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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Nār'thex, n. p. 875(Bot.) A tall, umbelliferous plant, having a tinder-like pith, employed by the ancients for carrying fire, and said to be still so used by the modern Greeks; Ferula. See FERULA. 2. (Med.) A…När'wal or När'whal, n. p. 875(Ichth.) A cetaceous mammal (Monodon monoceros), found in the northern seas, which grows to twenty feet in length. The male has usually one long, twisted tusk, projecting forward from the upper jaw…Nā'sal, a. p. 875Pertaining to the nose. 2. Spoken through the nose in whole or in part; as, a nasal sound or letter. Nasal vowel, a vowel uttered both through the nose and the mouth.Nā'sal, n. p. 875An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and mouth simultaneously. 2. (Med.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. 3. (Anc. Armor.) A…Na-săl'i-ty, n. p. 875The state or quality of being nasal.Nā′sal-i-zā′tion, n. p. 875The act of nasalizing, or uttering with a nasal sound.Nā'sal-ize, v. t. p. 875To render nasal, as sound.Nā'sal-ize, v. i. p. 875To utter words with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.Nā'sal-ly, adv. p. 875In a nasal manner; by the nose.Nās'cal, n. p. 875(Med.) A form of pessary, formerly used, after being properly medicated. Dunglison.Năs'cen-cy, n. p. 875The beginning of production.Nās'cent, a. p. 875Beginning to exist or to grow; entering upon being. “Nascent passions and anxieties.” Berkeley. 2. (Chem.) In the act of being produced or evolved, as a gas.Nāse'ber-ry, n. p. 875(Bot.) The fruit of a tropical tree of the genus Achras. Loudon.Năsh, a. p. 875Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Nās'i-côr'noŭs, a. p. 875Having a horn growing on the nose. [Obs.] Browne.Nās'i-fōrm, a. p. 875Having the shape of the nose.Nā'so-păl'a-tal or Nā'so-păl'a-tine, a. p. 875Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatal aperture, leading from the nose to the pharynx; the naso-palatine nerve, and the like.Nās'ti-ly, adv. p. 875In a nasty manner; filthily; dirtily; obscenely.Nās'ti-ness, n. p. 875The quality of being nasty; extreme filthiness; dirtiness; obscenity; ribaldry.Nas-tŭr'tion, n. p. 875(Bot.) A plant of the genus Tropæolum; — the same as NASTURTIUM, (b.).Nas-tûr'tium, n. p. 875(Bot.) (a.) 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. (b.)…Nās'ty, a. p. 875Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous. 2. Characterized by obscenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy. Syn.—NASTY, WET, FILTHY, FOUL, DIRTY. Any thing nasty is…Nā'sāte, a. p. 875Having a delicate perception of odors; of quick scent. 2. Hence, critically nice; captious. Bp. Gauden.Nā'sūte-ness, n. p. 875Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness. [Obs.]Nāt'al, a. p. 875Pertaining or relating to one's birth; accompanying or dating from one's birth. Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. • Prior. Syn. — Native; natural. See NATIVE.Nā'ta-lī'tial, a. p. 875[Lat. natalitius, fromNā'ta-lī'tious p. 875natalis. See supra.] Pertaining to one's birth or birthday, or consecrated to one's nativity. [Obs.] Evelyn.Nā'tals, n. pl. p. 875Circumstances attendant on one's birth, as time or place. [Obs. or rare.]Nā'tant, a. p. 875(Bot.) Floating on the surface of water, as the leaf of an aquatic plant. 2. (Her.) Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimming; — said of all sorts of fishes except the flying-fish and…Nā'tant-ly, adv. p. 875In a floating manner; swimmingly.Na-tā'tion, n. p. 875The act of floating on the water; swimming. [Obs.] Browne.Nā-ta-tō'ri-al, a. p. 875Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as, natatorial birds.Nā'ta-to-ry, a. p. 875Enabling to swim; natatorial; swimming.Nătch, n. p. 875The part of an ox between the loins, near the rump. 2. A feat; as, a rare natch. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. 3. (pl.) The notches or embrasures of a battlement. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Natch-bone p. 875the rump-bone in beef; edge-bone, or aitch-bone.Nātēs, n. pl. p. 875(Anat.) The rounded, fleshy projections which support the body in sitting; the buttocks.Năth'less, adv. p. 875Nevertheless; not the less; notwithstanding. [Rare.] Is it not ill that One all sinless should Hang heavy, with all curses, on a cross? Nathless, that cry! Browning.Nāth'mōre, adv. p. 875Not the more; never the more. [Obs.] Spenser.Nā'tion, n. p. 875The body of inhabitants of a country, united under the same government; a people, as distinguished from those of different descent, language, or institutions; race; stock. A nation is the unity of a…Nā'tion-al, a. p. 875Pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national language, dress, custom, calamity, and the like. 2. Attached, especially to one's own country; devoted to the…Nă'tion-al-īsm, n. p. 875The state of being national; national attachment; nationality. 2. An idiom, trait, or character peculiar to any nation.Nā′tion-āl′i-ty, n. p. 875The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one’s own nation. 2. The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation; national character. 3. A race or people, as determined by common…Nā'tion-al-i-zā'tion, n. p. 875The act of nationalizing, or the state of being nationalized.Nā'tion-al-īze, v. t. p. 875To make national; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar attachments which belong to citizens of the same nation.Nă'tion-al-ly, adv. p. 875In a national manner or way; in regard to the nation; as a whole nation. “The Jews, . . . being nationally espoused to God by covenant.” South.Nā'tion-al-ness, n. p. 876The state of being national; nationality.Nā'tive, a. p. 876Arising by birth; having origin; born. [Obs.] Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of time. Cudworth. 2. Pertaining to one's birth; natal…Nā'tive, n. p. 876One born in a place or country; a person or thing deriving origin from a certain place; a denizen by birth. 2. Offspring. [Obs.] Shak.Nā'tive-ly, adv. p. 876By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.Nā'tive-ness, n. p. 876State of being native.Nā'tiv-ism, n. p. 876The disposition to favor men and measures that make for the native or home-born residents of the country, in distinction from immigrants from foreign countries. [Recent.]Na-tiv'i-ty, n. p. 876The coming into life or into the world; birth; as, the feast of Christmas is observed in memory of Christ's nativity. 2. Time, place, or circumstances of birth. These in their dark nativity the deep…Nāt'kā, n. p. 876(Ornith.) A bird; a species of shrike.Nā'tri-ūm, n. p. 876(Chem.) Sodium. See SODIUMNăt'rix, n. p. 876A genus of snakes having no poison fangs, of which one species (N. torquata) is the common ringed snake of England. Baird.Nā'tro-līte, n. p. 876(Min.) A zeolite, occurring generally in implanted groups of glassy, acicular crystals, and in fibrous concretions; soda mesotype. See MESOTYPE. Dana.Nā'tron, n. p. 876(Min.) Native carbonate of soda. Dana. ☞ This is the substance called in the Scriptures niter. See NITER.Năt'ter-jăck, n. p. 876(Zoöl.) A European species of toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back.Năt'ti-ly, adv. p. 876In a natty manner.Năt'ty, a. p. 876Neatly fine; spruce. [Colloq.]