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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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Nō'ble, a. p. 888Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, or the like; exalted; superior; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; as, a noble mind; a noble heart; the noblest part of the body.…Nō'ble, n. p. 888A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer. 2. A money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6s. 8d. sterling, or about $1.61. 3. (Ichth.) A small marine fish…Nō'ble, v. t. p. 888To make noble; to ennoble. [Obs.] “Nobled by fame.” Surrey.Nō'ble-man, n. p. 888One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.Nō'ble-ness, n. p. 888The quality of being noble; greatness; dignity; ingenuousness; magnanimity; elevation of mind or of station; nobility. His purposes are full of honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Bp. Taylor.…No-blĕss' or Nō'bless or No-blĕssé or Nō'blesse, n. p. 888No-blĕssé, or Nō'blesse } 1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.] Spenser. B. Jonson. 2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Dryden.Nō'ble-wom'an, n. p. 888A female of noble rank.Nō'bly, adv. p. 888Of noble extraction; descended from a family of rank; as, nobly born or descended. 2. With greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done. 3. Splendidly; magnificently. When…Nō'bŏd-y, n. p. 888No person; no one; not any body. 2. Hence, a person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [Colloq.]Nō'cake, n. p. 888A kind of food used by the American Indians, consisting of Indian corn parched, beaten to powder, and mixed with water so as to form a sort of paste.Nō'cent, a. p. 888Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; as, nocent qualities. Watts. 2. Guilty; wicked; — the opposite of innocent. [Obs.]Nō'cent-ly, adv. p. 888Hurtfully; injuriously. [Rare.]Nō'çi've, a. p. 888Hurtful; injurious. [Obs.] Hooker.Nŏck, n. p. 888A notch, as of an arrow. [Obs.] He took his arrow by the nock. Chapman.Nŏck, v. t. p. 888To place in the notch; to fix to the string, as an arrow. [Obs.] Chapman.Noc-tăm'bu-lā'tion, n. p. 888A rising from bed and walking in sleep. [Obs.]Noc-tăm'bu-list, n. p. 888One who rises from bed and walks in his sleep; a somnambulist. [Rare.]Noc-tăm'bu-lo, n. p. 888A sleep-walker; a noctambulist. [Obs.] Browne.Noc-thō'ră, n. p. 888(Zoöl.) A genus of quadrumanous nocturnal animals, allied to the lemur, found in South America.Noc-tid'i-al, n. p. 888Comprising a night and a day. [Obs.]Noc-tif'er-ōus, a. p. 888Bringing night. [Obs.]Nōc'ti-lū'eā, n. p. 888That which shines by night; — an old name for phosphorus. Brande.Nōc'ti-lū'eōus, a. p. 888Shining in the night.Noc-tiv'a-gant, a. p. 888Wandering in the night, as animals for prey.Noc-tiv'a-gā'tion, n. p. 888A roving in the night.Noc-tĭv'a-goŭs, a. p. 888The same as NOCTIVAGANT. See NOCTIVAGANT.Nōc'to-grāph, n. p. 888A kind of writing frame for the blind. Simmonds.Nōc'tu-a-ry, n. p. 888An account of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; — distinguished from diary. [Rare.] Addison.Nōc'tūle, n. p. 888(Zoöl.) A large species of European bat, the Vespertilio (or Noctulina) altivolans.Nŏc'tŭrn, n. p. 888An office of devotion, or act of religious service by night. 2. One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at such a night service.…Noc-tûr'nal, a. p. 888Pertaining to, done, or occurring at night; as, nocturnal darkness, cries, expeditions, and the like. From gilded roofs depending lamps display Nocturnal beams, that emulate the day. Dryden. 2.…Noc-tür'nal, n. p. 888An instrument for taking the altitude of the stars, &c., formerly used at sea. [Obs.]Noc-tür'nal-ly, adv. p. 888By night; nightly.Noc-türne', n. p. 888(Mus.) A night-piece, or serenade.Noc-tür'no, n. p. 888(Mus.) The same as NOCTURNE.Nŏc'ū-ment, n. p. 888Harm; injury; detriment. [Obs.]Nŏc'ū-ōus, a. p. 888Hurtful. [Obs.] Bailey.Nōc'ū-ōus-ly, adv. p. 888Hurtfully; injuriously. [Obs.]Nōd, v. i. p. 888To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes. “The nodding verdure of its brow.” Thomson. 2. To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a…Nŏd, v. t. p. 888To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with. 2. To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation.Nŏd, n. p. 889A dropping or bending forward of the upper part or top of any thing. Like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. Shak. 2. Hence, a quick downward or forward motion of the…Nŏd'al, a. p. 889Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point. Nodal line, or point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while the other parts of the body are in a…Nŏ'dā-ted, a. p. 889Knotted. Nodated hyperbola (Geom.), a certain curve having two branches which intersect each other.No-dā'tion, n. p. 889The act of making a knot, or the state of being knotted. [Rare.]Nŏd'den, a. p. 889Bent; inclined. [Obs.] Thomson.Nŏd'der, n. p. 889One who nods; a drowsy person.Nŏd'ding, a. p. 889(Bot.) Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.Nŏd'dle, n. p. 889The head; — used jocosely or contemptuously. Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L’Estrange. 2. The back part of the head or neck. [Obs.] Of that whiche ordeineth dooe procede — Imaginacion…Nŏd'dy, n. p. 889A simpleton; a fool. 2. (Ornith.) A sea-fowl; the booby. See Booby. 3. A game at cards, anciently common, and not yet wholly out of use. Halliwell. 4. A small, two-wheeled vehicle, usually drawn by…Nōde, n. p. 889A knot; a knob; a protuberance; a swelling. 2. Specifically, (a.) (Astron.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite…Nŏd'ic-al, a. p. 889Pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.No-dōse’, a. p. 889Having knots or swelling joints; knotted.No-dŏs'ĭ-ty, n. p. 889Knottiness. 2. A node; a knot; a swelling. Holland.No-dō′/soüs or Nō′/do-ēs, a. p. 889Nodose; knotty. [Obs.]Nŏd'ū-lar, a. p. 889Pertaining to, or in the form of, a nodule or knot.Nŏd'ūle, n. p. 889A rounded mass of irregular shape.Nŏd'ūled, a. p. 889Having little knots or lumps.Nŏd'ū-lōse or Nŏd'ū-loŭs, a. p. 889(Bot.) Having small knots or irregular prominences; somewhat nodose. Loudon.Nō'el, n. p. 889See NOWEL.Nō'e-măt'ic or Nō'e-măt'ic-al, a. p. 889Of, or relating to, the understanding. [Obs.] “No active noematical idea.” Cudworth.