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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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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.Năt'ū-răl'i-ty, n. p. 876State of being natural; naturalness. [Obs.]Năt'ū-ral-i-zā'tion, n. p. 876The act of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen. 2. The state of being thus invested with citizenship.Năt′ū-ral-ize, v. t. p. 876To make natural; to render easy and familiar by custom and habit; as, custom naturalizes labor or study. 2. To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if…Năt'ū-ral-ize, v. i. p. 876To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural. We see how far the mind of an age is infected by this naturalizing tendency. H. Bushnell.Nāt'ū-ral-ly, adv. p. 876According to nature; by the force or impulse of nature; not by art or habit. 2. According to the usual course of things; as, the effect or consequence naturally follows. 3. Without art or…Năt'ū-ral-ness, n. p. 876The state of being natural, or of being given or produced by nature; as, the naturalness of desire. 2. Conformity to nature, or to truth and reality; not affectation; as, the naturalness of a…Nāt'ūre, n. p. 876The sum of qualities and attributes which make a thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; created or essential quality; peculiar constitution. Thou, therefore, whom thou only…Nāt'ūre, v. t. p. 876To endow with natural qualities. [Obs.] Gower.Nāt'ūred, a. p. 876Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed;—chiefly used in composition; as, good-natured, and the like.Nāt'ūre-less, a. p. 876Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. [Obs.]Nāt'ūr-ism, n. p. 876The same as NATURALISM. [Rare.]Nāt'ūr-īst, n. p. 876One who ascribes every thing to nature. [Obs.] Doyle.Na-tū'ri-ty, n. p. 876The quality or state of being produced by nature. [Obs.] Browne.