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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'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.Nāt'ūr-ize, v. t. p. 876To provide with a nature or character; to endow with qualities. [Rare.] B. Jonson.Nau'frage, n. p. 877Shipwreck. [Obs.]Nau'fra-gōus, a. p. 877Causing shipwreck. [Obs.]Naught, n. p. 877Nothing. “To be dissolved and cast away like so many naughts in arithmetic.” Milton. Doth Job serve God for naught? Job i. 9. To set at naught, to treat as of no account; to slight; to despise; to…Naught, adv. p. 877In no degree. To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied. Fairfax.Naught, a. p. 877Of no value or account; worthless; bad. “Things naught and things indifferent.” Hooker. 2. Hence, vile; naughty. No man can be stark naught at once. Fuller.Naught'i-ly, adv. p. 877In a naughty manner; wickedly; corruptly.Naught'i-ness, n. p. 877The quality of being naughty; badness; wickedness. I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart. I Sam. xvii. 28. 2. Slight wickedness, as of children; perverseness; mischievousness.Naught'ly, adv. p. 877Naughtily; badly. [Obs.] Thus did I, for want of better wit, Because my parents naughtily brought me up. Mir. for Mag.Naugh'ty, a. p. 877Worthless; bad. [Obs.] The other basket had very naughty figs. Jer. xxiv. 2. 2. Hence, corrupt; wicked. A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. Prov. vi. 12. 3. Mischievous…Naul'age, n. p. 877The freight of passengers in a ship. [Obs. and rare.]Nau'ma-chy, n. p. 877A naval combat; especially, a mock sea-fight; hence (Rom. Antiq.), a show or spectacle representing a sea-fight. 2. The place where these shows were exhibited.Naus'e-o-py, n. p. 877The art of discovering the approach of ships, or the vicinity of land, at a distance.Nau'se-ă, n. p. 877Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach, accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; loathing; squeamishness of the stomach.Nau'se-ant, n. p. 877(Med.) A substance which produces nausea.Nau'se-āte, v. i. p. 877To become squeamish; to feel disgust; to be inclined to reject from the stomach.Nau'se-āte, v. t. p. 877To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust. 2. To reject with disgust; to loathe. The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore. Old age, with silent pace…Nau'se-ā'tion, n. p. 877The act of nauseating, or the state of being nauseated.Nau'se-a-tive, a. p. 877Causing nausea; nauseating; nauseous.Nau'seous, a. p. 877Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; loathsome; disgustful; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.Nau'seōus-ly, adv. p. 877In a loathsome manner; loathsomely; disgustfully.Nau'seōŭs-ness, n. p. 877The quality of being nauseous, or of exciting disgust; loathsome-ness; as, the nauseousness of a drug or medicine. The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. Dryden.Nautch, n. p. 877An entertainment consisting of dances performed by girls who are usually courtesans. [East Indies.]Nau'tic or Nau'tic-al, a. p. 877Pertaining to seamen or navigators, or to the art of navigation; as, nautical skill; a nautical almanac. Syn.—Naval; marine; maritime. See NAVAL.Nau'ti-fōrm, a. p. 877Shaped like the hull of a ship.Nau'ti-līte, n. p. 877(Palæon.) A fossil nautilus.Nau'ti-loid, a. p. 877Resembling the nautilus in form or shape.Nau'ti-loid, n. p. 877That which has the form of the nautilus.Nau'ti-lūs, n. p. 877(Zoöl.) A genus of small cephalopodous mollusks. The animal has the sac, eyes, parrot-beak, and funnel of the other cephalopods; but its mouth, instead of the large arms and feet, is surrounded by…Nā'val, a. p. 877Having to do with ships; pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, &c. Naval officer (U. S. custom-house), an officer who assists the collector in…Nā'vals, n. pl. p. 877Naval affairs. [Obs.] Clarendon.Nā'vārch, n. p. 877(Gr. Antiq.) The commander of a fleet. Mitford.Nā'vārch-y, n. p. 877Knowledge of managing ships; nautical skill or experience. [Rare.] Sir W. Petty.Na-vär-rēse', n., sing. & pl. p. 877(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Navarre; in the plural, the people of Navarre.Na-vār-rēse', a. p. 877(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Navarre, or its inhabitants.Nāve, n. p. 877The piece of timber or other material in the center of a wheel, in which the spokes are inserted, and through which the axle passes; — called also hub or hob.Nāve, n. p. 877(Arch.) The middle or body of a church, extending from the choir to the principal entrance; the part between the wings, or aisles.Nā'vel, n. p. 877A mark or depression in the center of the lower part of the abdomen, being the scar left by the detachment of the umbilical cord after birth. 2. Hence, the central part or point of any thing; the…