <er>Kaka</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nes*to"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>An adherent of <persfn><etsep>Nestorius</etsep></persfn>, patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century, who was condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in <persfn>Christ</persfn> (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call <persfn>Mary</persfn> the <xex>mother of God</xex> though she might be called the <xex>mother of Christ</xex>; also, one of the sect established by the followers of <persfn>Nestorius</persfn> in Persia, India, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence.  Opposed to <ant>Eutychian</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nes*to"ri*an</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or relating to the Nestorians.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Relating to, or resembling, <etsep>Nestor</etsep>, the aged warrior and counselor mentioned by <persfn>Homer</persfn>; hence, wise; experienced; aged; <as>as, <ex>Nestorian</ex> caution</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nes*to"ri*an*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The doctrines of the Nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Net</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>net</ets>; akin to D. <ets>net</ets>, OS. <ets>net</ets>, <ets>netti</ets>, OHG. <ets>nezzi</ets>, G. <ets>netz</ets>, Icel. &amp; Dan. <ets>net</ets>, Sw. <ets>n&auml;t</ets>, Goth. <ets>nati</ets>; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a <qex>net</qex> for his feet.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xxix. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In the church's <qex>net</qex> there are fishes good or bad.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Anything wrought or woven in meshes; <as>as, a <ex>net</ex> for the hair; a mosquito <ex>net</ex>; a tennis <ex>net</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other by some specified law.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A network.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <def>The internet; -- usually <altname>the net</altname>; <as>as, I found it on the <ex>net</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Net</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Netted</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Netting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make into a net; to make in the style of network; <as>as, to <ex>net</ex> silk</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And now I am here, <qex>netted</qex> and in the toils.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To inclose or cover with a net; <as>as, to <ex>net</ex> a tree</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Net</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To form network or netting; to knit.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Net</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Neat</er> clean.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Without spot; pure; shining.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Her breast all naked as <qex>net</qex> ivory.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; <as>as, <ex>net</ex> wine, etc.</as></def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; <as>as, <ex>net</ex> profit; <ex>net</ex> income; <ex>net</ex> weight, etc.</as></def> <altsp>[Less properly written <asp>nett</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Net tonnage</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the tonnage of a vessel after a deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow space for crew, machinery, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Net</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Netted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Netting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To produce or gain as clear profit; <as>as, he <ex>netted</ex> a thousand dollars by the operation</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Netball</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ne Te"me*re</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[So named from L. <ets>ne</ets> not + <ets>temere</ets> rashly, the first two words in the decree.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>A decree of the Congregation of the Council declaring invalid [so far as the laws of the Roman Catholic Church are concerned] any marriage of a Roman Catholic, or of a person who has ever been a Roman Catholic, if not contracted before a duty qualified priest (or the bishop of the diocese) and at least two witnesses.  The decree was issued <date>Aug. 2, 1907</date>, and took effect on Easter <date>Apr. 19, 1908</date>. The decree by its terms does not affect mixed marriages (those between Roman Catholics and persons of another faith) in Germany.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"fish`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An astrophyton.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neth"er</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;&thlig_;"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>nethere</ets>, <ets>neithere</ets>, AS. <ets>ni&eth;era</ets>, fr. the adv. <ets>ni&eth;er</ets> downward; akin to <ets>neo&eth;an</ets> below, beneath, D. <ets>neder</ets> down, G. <ets>nieder</ets>, Sw. <ets>nedre</ets> below, nether, a. &amp; adv., and also to Skr. <ets>ni</ets> down. &radic;201.  Cf. <er>Beneath</er>.]</ety> <def>Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to <ant>upper</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>'Twixt upper, <qex>nether</qex>, and surrounding fires.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This darksome <qex>nether</qex> world her light<br/>
Doth dim with horror and deformity.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>All my <qex>nether</qex> shape thus grew transformed.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neth"er*more`</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;&thlig_;"&etilde_;r*m&omacr;r`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lower, nether.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neth"er*most`</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;&thlig_;"&etilde_;r*m&omacr;st`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>ni&eth;emest</ets>. See <er>Nether</er>, and cf. <er>Aftermost</er>.]</ety> <def>Lowest; <as>as, the <ex>nethermost</ex> abyss</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neth"i*nim</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Heb., pl. of <ets>n&amacr;th&imacr;n</ets> given, granted, a slave of the temple, fr. <ets>n&amacr;than</ets> to give.]</ety> <fld>(jewish Antiq.)</fld> <def>Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"i*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Net</ets>, a. + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To render neat; to clean; to put in order.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Net"su*ke</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Jap.]</ety> <def>In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carved in wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and pierced with holes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with the inro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire), and similar objects carried in the girdle. It is now much used on purses sold in Europe and America.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nett</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>remaining after all deductions; same as <er>net</er> <pos>a.</pos>, 3.  Contrasted to <ant>gross</ant>.</def> <mark>[Brit.]</mark> [Narrower terms: <stype>take-home</stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> net, clear.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>netted</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>resembing a net or a web.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lacy, netlike, webbed, weblike.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"ting</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Net</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Netting needle</b></col>, <cd>a kind of slender shuttle used in netting. See <er>Needle</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"ting</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Urine.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"tle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>netele</ets>; akin to D. <ets>netel</ets>, G. <ets>nessel</ets>, OHG. <ets>nezz&iuml;la</ets>, <ets>nazza</ets>, Dan. <ets>nelde</ets>, <ets>n&auml;lde</ets>, Sw. <ets>n&auml;ssla</ets>; cf, Lith. <ets>notere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Urtica</gen>, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.  <spn>Urtica gracilis</spn> is common in the Northern, and <spn>Urtica cham&aelig;dryoides</spn> in the Southern, United States.  The common European species, <spn>Urtica urens</spn> and <spn>Urtica dioica</spn>, are also found in the Eastern united States. <spn>Urtica pilulifera</spn> is the Roman nettle of England.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: <col><b>Australian nettle</b></col>, <cd>a stinging tree or shrub of the genus <gen>Laportea</gen> (as <spn>Laportea gigas</spn> and <spn>Laportea moroides</spn>); -- also called <altname>nettle tree</altname>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Bee nettle</b></col>, <col><b>Hemp nettle</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a species of <gen>Galeopsis</gen>.</cd> See under <er>Hemp</er>. -- <mcol><col><b>Blind nettle</b></col>, <col><b>Dead nettle</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a harmless species of <gen>Lamium</gen>.</cd> -- <col><b>False nettle</b></col> <cd>(<spn>B&aelig;hmeria cylindrica</spn>), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles.</cd> -- <col><b>Hedge nettle</b></col>, <cd>a species of <spn>Stachys</spn>.  See under <er>Hedge</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Horse nettle</b></col> <cd>(<spn>Solanum Carolinense</spn>).  See under <er>Horse</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>nettle tree</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Same as <er>Hackberry</er>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>See <cref>Australian nettle</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col><b>Spurge nettle</b></col>, <cd>a stinging American herb of the Spurge family (<spn>Jatropha urens</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Wood nettle</b></col>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Laportea Canadensis</spn>) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles.</cd></note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nettle cloth</b></col>, <cd>a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.</cd> -- <col><b>Nettle rash</b></col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles.</cd> -- <col><b>Sea nettle</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a medusa.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"tle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nettled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nettling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <def>To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The princes were so <qex>nettled</qex> at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"tle*bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>the European whitethroat.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"tler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who nettles.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"tles</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Knittle</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Reef points.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nettlesome</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>irritating</er>, 1.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> annoying, galling, chafing, irritating, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"tling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Rope Making)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are joined end to end so as to form one rope.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"tling</hw>, <pos>p. pr. &amp; a.</pos> <def>Stinging; irritating.