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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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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.]Nāt'ū-ral, a. p. 876Fixed on, or determined by, nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characteristic; not foreign, assumed, put on, or…Năt’ū-ral, n. p. 876One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot. “Any impression of them on the minds of naturals?” Locke. 2. A native; an original inhabitant; an aboriginal. [Obs.] Raleigh.…Nāt'ū-ral-īṣm, n. p. 876Mere state of nature. 2. (Theol.) The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the spiritual influences on the soul of man; also…Năt’ū-ral-īst, n. p. 876One who studies natural history and philosophy, or physics; one who is versed in natural history or philosophy. 2. One who maintains the doctrines of naturalism. H. Bushnell.Năt'ū-ral-īst'ic, a. p. 876Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.