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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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Nĕss p. 882A termination of names, signifying a promontory.Nĕss p. 882A termination of abstract names, denoting state or quality, as in goodness, greatness.Nĕst, n. p. 882[A.-S. nest, nist, D. & Ger. nest, Sw. nïste, allied to Lat. nidus, for nidus, Skr. nîda, Russ. gniesdō, Lith. lizdas, for nizdas, W. nyth, Arm. neiz, Ir. nead, Gr. νεοσσιά, νεοττιά. 1. The bed or…Nĕst, v. i. p. 882To build and occupy a nest. The king of birds nested with its leaves. Howell.Nèst, v. t. p. 882To put into a nest; to form a nest for. They like a nested pair reposed. Wordsworth.Nĕst'-ĕgg, n. p. 882An egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it, and to induce her to lay more in the same place; hence, something laid up as the beginning of a fund or collection. Hudibras.Nĕst'le, v. i. p. 882To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to settle; to harbor. The king-fisher nestles in hollow banks. L'Estrange. Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of the wild country, and…Nĕst'le, v. t. p. 882To house, as in a nest. 2. To cherish, as a bird her young.Nĕst'ling, n. p. 882A young bird in the nest, or just taken from the nest. 2. A nest. [Obs. and rare.] Bacon.Nēst'ling, a. p. 883Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.Nes-tō'ri-an, n. p. 883(Eccl. Hist.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century, who was deposed and condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and human natures in Christ were…Nes-tō'ri-an, a. p. 883Pertaining to the Nestorians. 2. Relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warrior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.Nes-tō'ri-an-ism, n. p. 883The principles of the Nestorians.Nĕt, n. p. 883An instrument for catching fish and birds, or wild beasts, formed with twine or thread wrought or woven in meshes; hence, any thing wrought or woven in net-work. 2. Any thing designed or fitted to…Nēt, v. t. p. 883To make into a net, or net-work. 2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile. And now I am here, netted and in the toils. W. Scott.Nĕt, v. i. p. 883To form net-work; to knit.Nēt, a. p. 883Being without flaw or spot. [Obs.] “Her breast all naked as net ivory.” Spenser. 2. (Com.) Pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, &c.; also, clear of all charges and deductions; as, net profit; net…Nēt, v. t. p. 883To produce as clear profit.Nēth'er, a. p. 883Situated down or below; lying or being beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower;— opposed to upper. “’Twist upper, nether, and surrounding fires.”…Nēth'er-mōre, a. p. 883Nether; lower. [Obs.] Holland.Neth'er-mōst, a. p. 883Lowest; as, the nethermost hell; the nethermost abyss.Nēt'i-fy, v. t. p. 883To render neat; to clean; to put in order. [Obs.] Chapman.Nĕth'i-nim, n. pl. p. 883(Among the Jews.) Servants of the priests and Levites in the ministry of the tabernacle and temple.Nēt'ting, n. p. 883A piece of net-work. 2. (Naut.) A net-work of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to…Nēt'ting, n. p. 883Urine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Nĕt'tle, n. p. 883(Bot.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a very painful sensation. U. gracilis is common in the Northern United States, and U.…Nēt'tle, v. t. p. 883To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to wrath or violent anger. The princes were nettled at the scandal of this affront.…Nĕt'tle, n. p. 883(Naut.) The same as KNITTLE. See KNITTLE.Nēt'tle-clōth, n. p. 883A kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and prepared to be employed as a substitute for leather, for which it is often used.Nēt'tler, n. p. 883One who provokes, stings, or irritates.Nĕt'tle-rāsh, n. p. 883(Med.) An eruptive disease resembling the effects of the sting of a nettle.Nĕt'tle-tree, n. p. 883The same as the LOTE. See LOTE.Nēt'ty, a. p. 883Resembling a net, or net-work; netted.Nĕt'-work, n. p. 883A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.Neū'ral, a. p. 883Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system; also, especially pertaining to the dorsal nervous chord of vertebrates; as, the neural arch of a vertebra. Neural arch (Anat.), the arch formed by the…Neū-rāl'giă, n. p. 883(Med.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be…Neū-rāl'gic, a. p. 883Pertaining to neuralgia.Neū-rāl'ǧy, n. p. 883The same as NEURALGIA.Neū-rā'tion, n. p. 883Arrangement or distribution of nerves, especially of the nerves of the leaf, or other expanded portion of a plant; nervation.Neū'rīne, n. p. 883(Physiol.) The organic nitrogenized matter of the nerve fibers and cells; one of the immediate principles of the nervous system.Neū-rī'tis, n. p. 883(Med.) Inflammation of a nerve.Neū-rōg'ra-phy, n. p. 883(Anat.) A description of the nerves. Dunglison.Neū'ro-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 883Pertaining to neurology.Neū-rōl'o-ǧist, n. p. 883One who describes the nerves.Neū-rōl'o-ǧy, n. p. 883(Anat.) A description of the nerves of animal bodies, or the doctrine of the nerves.Neū-rōp’ter, n. p. 883(Entom.) One of an order of insects having four membranous, transparent wings, as the dragon-fly. 2. (pl.) (Entom.) An order of insects. See INSECT.Nēŭ-rōp'te-rā, n. pl. p. 883See NEUROPTER.Neū-rōp'ter-al, a. p. 883Belonging to the order of the neuroptera.Neū-rōp'ter-an, n. p. 883(Entom.) A neuropter.Neū-rōp'ter-ōus, a. p. 883The same as NEUROPTERAL.Neū'ro-skĕl'e-tal, a. p. 883Pertaining to the neuro-skeleton. R. Owen.Neū'ro-skĕl'e-ton, n. p. 883(Anat.) The osseous apparatus of vertebrate animals connected with the nerves and with locomotion; endo skeleton. R. Owen.Neū'ro-spăst, n. p. 883A little figure put in motion by means of strings; a puppet. [Obs. and rare.] More.Neū-rōt'ic, a. p. 883Relating to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, a neurotic disease. 2. Useful in disorders of the nerves.Neū-rōt'ic, n. p. 883A disease having its seat in the nerves. 2. A medicine useful in disorders of the nerves; a nervine.Neū'ro-tōme, n. p. 883(Anat.) A long, very narrow, two-edged scalpel, used in dissecting nerves. Dunglison.Neū'ro-tōm'ic-al, a. p. 883Pertaining to the anatomy or dissection of nerves.Neū-rōt'o-mist, n. p. 883One who dissects the nerves.Neū-rōt'o-my, n. p. 883(Anat.) (a.) The art or practice of dissecting the nerves. (b.) An incised wound of a nerve. Dunglison.Neū'ryp-nŏl'o-gĭst, n. p. 883One who practices, or is versed in, neurypnology.