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nettling cell</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a lasso cell. See under <er>Lasso</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a net, or network; netted.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"-veined`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; <as>as, a <ex>net-veined</ex> wing or leaf</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Net"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; <as>as, a <ex>network</ex> of veins; a <ex>network</ex> of railroads.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>A system of computers linked together by communications channels allowing the exchange of data between the linked computers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Radio, Television)</fld> <def>A group of transmitting stations connected by communications channels that permit the same program to be broadcast simultaneously from multiple stations over a very wide area; <as>as, the CBS television <ex>network</ex></as>;</def> <specif>also,</specif> <def>the organization that controls the programming that is broadcast over such a network.  Contrasted with a <contr>local station</contr> or <contr>local transmitter</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Electricity, Electronics)</fld> <def>Any arrangement of electrical devices or elements connected together by conducting wires; <as>as, a power transmission <ex>network</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>A group of buildings connected by means of transportation and communication between them, and controlled by a central organization for a common purpose; <as>as, a book distribution <ex>network</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>net"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To take steps to make and cultivate the acquaintance of people who can be helpful to oneself, especially in finding new employment, advancing to a higher position in one's occupation, or exchanging information.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>net"work`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To connect together into a network; <as>as, to <ex>network</ex> computers; to <ex>network</ex> the printer with computers</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>net"work*ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Interchanging information or services, among a group; -- of persons or organizations.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>net"work*like`</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having a network of veins or ribs.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> reticular, reticulated.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neuf`ch&acirc;`tel"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of soft sweet-milk cheese; -- so called from <etsep>Neufch&acirc;tel</etsep>-en-Bray in France.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"rad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve + L. <ets>ad</ets> to.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Toward the neural side; -- opposed to <contr>h&aelig;mad</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve.]</ety> <fld>(Anat. &amp; Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to <contr>hemal</contr>. As applied to vertebrates, <ex>neural</ex> is the same as <altname>dorsal</altname>; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as <xex>ventral</xex>.  Cf. <er>Hemal</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Neural arch</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the cartilaginous or bony arch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segment of the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinal cord.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*ral"gi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve + &unr_; pain. See <er>nerve</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve.  It seems to be independent of any structural lesion.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*ral"gic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia; <as>as, a <ex>neuralgic</ex> headache</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*ral"gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Neuralgia.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rap`o*phys"i*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a neurapophysis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu`ra*poph"y*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Neurapophyses</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Neuro-</er>, and <er>Apophysis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the two lateral processes or elements which form the neural arch.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine; spinous process.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu*ras`the*ni"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve + &unr_; weakness.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect; nervation; venation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rax"is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>axis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Axis cylinder</cref>, under <er>Axis</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`ren*ter"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>enteric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; <as>as, the <ex>neurenteric</ex> canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine</as>. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Ectoderm</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neurergic</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>neuropharmacologic</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> neuropharmacological, neuropharmacologic.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ri*din</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Neurine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A nontoxic base, <chform>C5H14N2</chform>, found in the putrescent matters of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu`ri*lem"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve + &unr_; peel, skin.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The perineurium.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*ril"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The special properties and functions of the nerves; that capacity for transmitting a stimulus which belongs to nerves.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>G. H. Lewes.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"rine</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> a nerve.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefaction of proteid matter.  It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile.  Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>neurin</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"rism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Nerve force. See <cref>Vital force</cref>, under <er>Vital</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu*ri"tis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of a nerve.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ro-</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>. <ety>[Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A combining denoting <sig>a nerve</sig>, <sig>of <i>or</i> pertaining to a nerve</sig> <i>or</i> <sig>the nervous system</sig>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`ro-cen"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>central</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; <as>as, the <ex>neurocentral</ex> suture</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Huxley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Neu"ro*chord</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>Neu`ro*chor"dal</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr></mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Neurocord</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*roc"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Nerve force.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ro*c&oelig;le</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + Gr. <grk>koi^los</grk> a hollow.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The central canal and ventricles of the spinal cord and brain; the myelencephalic cavity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ro*cord</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>cord</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Neu`ro*cor"dal</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`ro-ep`i*der"mal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>epidermal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or giving rise to, the central nervous system and epidermis; <as>as, the <ex>neuroepidermal</ex>, or epiblastic, layer of the blastoderm</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu*rog"li*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> ligament + <grk>gli`a</grk> glue.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord; called also <altname>K&ouml;lliker's reticulum</altname>.  It is composed of cells which are not neurons.   Once thought to serve merely a supporting funciton, they are now believed to have important metablolic functions.  Among them are the <parts>astrocytes</parts>, <parts>ependymal cells</parts>, <parts>oligodendroglia cells</parts>, and <parts>microglia cells</parts>.</def> <au>Stedman.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A description of the nerves.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`ro*ker"a*tin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>keratin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin.</def><!-- myelin ?? --><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Neu`ro*log"ic</hw>, <hw>Neu`ro*log"ic*al</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to neurology.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rol"o*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is versed in neurology; also, one skilled in the treatment of nervous diseases.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The branch of science which treats of the nervous system.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu*ro"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Neuro-</er>, and <er>-oma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ro*mere</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>-mere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`ro*mus"cu*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>muscular</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Nervomuscular.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu"ron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Neura</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon.</def> <mark>[obsolete]</mark> <rj><au>B. G. Wilder.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Cell Biology)</fld> <def>The characteristic specialized cell that is part of the nervous system, serving to conduct electrical impulses to and from the brain, and also between other parts of the body, and composed of a main cell body, the <part>axon</part>, with a varying number of processes of varying length, the <parts>dendrites</parts>; a nerve cell.  The movement and behavior of higher animals depends on the signals tranmsitted by such nerve cells.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`ro*path"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or suffering from, nervous disease.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rop"a*thy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>neuropharmacologic</hw> <hw>neuropharmacological</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>acting upon or influencing nervous functions; -- of chemical substances.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> neurergic.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ro*pod</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>-pod</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A neuropodous animal.</def>  <rj><au>G. Rolleston.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu`ro*po"di*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> a nerve + &unr_;, dim. of &unr_;, &unr_;, the foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rop"o*dous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>-pod</ets> + <ets>-ous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the neural side, as in most invertebrates; -- opposed to <ant>h&aelig;mapodous</ant>.