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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ne-gō'ti-ōs'i-ty, n. p. 880The state of being busy; engrossing occupation. [Obs.] Were this possible, yet would such infinite negotiosity be . . . altogether inconsistent with happiness. Cudworth.Ne-gō'tioŭs, a. p. 881Very busy; busily employed; active. [Obs.]Ne-gō'tioŭs-ness, n. p. 881The state of being busily occupied; employment; activity. [Obs.]Nē'gress, n. p. 881A black woman; a female negro.Nē'gro, n. p. 881A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, high cheek-bones, and thick…Nē'gro-cōrn, n. p. 881The Indian millet or durra; — so called in the West Indies. See DURRA. Simmonds.Nē'gro-hēad, n. p. 881(Com.) Tobacco prepared by softening with molasses, and then pressing it into cakes; — called also Cavendish. Simmonds.Nē'gro-loid, a. p. 881Pertaining to men who have a resemblance to negroes; resembling the negro.Nē-gŭn'do, n. p. 881(Bot.) A genus of small, handsome trees growing in America, having greenish flowers in delicate, drooping clusters, and including but a single species, N. aceroides (Acer negundo of Linnaeus…Nē'gus, n. p. 881A liquor made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon-juice; — so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus.Ye-hŭsh'tau, n. p. 881The brazen serpent made in the wilderness by Moses. 2 Kings xviii. 4.Nēif or Nēife, n. p. 881A female born in the state of villeinage; a female serf. Blackstone. The child of a neif was free, if the father was a freeman. Southey.Nēĭf, n. p. 881The neaf or fist. [Obs.] Sweet knight, I kiss thy neif. Shak.Neigh, v. i. p. 881To utter the natural voice or cry of the horse; to whinny. 2. To scoff or sneer. [Obs. and rare.] “Neighed at his nakedness.” Beau. & Fl.Neigh, n. p. 881The natural voice or cry of a horse; a whinnying.Neigh'bor, n. p. 881A person who lives near one; one whose abode is not far off. 2. An intimate; a confidant. [Rare.] Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsels. Shak. 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting…Neigh'bor, a. p. 881Near to another; adjoining; next.Neigh'bor, v. t. p. 881To adjoin; to confine on; to be near to. These grow on the hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys. 2. To acquaint with; to make near to, or make familiar. [Obs.] Shak.Neigh'bor, v. i. p. 881To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood. [Rare.]Neigh'bor-hōōd (nā'-), n. p. 881The quality or condition of being a neighbor, or of dwelling near. Consider several states in a neighborhood. Swift. 2. A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which…Neigh'bor-ing, a. p. 881Living or being near; as, the neighboring inhabitants; neighboring countries or nations.Neigh'bor-li-ness, n. p. 881State or quality of being neighborly.Neigh'bor-ly, a. p. 881Becoming a neighbor; kind; civil; social; friendly. Judge if this be neighbourly dealing. Arbuthnot. 2. Cultivating familiar intercourse; interchanging frequent visits; social.Neigh'bor-ly, adv. p. 881With social civility; as, to live neighborly.Neigh'bor-ship, n. p. 881State of being neighbors. [Obs.]Nei'ther p. 881(nē'ther, or nī'ther. The former is given in most dictionaries, and still prevails in America. In England, nī'ther is rather more common than in America, but the best speakers in both countries say…Nei’ther, conj. p. 881Not either;—used to introduce the first of two or more co-ordinate clauses, of which those that follow begin with nor; also, sometimes used for nor in the second of two negative clauses of which the…Nēm'a-cān'ēthus, n. p. 881(Paleon.) A genus of fishes found fossil in the liassic and oölitic strata. Agassiz.Nēm'a-līne, a. p. 881(Min.) Having the form of threads; fibrous.Nēm'a-līte, n. p. 881(Min.) A fibrous hydrate of magnesia. Dana.Nēm'a-toid, a. p. 881Thread-like;—said of a group of worms, many of which are intestinal, having a round body, with indistinct articulations. See WORM.Nē'me-an, a. p. 881Relating to Nemea, in Argolis, where games were celebrated every third year.Nēm'e-sis, n. p. 881(Myth.) The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance.Ne-mōph'i-līst, n. p. 881One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods. [Rare.] Atlantic Monthly.Nē-mŏph'i-ly, n. p. 881Fondness for forests or forest scenery; love of the woods. [Rare.] Atlantic Monthly.Nēm'o-ral, a. p. 881Pertaining to a wood or grove. [Rare.]Nēm'o-rōus, a. p. 881Woody. [Obs.] Evelyn.Nĕmp'ne, v. t. p. 881To name or call. [Obs.] Chaucer.Nĕmpt, p. p. p. 881of nempne. Called; named. [Obs.]Nĕms, n. p. 881(Zoöl.) An animal of the genus Herpestes; the ichneumon.Nē'ni-ȧ, n. p. 881A funeral song; an elegy. [Obs.]Nēn'ū-phar, n. p. 881(Bot.) The great white water-lily of Europe; the Nymphæa alba.Nē'o-eō'mi-an, n. p. 881(Geol.) Pertaining or belonging to Neufchatel;—a term applied to the lowest deposits of the cretaceous or chalk foundation, being the lower green-sand. Dana.Nē'o-eō'mi-an, a. p. 881(Geol.) Pertaining to the lower green-sand.Ne-ōc'ra-cy, n. p. 881Government by new or unused hands; upstart authority; raw officials.Ne-ōd'a-mōde, n. p. 881(Anc. Greece.) A person newly admitted to citizenship.Ne-ōg'a-mist, n. p. 881A person recently married.Ne-ōg'ra-phy, n. p. 881A new method or system of writing.Nē'o-lō'g'i-an, a. p. 881Neologic.Nē'o-lō'g'i-an, n. p. 881A neologist.Nē'o-lō'g'i-an-ism, n. p. 881The same as NEOLOGISM.Nē'o-lŏg'ic or Nē'o-lŏg'ic-al, a. p. 881Pertaining to neology; employing new words.Nē'o-lōg'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 881In a neological manner.Ne-ŏl'o-ġĭsm, n. p. 881The introduction of new words or doctrines. 2. A new word, expression, or doctrine.Ne-ŏl'o-ġĭst, n. p. 881One who introduces new words into a language. [Obs.] 2. An innovator in any doctrine or system of belief, especially in theology; one who introduces or holds doctrines subversive of supernatural or…Ne-ŏl'o-ġĭst'ic or Ne-ŏl'o-ġĭst'ic-al, a. p. 881Pertaining to neology; neological.Ne-ŏl'o-ġi-zā'tion, n. p. 881The act of neologizing.Ne-ŏl'o-ġīze, v. i. p. 881To introduce or use new terms.Ne-ŏl'o-ġy, n. p. 881The introduction of a new word, or of new words, into a language; as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology. 2. New doctrines, especially in theology.Nē'o-mē'ni-ȧ, n. p. 881The time of the new moon; also, the beginning of the month. Chambers.