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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Nāt'ūred, a.p. 876Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed;—chiefly used in composition; as, good-natured, and the like.
  2. Nāt'ūre-less, a.p. 876Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. [Obs.]
  3. Nāt'ūr-ism, n.p. 876The same as NATURALISM. [Rare.]
  4. Nāt'ūr-īst, n.p. 876One who ascribes every thing to nature. [Obs.] Doyle.
  5. Na-tū'ri-ty, n.p. 876The quality or state of being produced by nature. [Obs.] Browne.
  6. Nāt'ūr-ize, v. t.p. 876To provide with a nature or character; to endow with qualities. [Rare.] B. Jonson.
  7. Nau'frage, n.p. 877Shipwreck. [Obs.]
  8. Nau'fra-gōus, a.p. 877Causing shipwreck. [Obs.]
  9. 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…
  10. Naught, adv.p. 877In no degree. To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied. Fairfax.
  11. 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.
  12. Naught'i-ly, adv.p. 877In a naughty manner; wickedly; corruptly.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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…
  16. Naul'age, n.p. 877The freight of passengers in a ship. [Obs. and rare.]
  17. 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.
  18. Naus'e-o-py, n.p. 877The art of discovering the approach of ships, or the vicinity of land, at a distance.
  19. 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.
  20. Nau'se-ant, n.p. 877(Med.) A substance which produces nausea.
  21. Nau'se-āte, v. i.p. 877To become squeamish; to feel disgust; to be inclined to reject from the stomach.
  22. 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…
  23. Nau'se-ā'tion, n.p. 877The act of nauseating, or the state of being nauseated.
  24. Nau'se-a-tive, a.p. 877Causing nausea; nauseating; nauseous.
  25. Nau'seous, a.p. 877Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; loathsome; disgustful; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.
  26. Nau'seōus-ly, adv.p. 877In a loathsome manner; loathsomely; disgustfully.
  27. 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.
  28. Nautch, n.p. 877An entertainment consisting of dances performed by girls who are usually courtesans. [East Indies.]
  29. 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.
  30. Nau'ti-fōrm, a.p. 877Shaped like the hull of a ship.
  31. Nau'ti-līte, n.p. 877(Palæon.) A fossil nautilus.
  32. Nau'ti-loid, a.p. 877Resembling the nautilus in form or shape.
  33. Nau'ti-loid, n.p. 877That which has the form of the nautilus.
  34. 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…
  35. 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…
  36. Nā'vals, n. pl.p. 877Naval affairs. [Obs.] Clarendon.
  37. Nā'vārch, n.p. 877(Gr. Antiq.) The commander of a fleet. Mitford.
  38. Nā'vārch-y, n.p. 877Knowledge of managing ships; nautical skill or experience. [Rare.] Sir W. Petty.
  39. Na-vär-rēse', n., sing. & pl.p. 877(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Navarre; in the plural, the people of Navarre.
  40. Na-vār-rēse', a.p. 877(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Navarre, or its inhabitants.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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…
  44. Nā'vel-gall, n.p. 877A bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. Johnson.
  45. Nā'vel-string, n.p. 877The umbilical cord.
  46. Nă'vel-wort, n.p. 877(Bot.) A succulent plant of the genus Cotyledon.
  47. Nā'vew, n.p. 877(Bot.) A plant; the Brassica napus;—called also French turnip. It has a spindle-shaped root, less than the turnip.
  48. Na-vĭc'u-lar, a.p. 877Relating to small ships or boats. 2. (Bot.) Shaped like a boat; cymbiform, as the glumes of most grasses.
  49. Navicular bonep. 877the scaphoid bone of the wrist.
  50. Nāv′-i-ga-bil′i-ty, n.p. 877The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.
  51. Nāv'i-ga-ble, a.p. 877Admitting of being navigated; affording passage to vessels; as, a navigable river. ☞ By the common law, a river is considered as navigable only so far as the tide ebbs and flows in it. This is also…
  52. Nāv'i-ga-ble-ness, n.p. 877The quality or state of being navigable; navigability.
  53. Nāv'i-ga-bly, adv.p. 877In a navigable manner.
  54. Nāv'i-gāte, v. i.p. 877To journey by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to sail. The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the Western Ocean. Arbuthnot.
  55. Nāv'i-gāte, v. t.p. 877To pass over in ships; to sail upon; as, to navigate the Atlantic. 2. To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; as, to navigate a ship.
  56. Nāv'i-gā'tion, n.p. 877The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable. 2. The science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including…
  57. Nāv'i-gā'tor, n.p. 877One who navigates or sails; especially one who directs 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 Bowditch's Navigator.
  58. Na-vig'er-oüs, a.p. 877Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels. [Rare.] Blount.
  59. Nāv'vy, n.p. 877Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation, and, hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, and the like. [Eng.]
  60. Nā'vy, n.p. 877A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir. 1 Kings x. 11. 2. The whole of the ships of war belonging to a…