</def>  <rj><au>G. Rolleston.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ro*pore</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>pore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neuropsychology</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> physiological psychology, psychophysiology.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rop"ter</hw> <pr>(n&uuptack_;*r&obreve_;p"t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the <ord>Neuroptera</ord>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu*rop"te*ra</hw> <pr>(n&uuptack_;*r&obreve_;p"t&euptack_;*r&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve + <grk>ptero`n</grk> a wing, fr. <grk>pte`sqai</grk> to fly.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings.  The mouth organs are adapted for chewing.  They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis.  The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true <ord>Neuroptera</ord> and the Pseudoneuroptera.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rop"ter*al</hw> <pr>(n&uuptack_;*r&obreve_;p"t&etilde_;r*&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <ord>Neuroptera</ord>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rop"ter*an</hw> <pr>(n&uuptack_;*r&obreve_;p"t&etilde_;r*&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A neuropter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu*rop"te*ris</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> a nerve + &unr_; a kind of fern.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rop"ter*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Neuropteral.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`ro*sen*sif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>neuro-</ets> + <ets>sensiferous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu*ro"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <xex>Neuroses</xex> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Psychiatry)</fld> <def>a mental or emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, and involves less distorted perceptions of reality than a <contr>psychosis</contr>.  As used in medicine, anxiety is a prominent characteristic, and the condition may be accompanied by psychosomatic symptoms.  Phobias and compulsive behavior are common varieties.</def> <au>[MW10]</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`ro*skel"e*tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the neuroskeleton.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Owen.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`ro*skel"e*ton</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + <ets>skeleton</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which are in relation with the nervous axis and locomotion.</def>  <rj><au>Owen.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ro*spast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>neurospaston</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; drawn by strings.]</ety> <def>A puppet.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rot"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> nerve.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; <as>as, a <ex>neurotic</ex> disease</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to neurosis{2}; characteristic of neurosis{2}; caused by neurosis{2}.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rot"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A disease seated in the nerves.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>Neurotics</ex> as a class include all those poisons whose main action is upon the brain and spinal cord.  They may be divided into three orders: (<it>a</it>) <xex>Cerebral neurotics</xex>, or those which affect the brain only. (<it>b</it>) <xex>Spinal neurotics</xex>, or <xex>tetanics</xex>, those which affect the spinal cord. (<it>c</it>) <xex>Cerebro-spinal neurotics</xex>, or those which affect both brain and spinal cord.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A person afflicted with a neurosis{2}.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ro*tome</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Neurotomy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A neuromere.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`ro*tom"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to neurotomy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rot"o*mist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who skilled in or practices neurotomy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*rot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Neuro-</ets> + Gr. <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>neurotropism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An affinity for neural tissues.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu"ru*la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., dim. of Gr. <grk>ney^ron</grk> a nerve.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An embryo of certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>ne</ets> not + <ets>uter</ets> whether; akin to E. <ets>whether</ets>. See <er>No</er>, and <er>Whether</er>, and cf. <er>Neither</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands <qex>neuter</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; <as>as, a <ex>neuter</ex> noun; a <ex>neuter</ex> termination; the <ex>neuter</ex> gender.</as></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Intransitive; <as>as, a <ex>neuter</ex> verb</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See <er>Neuter</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The world's no <qex>neuter</qex>; it will wound or save.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An intransitive verb.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called <xex>workers</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neu"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To render incapable of sexual reproduction; to remove or alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile; to alter; to fix; to desex; -- in male animals, to <stype>castrate</stype>; in female animals, to <stype>spay</stype>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>neutered</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> altered, castrated, unsexed, fixed, apayed, desexed.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>neutering</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The sterilization of an animal.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fixing, altering.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>neutralis</ets>, fr. <ets>neuter</ets>. See <er>Neuter</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The heart can not possibly remain <qex>neutral</qex>, but constantly takes part one way or the other.</q> <rj><qau>Shaftesbury.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Some things good, and some things ill, do seem,<br/>
And <qex>neutral</qex> some, in her fantastic eye.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Neuter. See <er>Neuter</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, 3.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with <ant>acid</ant>, and <ant>alkaline</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Neutral axis</b></col>, <col><b>Neutral surface</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>that line or plane, in a beam under transverse pressure, at which the fibers are neither stretched nor compressed, or where the longitudinal stress is zero. See <er>Axis</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Neutral equilibrium</b></col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that when moved slighty it neither tends to return to its former position not depart more widely from it, as a perfect sphere or cylinder on a horizontal plane.</cd> -- <col><b>Neutral salt</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a salt formed by the complete replacement of the hydrogen in an acid or base; in the former case by a positive or basic, in the latter by a negative or acid, element or radical.</cd> -- <col><b>Neutral tint</b></col>, <cd>a bluish gray pigment, used in water colors, made by mixing indigo or other blue some warm color. the shades vary greatly.</cd> -- <col><b>Neutral vowel</b></col>, <cd>the vowel element having an obscure and indefinite quality, such as is commonly taken by the vowel in many unaccented syllables.  It is regarded by some as identical with the &ubreve; in <xex>up</xex>, and is called also the <altname>natural vowel</altname>, as unformed by art and effort; it is also called the <altname>indefinite vowel</altname>.  It is symbolized in some phonetic alphabets by the <er>schwa</er> (&schwa_;).  See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, &sect; 17.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"tral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>neutral</qex>, as far as commerce extends, becomes a party in the war.</q> <rj><qau>R. G. Harper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>neutralisation</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>neutralization</er>.</def> <mark>[Chiefly Brit.]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>neutralism</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a policy of neutrality or nonalignment in international affairs.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> neutrality.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"tral*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality.</def>  <rj><au>Milman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu*tral"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>neutralit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Men who possess a state of <qex>neutrality</qex> in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Donne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The quality or state of being neutral. See <er>Neutral</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, 4.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(International Law)</fld> <def>The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Armed neutrality</b></col>, <cd>the condition of a neutral power, in time of war, which holds itself ready to resist by force any aggression of either belligerent.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu`tral*i*za"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>neutralisation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See <er>Neutral</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, 4.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"tral*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Neutralized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Neutralizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>neutraliser</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.</def><br/>
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<p><q>So here I am <qex>neutralized</qex> again.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; <as>as, to <ex>neutralize</ex> an acid with a base</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To destroy the peculiar properties or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference or inefficiency; to counteract; to render ineffective; <as>as, to <ex>neutralize</ex> parties in government; to <ex>neutralize</ex> efforts, opposition, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Counter citations that <qex>neutralize</qex> each other.</q> <rj><qau>E. Everett.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"tral*i`zer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Neu"tral*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; indifferently.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Neu"tro*phil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Neu"tro*phile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>neuter</ets> + Gr. &unr_; loving.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total number of leukocytes.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Neu"tro*phil"ic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>, <wf>Neu*troph"i*lous</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>neutrosophy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>neuter</ets> neutral, Greek <grk>sofia</grk>  skill, wisdom.]</ety> <fld>(Philosophy)</fld> <def>A branch of philosophy, introduced by <person>Florentin Smarandache</person> in 1980, which studies
 the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra.  

Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, &ldquo;A&rdquo; in relation to its opposite, &ldquo;Anti-A&rdquo; and that which is not A, &ldquo;Non-A&rdquo;, and that which is
 neither &ldquo;A&rdquo; nor &ldquo;Anti-A&rdquo;, denoted by &ldquo;Neut-A&rdquo;.  Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic 
statistics.</def> <au>Neutrosophy / Neutrosophic Probability, Set, and Logic, Florentin Smarandache, American Research Press, 1998].</au><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Neu`vaines"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>neuvaine</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>novena</ets>, fr. L. <ets>novem</ets>. See <er>Noon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>Prayers offered up for nine successive days.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nevadan</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A resident of Nevada.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ne*va"dite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A granitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;N&eacute;`v&eacute;"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. &unr_; <ets>nix</ets>, <ets>nivis</ets>, snow.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The upper part of a glacier, above the limit of perpetual snow. See <er>Glacier</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nev"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>nefna</ets>. &radic; 267.]</ety> <def>To name; to mention; to utter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>As oft I heard my lord them <qex>neven</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nev"er</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;v"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>n&aemacr_;fre</ets>; <ets>ne</ets> not, no + <ets>&aemacr_;fre</ets> ever.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Death still draws nearer, <qex>never</qex> seeming near.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In no degree; not in the least; not.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man's head, and yet see <qex>never</qex> the worse.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And he answered him to <qex>never</qex> a word.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxvii. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Never</xex> is much used in composition with present participles to form adjectives, as in <xex>never</xex>-ceasing, <xex>never</xex>-dying, <xex>never</xex>-ending, <xex>never</xex>-fading, <xex>never</xex>-failing, etc., retaining its usual signification.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Never a deal</b></col>, <cd>not a bit.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au> -- <col><b>Never so</b></col>, <cd>as never before; more than at any other time, or in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; -- now often expressed or replaced by <altname>ever so</altname>.</cd><br/>
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<q>Ask me <qex>never so</qex> much dower and gift.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xxxiv. 12.</qau></rj><br/>
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<q>A fear of battery, . . . though <qex>never so</qex> well grounded, is no duress.</q> <rj><qau>Blackstone.</qau></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>never-ending</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>endless or seemingly endless; <as>as, the <ex>never-ending</ex> search for happiness</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> endless, interminable.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nev"er*more`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Never again; at no time hereafter.</def>  <rj><au>Testament of Love. Tyndale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Where springtime of the Hesperides<br/>
Begins, but endeth <qex>nevermore</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>never-say-die</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Incapable of being subdued.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> indomitable, unsubduable.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nev`er*the*lat"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv. &amp; conj.</pos> <def>Nevertheless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nev`er*the*less"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv. &amp; conj.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Never</ets> + <ets>the</ets> (see <er>The</er> by that) + <ets>less</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet.</def><br/>
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<p><q>No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; <qex>nevertheless</qex>, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. xii. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- However; at least; yet; still. See <er>However</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nev"ew</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;v"&uuptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Nephew.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>New</hw> <pr>(n&umacr;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Newer</adjf> <pr>(n&umacr;"&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Newest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. OE. <ets>newe</ets>, AS. <ets>niwe</ets>, <ets>neowe</ets>; akin to D. <ets>nieuw</ets>, OS. <ets>niwi</ets>, OHG. <ets>niuwi</ets>, G. <ets>neu</ets>, Icel. <ets>n&ymacr_;r</ets>, Dan. &amp; Sw. <ets>ny</ets>, Goth. <ets>niujis</ets>, Lith. <ets>naujas</ets>, Russ. <ets>novuii</ets>, Ir. <ets>nua</ets>, <ets>nuadh</ets>, Gael. <ets>nuadh</ets>, W. <ets>newydd</ets>, Armor. <ets>nevez</ets>, L. <ets>novus</ets>, Gr. <grk>ne`os</grk>, Skr. <ets>nava</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>now</ets>. &radic;263. See <er>Now</er>, and cf. <er>Announce</er>, <er>Innovate</er>, <er>Neophyte</er>, <er>Novel</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to <ant>old</ant>, <as>as, a <ex>new</ex> coat; a <ex>new</ex> house; a <ex>new</ex> book; a <ex>new</ex> fashion.</as></def> &ldquo;Your <xex>new</xex> wife.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; <as>as, a <ex>new</ex> metal; a <ex>new</ex> planet; <ex>new</ex> scenes.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from what has been; <as>as, a <ex>new</ex> year; a <ex>new course</ex> or direction.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; <as>as, rest and travel made him a <ex>new</ex> man</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Steadfasty purposing to lead a <qex>new</qex> life.</q> <rj><qau>Bk. of Com. Prayer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost <qex>new</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>New</qex> to the plow, unpracticed in the trace.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Fresh from anything; newly come.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>New</qex> from her sickness to that northern air.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>New birth</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Birth</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>New Church</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>New Jerusalem Church</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the church holding the doctrines taught by <person>Emanuel Swedenborg</person>. See <er>Swedenborgian</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>New heart</b></col> <fld>(Theol.)</fld>, <cd>a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives.</cd> -- <col><b>New land</b></col>, <cd>land cleared and cultivated for the first time.</cd> -- <col><b>New light</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Crappie</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>New moon</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews.</cd> <au>2 Kings iv. 23.</au> -- <col><b>New Red Sandstone</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the <part>Permian</part> and <part>Trias</part>.</cd> See <er>Sandstone</er>. -- <col><b>New style</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Style</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>New testament</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Testament</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>New world</b></col>, <cd>the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See <er>Novel</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>New</hw> <pr>(n&umacr;)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Newly; recently.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <ex>New</ex> is much used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of <xex>newly</xex>, <xex>recently</xex>, to qualify other words, as in <ex>new</ex>-born, <ex>new</ex>-formed, <ex>new</ex>-found, <ex>new</ex>-mown.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Of new</b></col>, <cd>anew.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>New</hw>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <def>To make new; to renew.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Newari</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A language spoken in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>new"born`</hw> <pr>(n&umacr;"b&ocirc;rn`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Recently born.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>new"born`</hw> <pr>(n&umacr;"b&ocirc;rn`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A baby recently born, usually less than one month old; a neonate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New"cast`le</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A town in England.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Carry coals to Newcastle</b></col> <cd>to do something utterly superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>New"come`</hw> <pr>(n&umacr;"k&ubreve;m`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Recently come.