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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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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.]Ne-făn'doŭs, a. p. 880Not to be named; unfit to speak of; abominable. [Obs.] Sheldon.Ne-fā’ri-oūs, a. p. 880Wicked in the extreme; abominable; atrociously villainous; detestably vile. Syn. — Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; dreadful; atrocious; infamous; impious. See INIQUITOUS.Ne-fā'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 880With extreme wickedness; abominably.Ne-fā'ri-ōus-ness, n. p. 880The quality of being nefarious.Ne-ga'tion, n. p. 880The act of denying; assertion of the non-reality or untruthfulness of any thing; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; — the opposite of affirmation. Our…Nēg'a-tive, a. p. 880Implying denial, negation, or difference; asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; — opposed to…Nēg'a-tīve, n. p. 880A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception. This…Nĕg'a-tive, v. t. p. 880To prove unreal or untrue; to disprove. The omission or infrequency of such recitals does not negative the existence of miracles. Paley. 2. To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the…Nĕg'a-tive-ly, adv. p. 880In a negative manner; with or by denial. “He answered negatively.” Boyle. 2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something; — opposed to positively. I shall show what this image of God in…Nĕg'a-tive-ness or Nĕg'a-tiv'i-ty, n. p. 880The quality of being negative.Nĕg'a-to-ry, a. p. 880Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative. [Rare.]Neg-léct’, v. t. p. 880Not to treat with due attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, or the like; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to…Neg-lēct’, n. p. 880Omission of proper attention; forbearance of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed any thing; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of…Neg-lēct'ed-ness, n. p. 880State of being neglected.