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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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Ne·crō'sis, n. p. 879(Med.) Mortification; especially, that state of a bone, or portion of a bone, when it is deprived of life. It is to the bones what gangrene is to the soft parts. Dunglison. 2. (Bot.) A disease of…Nēe'tar, n. p. 879(Myth. & Poet.) The drink of the gods; hence, a delicious or inspiring beverage. 2. (Bot.) The honey, and other sweetish secretions, of the glands of plants.Nec-tā're-al, a. p. 879Pertaining to, or resembling, nectar; nectarean. 2. (Bot.) Of, or pertaining to, a nectary.Nec-tā're-an, a. p. 879Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant; nectareous. More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. Talfourd.Nēc'tared, a. p. 879Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar.Nec·tā're·oŭs, a. p. 879Pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious. “The juice nectareous and the balmy dew.” Pope.Nec-tā're-oūs-ly, adv. p. 879In a nectareous manner.Nec-tā're-oüs-ness, n. p. 879The quality of being nectareous.Nec-tā'ri-al, a. p. 879Pertaining to the nectary of a plant.Nēc'tar-if'er-ōüs, a. p. 879Producing nectar or honey; as, a nectariferous glandule. 2. Bearing, or having, a nectary.Nēc'tar-ine, a. p. 879Sweet as nectar; nectareous. [Rare.]Nĕc'tar-īne, n. p. 879(Bot.) A variety of the peach, with a smooth rind; the Persica lævis of De Candolle.Nēc'tar-ize, v. t. p. 879To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten. [Obs.] Cockeram.Nēc'tar-oŭs, a. p. 879Sweet as nectar; nectareous. “Nectarous draughts.” Milton.Nēe'ta-ry, n. p. 879(Bot.) The honey-gland of a flower; the spur-shaped, or long-clawed petals of some flowers, as columbine, monk's-hood, and others, which often contain a sweetish, honey-like fluid.Nēc-tu'rus, n. p. 879(Zoöl.) A genus of amphibious animals found in North America, having an elongated body somewhat resembling that of the eel.Nĕd'der, n. p. 879An adder. [Obs.]Née, p. p. p. 879Born;—a term used to denote the family name of a female before her marriage; as, Madame de Staël, née Necker.Need, n. p. 879A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want. Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy. Bp. Taylor. 2. Want of the means of subsistence…Need, v. t. p. 879To be in want of; to lack; to require, as supply or relief. Other creatures all day long Rove idle, unemployed, and less need rest. Milton. ☞ With another verb, need is used like an auxiliary…Need, v. i. p. 879To be wanted; to be necessary. When we have done it, we have done all that is in our power, and all that needs. Locke.Need'er, n. p. 879One who needs; one who is in want.Need'ful, a. p. 879Full of need; needy. 2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite. All things needful for defense abound. Dryden.Need'ful-ly, adv. p. 879Necessarily.Need'ful-ness, n. p. 879The state or quality of being needful; necessariness.Need'i-ly, adv. p. 879In a needful condition or manner.Need'i-ness, n. p. 879The state or quality of being needy; want; poverty; indigence.Nee'dle, n. p. 879A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye at the other to receive a thread;—used in sewing. 2. A slender bar of steel, usually pointed, and resting on a vertical pivot, in…Nee'dle, v. t. p. 879To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.Nee'dle, v. i. p. 879To shoot into the form of needles; as, needled prisms.Nee'dle-book, n. p. 879Something to stick needles upon, or to carry them in, usually composed of leaves of cloth made up in the form of a book.Nēe'dle-fish, n. p. 879(Ichth.) The pipe-fish. See PIPE-FISH.Nee'dle-ful, n. p. 879As much thread as is put at once into a needle.Need'le-fûrze, n. p. 879(Bot.) A plant of the genus Genista; a species of broom.Nee'dle-gūn, n. p. 879A fire-arm loaded at the breech by a cartridge containing a small addition of detonating powder, which is exploded by means of a slender pin, or needle, which passes in at the breech.Nee'dle-ōre, n. p. 879(Min.) Acicular ore of bismuth.Nee'dle-point'ed, a. p. 879Pointed as needles.Nee'dler, n. p. 879One who makes needles; a needle-maker; also, a dealer in needles.Nee'dle-spär, n. p. 879(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of carbonate of lime; aragonite. Dana.Need'less, a. p. 879Having no need; in want of nothing. “Weeping in the needless stream.” Shak. 2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite; as, needless labor; needless expenses.Need'less-ly, adv. p. 879Without necessity; unnecessarily.Need'less-ness, n. p. 879Unnecessariness.Need'le-stōne, n. p. 879(Min.) A mineral of the zeolite family;—called also needle-zeolite and natrolite.Nee'dle-wom'an, n. p. 879A woman who works with a needle; a seamstress.Nee'dle-work, n. p. 880Work executed with a needle; the business of a seamstress; embroidery.Nee'dle-worked, a. p. 880Worked with needles.Need'ly, adv. p. 880Of necessity; necessarily; inevitably. [Obs.] Holinshed.Need'ly, a. p. 880Like, or relating to, a needle; sharp as a needle; as, a needly thorn.Need’ment, n. p. 880Something needed or wanted. [Obs.] Shak.Needs, adv. p. 880Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; — generally with must, and equivalent to of need. Needs he must fasten on God a piece of revenge as done for his sake. Milton. A trial at law must needs be…Needs'ly, adv. p. 880Needlessly; without need. “And needsly to the southern fields wilt gad.” Drayton.Need'y, a. p. 880Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor; indigent; necessitous. To relieve the needy and comfort the afflicted are duties that fall in our way every day. Addison. Spare the blushes of…Neeld or Neele, n. p. 880A needle. [Obs.] Their thimbles into armed gauntlets change, Their needles to lances. Shak.Neel'ghau, n. p. 880See NYLGHAU.Nē'er, adv. p. 880A contraction of never.Neese, v. i. p. 880To sneeze. [Obs.] See SNEEZE. By his neesings a light doth shine. Job xli. 19.Neese'wort, n. p. 880A plant. Sherwood.Nē ĕx'e-āt p. 880(Law.) A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, originally applicable to purposes of state, now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or…Nēf, n. p. 880The nave of a church. [Obs.]Ne-fănd′, a. p. 880Nefandous. [Obs.]