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New"com`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who has lately come.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New"el</hw> <pr>(n&umacr;"&ebreve_;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>New</er>.  Cf. <er>Novel</er>.]</ety> <def>A novelty; a new thing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>New"el</hw> <pr>(n&umacr;"&ebreve_;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>nual</ets>, F. <ets>noyau</ets> sone, of fruit, <ets>noyau d'escaler</ets> newel, fr. L. <ets>nucalis</ets> like a nut, fr. <ets>nux</ets>, <ets>nucis</ets>, nut.  Cf. <er>Nowel</er> the inner wall of a mold, <er>Nucleus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings.  Also called <ecol><b>newel post</b></ecol>.  See <cref>Hollow newel</cref>, under <er>Hollow</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>new"est</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <mord><pos>Superl.</pos> of <er>new</er>.</mord> <def>Most recent.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> latest, last, up to date(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>New"fan`gle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>New</ets> + <ets>fangle</ets>.]</ety> <def>Eager for novelties; desirous of changing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>So <qex>newfangel</qex> be they of their meat.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>New"fan`gle</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To change by introducing novelties.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>New"fan`gled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Newly made; of a new type or fashion; formed with the affectation of novelty; -- sometimes used to express disapproval or disdain.</def> &ldquo;A <xex>newfangled</xex> nomenclature.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir W. Hamilton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new theories or fashions.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Newfangled</xex> teachers.&rdquo; <au>1 Tim. vi. (heading).</au> &ldquo;<xex>Newfangled</xex> men.&rdquo; <au>Latimer.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>New"fan`gled*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New"fan`gle*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>newefanglenes</ets>. See <er>Fangle</er>.]</ety> <def>Newfangledness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Proud <qex>newfangleness</qex> in their apparel.</q> <rj><qau>Robynson (More's Utopia).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>New"fan`glist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who is eager for novelties or desirous of change.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Tooker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>New"fan`gly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>New`fash"ioned</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New"found*land`</hw> <pr>(?, often &unr_;)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A Newfoundland dog.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Newfoundland dog</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a breed of large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>New"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>New</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>Yeast; barm.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>New"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat new; nearly new.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>New"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Lately; recently.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He rubbed it o'er with <qex>newly</qex> gathered mint.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anew; afresh; freshly.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And the refined mind doth <qex>newly</qex> fashion<br/>
Into a fairer form.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>new-made</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Fresh.  Opposite of <ant>stale</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New"mar`ket</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Newmarket</ets>, England.]</ety> <def>A long, closely fitting cloak.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New`-mod"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To remodel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being new; <as>as, the <ex>newness</ex> of a system; the <ex>newness</ex> of a scene; <ex>newness</ex> of life.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>News</hw> <pr>(n&umacr;z)</pr>, <pos>n</pos> <ety>[From New; cf. F. <ets>nounelles</ets>. <ets>News</ets> is plural in form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A report of recent occurrences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tidings; recent intelligence.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Evil <qex>news</qex> rides post, while good <qex>news</qex> baits.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something strange or newly happened.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is no <qex>news</qex> for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>There cometh a <qex>news</qex> thither with his horse.</q> <rj><qau>Pepys.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>news"-book`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A newspaper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>news"boy`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A boy who distributes or sells newspapers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>newscaster</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Someone who broadcasts the news.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>newsless</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>not having or receiving news or information.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>not providing news or information; <as>as, a <ex>newsless</ex> day</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>news"let`ter</hw>, <hw>news"-let`ter</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news.  This was the name given to the earliest English newspapers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> newssheet.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>News"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Newsmen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who brings news.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A man who distributes or sells newspapers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>News"mon`ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and telling news.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>News"pa`per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>news"print`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> newspaper.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>new-sprung</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>having just or recently arisen or come into existence.</def> <mark>[prenominal]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> newborn, newly arisen.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>news"room`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A room where news is collected and disseminated, located in the offices of a newspaper, magazine, or news broadcast organization; <as>as, the CBS <ex>newsroom</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A room where periodicals are sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>News"-vend`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A seller of newspapers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>newsworthy</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper; <as>as, a dog biting a man is not a <ex>newsworthy</ex> item</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>News"-writ`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who gathers news for, and writes, news-letters, articles in news periodicals, or items for broadcast on news programs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>News"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Full of news; abounding in information as to current events.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Newt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ewt</ets>, <ets>evete</ets>, AS. <ets>efete</ets>, with <ets>n</ets> prefixed, <ets>an ewt</ets> being understood as <ets>a newt</ets>.  Cf. <er>Eft</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (<spn>Triton cristatus</spn>) and the smooth newt (<spn>Lophinus punctatus</spn>). In America, <spn>Diemictylus viridescens</spn> is one of the most abundant species.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New` Thought"</hw>. <def>Any form of belief in mental healing, other than (1) Christian Science and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy.  It was practised in the 19th century, and its central principle was affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude.  As a therapeutic doctrine it stands for silent and absent mental treatment, and the theory that all diseases are mental in origin.  As a cult it has its unifying idea the inculcation of workable optimism in contrast with the &ldquo;old thought&rdquo; of sin, evil, predestination, and pessimistic resignation.  The term is essentially synonymous with the term <altname>High Thought</altname>, used in England.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>New` Thought"er</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>New` Thought"ist</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>New*to"ni*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Newtonian philosophy</b></col>, <cd>the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; -- applied to the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's &ldquo;Principia,&rdquo; to the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed to the theories of Descartes and others), and, most frequently, to the mathematical theory of universal gravitation.</cd> -- <col><b>Newtonian telescope</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>a reflecting telescope, in which rays from the large speculum are received by a plane mirror placed diagonally in the axis, and near the open end of the tube, and thrown at right angles toward one side of the tube, where the image is formed and viewed through the eyeplace.</cd> -- <col><b>Newtonian theory of light</b></col>. <cd>See Note under <er>Light</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>New*to"ni*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A follower of Newton.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New"-year`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; <as>as, <ex>New-year</ex> gifts or odes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New" Year's` Day"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to <altname>New year's</altname> or <altname>new year</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>New` Zea"land</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>New Zealand flax</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>A tall, liliaceous herb (<spn>Phormium tenax</spn>), having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The fiber itself.</cd> -- <col><b>New Zealand tea</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a myrtaceous shrub (<spn>Leptospermum scoparium</spn>) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nex"i*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nexibilis</ets>, from <ets>nectere</ets>, <ets>nexum</ets>, to bind.]</ety> <def>That may be knit together.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Next</hw> <pr>(n&ebreve_;kst)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>, <pos>superl.</pos> of <er>Nigh</er>. <ety>[AS. <ets>n&emacr;hst</ets>, <ets>ni&eacute;hst</ets>, <ets>n&ymacr_;hst</ets>, superl. of <ets>ne&aacute;h</ets> nigh. See <er>Nigh</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Her princely guest<br/>
Was <qex>next</qex> her side; in order sat the rest.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the <qex>next</qex> way.</q> <rj><qau>Bunyan.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Nearest in time; <as>as, the <ex>next</ex> day or hour</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.</def><br/>
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<p><q>None could tell whose turn should be the <qex>next</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; <as>as, the <ex>next</ex> heir was an infant</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The man is near of kin unto us, one of our <qex>next</qex> kinsmen.</q> <rj><qau>Ruth ii. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Next</xex> is usually followed by <xex>to</xex> before an object, but <xex>to</xex> is sometimes omitted.  In such cases <xex>next</xex> in considered by many grammarians as a preposition.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Next friend</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>one who represents an infant, a married woman, or any person who can not appear <xex>sui juris</xex>, in a suit at law.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Next</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; <as>as, this man follows <ex>next</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nex"us</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Connection; tie.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Man is doubtless one by some subtile <qex>nexus</qex> . . . extending from the new-born infant to the superannuated dotard.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>next-to-last</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>next preceding the last; <as>as, the figures in the <ex>next-to-last</ex> column</as>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>junior(prenominal), third-year</stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> penultimate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Nez" Per`c&eacute;s"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pluf>pl.</pluf>; <sing>sing. <singw>Nez Perc&Eacute;</singw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr></sing>. <ety>[F., pierced noses.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of Indians, in the late 1800's mostly inhabiting Idaho.  They were involved under <person>Chief Joseph</person>, in the last major battle of the Indian wars, attempting to resist being moved to a reservation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ngi"na</hw> <pr>(n'g&emacr;"n&adot_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <def>The gorilla.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>niacin</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A <isa>B vitamin</isa> (vitamin B<sub>5</sub>) essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.  Called also <altname>nicotinic acid</altname> and <altname>antipellagra vitamin</altname>.  Chemical formula <chform>C6H5NO2</chform>, chemically it is <chname>3-pyridinecarboxylic acid</chname>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nicotinic acid.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>niacinamide</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The amide of niacin (nicotinic acid), called also <altname>nicotinamide</altname>.  It was at one time called <altname>vitamin B<sub>3</sub></altname>, and can function to relieve nicotinic acid deficiency.  Chemical formula <chform>C6H6N2O</chform>, chemically it is <chname>3-pyridinecarboxamide</chname>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nicotinic acid amide, nicotinamide.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>niagara</hw> <pos>n.</pos>  <note>lower case</note> <ety>[from the famous water falls.]</ety> <def>A large flow, used figuratively.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> cascade.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Niagara</hw>, <hw>Niagara Falls</hw></mhw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A large waterfall on the Niagara River near <city>Buffalo</city> remarkable for the volume and constancy of the water flowing over it.  That part of the waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; the U. S. portion is called the American Falls.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Niagara</hw>, <hw>Niagara River</hw></mhw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, which forms the boundary between Ontario and New York.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni*ag"a*ra pe"ri*od</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the <part>Medina</part>, <part>Clinton</part>, and <part>Niagara epoch</part>. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See <xex>Chart</xex> of <er>Geology</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Niamey</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The <isa>capital city</isa> of Niger.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni"as</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>niais</ets>. See <er>Eyas</er>.]</ety> <def>A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nib</hw> <pr>(n&ibreve_;b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A variabt of <ets>neb</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.</def> &ldquo;The little <xex>nib</xex> or fructifying principle.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>One of the handles which project from a scythe snath;</def> <specif>also,</specif> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>, <def>the shaft of a wagon.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>See <cref>his nibs</cref>, below.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>his nibs</b></col> <cd>Someone who gives a command or makes a demand, often one who acts in a self-important manner, sometimes one with authority; -- used mockingly as a jocose term, as if a title of honor, but not usually in the presence of the person referred to, and usually indicating resentment or contempt.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nib</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nebbed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nibbing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; <as>as, to <ex>nib</ex> a pen</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nibbed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a nib or point.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nib"ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nibbled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nibbling</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. <er>Nip</er>.]</ety> <def>To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thy turfy mountains, where live <qex>nibbling</qex> sheep.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nib"ble</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; <as>as, fishes <ex>nibble</ex> at the bait</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Instead of returning a full answer to my book, he manifestly falls a-<qex>nibbling</qex> at one single passage.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>nib"ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small or cautious bite.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <mark>(Fig.)</mark> <def>An expression of interest, often tentative, as at the beginning of a sale or negotiation process.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nib"bler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, nibbles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nib"bling*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a nibbling manner; cautiously.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni"be*lung`en*lied`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G. See <er>Nibelungs</er>; <er>Lied</er>.]</ety> <def>A great medieval German epic of unknown authorship containing traditions which refer to the Burgundians at the time of Attila (called <xex>Etzel</xex> in the poem) and mythological elements pointing to heathen times.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni"be*lungs</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing><it>sing.</it> <singw>Nibelung</singw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr> </sing>. <def>In German mythology, the children of the mist, a race of dwarfs or demonic beings, the original possessors of the famous hoard and ring won by Siegfrid; also, the Burgundian kings in the Nibelungenlied.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nib"lick</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes, ruts, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nibs</hw> <pr>(n&ibreve_;bz)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See <cref>his nibs</cref> under <er>nib</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ni*ca"gua</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The laughing falcon. See under <er>laughing</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nicaraguan</hw> <pos>prop. adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>of or pertaining to Nicaragua; <as>as, <ex>Nicaraguan</ex> earthquakes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Nicaragua; <as>as, <ex>Nicaraguan</ex> orphans</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nicaraguan</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Nicaragua.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nic`a*ra"gua wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>Brazil wood.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nic"co*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[from NL. <ets>niccolum</ets> nickel.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; -- called also <altname>coppernickel</altname>, <altname>kupfernickel</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nice</hw> <pr>(n&imacr;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Nicer</adjf> <pr>(n&imacr;"s&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Nicest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE., foolish, fr. OF. <ets>nice</ets> ignorant, fool, fr. L. <ets>nescius</ets> ignorant; <ets>ne</ets> not + <ets>scius</ets> knowing, <ets>scire</ets> to know.  Perhaps influenced by E. <ets>nesh</ets> delicate, soft. See <er>No</er>, and <er>Science</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Gower.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>But say that we ben wise and nothing <qex>nice</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The letter was not <qex>nice</qex>, but full of charge<br/>
Of dear import.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Curious not knowing, not exact but <qex>nice</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And to taste<br/>
Think not I shall be <qex>nice</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Dear love, continue <qex>nice</qex> and chaste.</q> <rj><qau>Donne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A <qex>nice</qex> and subtile happiness.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; <as>as, a <ex>nice</ex> taste or judgment</as>.</def>  &ldquo;Our author happy in a judge so <xex>nice</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Pope.</au>  &ldquo;<xex>Nice</xex> verbal criticism.&rdquo; <au>Coleridge.</au><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; <as>as, <ex>nice</ex> proportions, <ex>nice</ex> workmanship, a <ex>nice</ex> application</as>; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; <as>as, a <ex>nice</ex> point of law, a <ex>nice</ex> distinction in philosophy</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The difference is too <qex>nice</qex><br/>
Where ends the virtue, or begins the vice.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; <as>as, a <ex>nice</ex> party; a <ex>nice</ex> excursion; a <ex>nice</ex> day; a <ex>nice</ex> sauce, etc.</as></def> <mark>[Loosely &amp; Colloquially]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Pleasant; kind; <as>as, a <ex>nice</ex> person</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Well-mannered; well-behaved; <as>as, <ex>nice</ex> children</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He's making a list, checking it twice.<br/>
Gonna find out who's naughty or <qex>nice</qex> <br/>
Santa Claus is coming to town.</q> <rj><qau>Song.</qau></rj></p>

<p><cs><col><b>To make nice of</b></col>, <cd>to be scrupulous about.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Dainty; delicate; exquisite; fine; accurate; exact; correct; precise; particular; pleasant; kind; scrupulous; punctilious; fastidious; squeamish; finical; effeminate; silly; well-mannered; well-behaved.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nice"ly</hw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a nice manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni"cene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Nicaenus</ets>, fr. <ets>Nicaea</ets> Nice, Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to <etsep>Nice</etsep>, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenical council held there <sc>a. d.</sc> 325.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nicene Creed</b></col> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <cd>a summary of Christian faith, composed and adopted by the Council of Nice, against Arianism, <sc>a. d.</sc> 325, altered and confirmed by the Council of Constantinople, <sc>a. d.</sc> 381, and by subsequent councils.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nice"ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being nice.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni"cer*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Nicety.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chapman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni"ce*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Niceties</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>nicet&eacute;</ets> foolishness.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).</def><br/>
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<p><q>The miller smiled of her <qex>nicety</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The fineness and <qex>niceties</qex> of words.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To a nicety</b></col>, <cd>with great exactness or accuracy.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Niche</hw> <pr>(n&ibreve_;ch)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. It. <ets>nicchia</ets>, prop., a shell-like recess in a wall, fr. <ets>nicchio</ets> a shellfish, mussel, fr. L. <ets>mytilus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.  Hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Images defended from the injuries of the weather by <qex>niches</qex> of stone wherein they are placed.</q> <rj><qau>Evelun.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Niched</hw>. <pr>(n&ibreve_;cht)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Placed in a niche.</def> &ldquo;Those <xex>niched</xex> shapes of noble mold.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>nichts</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[German <itran>nothing</itran>.]</ety> <def>A quantity of no importance; nothing.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nothing, nihil, nix, nada, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch, zip.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick</hw> <pr>(n&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nicor</ets> a marine monster; akin to D. <ets>nikker</ets> a water spite, Icel. <ets>nykr</ets>, ONG. <ets>nihhus</ets> a crocodile, G. <ets>nix</ets> a water sprite; cf. Gr. <grk>ni`ptein</grk> to wash, Skr. <ets>nij</ets>.  Cf. <er>Nix</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Northern Myth.)</fld> <def>An evil spirit of the waters.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Old Nick</b></col>, <cd>the evil one; the devil.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Akin to <er>Nock</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A notch cut into something</def>; <specif>as:</specif> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.</def>  <rj><au>W. Savage.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; <as>as, <ex>nicks</ex> in a china plate; a <ex>nick</ex> in the table top</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To cut it off in the very <qex>nick</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Howell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This <qex>nick</qex> of time is the critical occasion for the gaining of a point.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nicked</conjf> <pr>(n&ibreve_;kt)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nicking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; <as>as, to <ex>nick</ex> a stick, tally, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to create a nick{2} in, deliberately or accidentally; <as>as, to <ex>nick</ex> the rim of a teacup</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And thence proceed to <qex>nicking</qex> sashes.</q> <rj><qau>Prior.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The itch of his affection should not then<br/>
Have <qex>nicked</qex> his captainship.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Words <qex>nicking</qex> and resembling one another are applicable to different significations.</q> <rj><qau>Camden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The just season of doing things must be <qex>nicked</qex>, and all accidents improved.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry it higher).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To nickname; to style.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>For Warbeck, as you <qex>nick</qex> him, came to me.</q> <rj><qau>Ford.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Nick"ar nut`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Nick"ar tree`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Nicker nut</er>, <er>Nicker tree</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick"el</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr. Sw. <ets>nickel</ets>, abbrev. from Sw. <ets>kopparnickel</ets> copper-nickel, a name given in derision, as it was thought to be a base ore of copper. The origin of the second part of the word is uncertain.  Cf. <er>Kupfer-nickel</er>, <er>Copper-nickel</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A bright silver-white metallic element of atomic number 28.  It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile.  It occurs combined with sulphur in <partof>millerite</partof>, with arsenic in the mineral <partof>niccolite</partof>, and with arsenic and sulphur in <partof>nickel glance</partof>.  Symbol Ni.  Atomic weight 58.70.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; On account of its permanence in air and inertness to oxidation, it is used in the smaller coins, for plating iron, brass, etc., for chemical apparatus, and in certain alloys, as german silver.  It is magnetic, and is very frequently accompanied by cobalt, both being found in meteoric iron.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Nickel silver</b></col>, <cd>an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; -- usually called <altname>german silver</altname>; called also <altname>argentan</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>nick"el-and-dime"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>nickel-and-dimed</conjf> <it>or</it> <conjf>nickeled-and-dimed</conjf> <pr>(#)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>nickel-and-diming</conjf> <it>or</it> <conjf>nickeling-and-diming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons;</def> <specif>specifically,</specif> <def>to insist on minor concessions in a negotiation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To weaken or impair gradually or by small steps; <as>as, to be <ex>nickel-and-dimed</ex> into bankruptcy by the operating overhead</as>.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>nick"el-and-dime"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Trivial; unimportant; petty; <as>as, <ex>nickel-and-dime</ex> criticisms</as>.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Involving only small amounts of money; small-time; <as>as, a <ex>nickel-and-dime</ex> business operation</as>.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick*el"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, nickel; specifically, designating compounds in which, as contrasted with the <xex>nickelous</xex> compounds, the metal has a higher valence; <as>as <ex>nickelic</ex> oxide</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick`el*if"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nickel</ets> + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing nickel; <as>as, <ex>nickelferous</ex> iron</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick"el*ine</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alloy of nickel, a variety of German silver.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Niccolite.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nick`el*o"de*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Nickel</ets> + <ets>odeon</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place of entertainment, as for moving picture exhibition, charging a fee or admission price of five cents.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An early version of a jukebox that was operated by insertion of a nickel{2}.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <mark>(capitalized)</mark> <def>The name of a Cable Television channel, specializing in programs for children.</def> <mark>[Trademark]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Nick"el*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel in which, as contrasted with the <contr>nickelic</contr> compounds, the metal has a lower valence; <as>as, <ex>nickelous</ex> oxide</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Frankland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nickel steel</hw>. <def>A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly increases its strength.  It is used for armor plate, bicycle tubing, propeller shafts, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Nick</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.</def> <mark>[Cant]</mark>  <rj><au>Arbuthnot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick"er nut`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color.  The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus <gen>C&aelig;salpinia</gen>.  <spn>C&aelig;salpinia Bonduc</spn> has yellowish seeds; <spn>C&aelig;salpinia Bonducella</spn>, bluish gray.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>neckar nut</asp>, <asp>nickar nut</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick"er tree`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The plant producing nicker nuts.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>neckar tree</asp> and <asp>nickar tree</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Nick</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Coal Mining)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Small coal produced in making the nicking.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nic"kle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also <altname>nicker pecker</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick"nack`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Knickknack</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick"nack`er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Knickknackery</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nick"name`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ekename</ets> surname, hence, a nickname, <ets>an ekename</ets> being understood as <ets>a nekename</ets>, influenced also by E. <ets>nick</ets>, v. See <er>Eke</er>, and <er>Name</er>.]</ety> <def>A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; <as>as, Nicholas's <ex>nickname</ex> is Nick</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nick"name`</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nicknamed</conjf> <pr>(#)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nicknaming</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You <qex>nickname</qex> virtue; vice you should have spoke.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I altogether disclaim what has been <qex>nicknamed</qex> the doctrine of finality.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni`co*la"i*tan</hw> <pr>(n&ibreve_;k`&ouptack_;*l&amacr;"&ibreve_;*t&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from <ets>Nicolas</ets> of Antioch, mentioned in Acts vi. 5.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of certain corrupt persons in the early church at Ephesus, who are censured in Rev. ii. 6, 15.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni*co"tian</hw> <pr>(n&ibreve_;*k&omacr;"sh&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>nicotiane</ets>; -- so called from <etsep>Nicot</etsep>, who introduced it into France, <sc>a. d.</sc> 1560.]</ety> <def>Tobacco.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni*co"tian</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ni*co`ti*a"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Nicotian</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms.  Several species yield tobacco. See <er>Tobacco</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni*co"ti*a*nine</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>nicotianine</ets>. See <er>Nicotian</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also <altname>tobacco camphor</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni*cot"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Nicotinic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ni*cot"i*dine</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nicot</ets>ine + pyr<ets>idine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, and obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridine group.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nic"o*tine</hw> <pr>(? <i>or</i> ?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>nicotine</ets>. See <er>Nicotian</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco (<chform>C10H14N2</chform>).  It occurs in tobacco plants (<spn>Nicotiana tabacum</spn> and <spn>Nicotiana rusticum</spn>) to the extent of 2 to 8%, in combination with malic acid or citric acid.  It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste.  It is intensely poisonous.  The apparently addictive effects of tobacco smoking have been ascribed largely to the effect of nicotine, and the controlled administration of nicotine on various forms has been used as a technique for assisting efforts to stop the smoking habit.</def>  <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Nic`o*tin"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine, and called <xex>nicotinic acid</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>nic`o*tin"ic ac"id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An organic acid (<chform>C6H5NO2</chform>), a carboxylated derivative of pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine; called also <altname>niacin</altname> and <altname>antipellagra vitamin</altname>, and <altname>vitamin B<sub>5</sub></altname>.  Chemically it is <chname>3-pyridinecarboxylic acid</chname>.</def> <note>It is a cofactor in several enzymatic reactions, and is used to prevent a pellagra-like disease in dogs. <au>[MI11]</au></note><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> 3-pyridinecarboxylic acid, niacin, antipellagra vitamin.</syn>
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<p><hw>Nic"o*tin*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Nicotine</ets> + <ets>-ism</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The morbid condition produced by the excessive use of tobacco.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Nic"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>nictare</ets>, <ets>nictatum</ets>, from <ets>nicere</ets> to beckon.]</ety> <def>To wink; to nictitate.</def><br/>
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