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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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Noi'sôme-ly, adv. p. 889With a fetid stench; with an infectious steam.Noi'sōme-ness, n. p. 889Unwholesomeness; offensiveness to the smell; quality that disgusts.Nois'y, a. p. 889Making a noise or loud sound; clamorous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd. 2. Full of noise. “The noisy town.” Dryden.Nō-lā'nă, n. p. 889(Bot.) A genus of South American plants;—so called from their bell-shaped corollas.Nō'li-mē-tān'ge-re, n. p. 889(Bot.) (a.) A plant of different genera, as the balsamine or impatiens, so named because, on being touched when ripe, it discharges its seeds from the capsule with considerable force. (b.) A species…No-lī'tion, n. p. 889Adverse action of will; unwillingness;—opposed to volition. So long as the prayer is fervent, so long the man hath a no-lition and a direct enmity against the lust. Bp. Taylor.Nōll, n. p. 889The head; the noddle. [Obs.]Nol-lē'i-ty, n. p. 889The state of being unwilling; nolition. [Obs.]Nōl'le prōs'e-quī p. 889(Law.) To be unwilling to proceed; will not prosecute;—a phrase denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or…Nō'lo con-tēn'de-re p. 889(Law.) A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, equivalent to that of “guilty,” for all the purposes of that prosecution.Nom, n. p. 889Name. Nom de guerre (nōng-de-gār), literally, a name during the war; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time. — Nom de plume (nōng-de-ploom), literally, a name of the pen; hence, a name…Nōm'ad, n. p. 889One of a race, or tribe, that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of game or pasture. [Sometimes written also nomade.]Nōm'ade, n. p. 889See NOMAD.No-mā'di-an, n. p. 889The same as NOMAD. [Rare.]No-mād'ic, a. p. 889Pertaining to, or resembling, nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.No-măd'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 889In a nomadic manner.Nōm'ad-īsm, n. p. 889The state of being a nomad.Nōm'ad-īze, v. i. p. 889To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage; to subsist by the grazing of herds on herbage of natural growth. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the…Nō'man-cy, n. p. 889The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names.Nōm'arch, n. p. 890The ruler, or chief magistrate, of a district, or division of a province, as among the modern Greeks.Nōm'bles, n. pl. p. 890The entrails of a deer; the umbles. [Written also numbles.] Johnson.Nōm’bril, n. p. 890(Her.) A point half way between the fesse point and the middle base point of an escutcheon;—called also navel point. See ESCUTCHEON.Nōme, n. p. 890A province or tract of country. 2. (Anc. Gr. Mus.) Any melody determined by inviolable rules. 3. (Surg.) A phagedenic ulcer. Dunglison. 4. [Lat. nomen.] (Alg.) A term. [Obs.] See TERM.Nō'men-clā'tor, n. p. 890A person who calls things or persons by their names. In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons they met, and whose…Nō'men-clā'tress, n. p. 890A female nomenclator.Nō'men-clāt'ūr-al, a. p. 890Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.Nō'men-clāt'ūre, n. p. 890A list, or catalogue, of the more usual and important words in a language, with their significations; a vocabulary or dictionary. [Rare.] 2. A peculiar system of technical names adopted by an…Nō'men-clāt'ūr-ĭst, n. p. 890One skilled in nomenclature.Nō'mi-al, n. p. 890(Alg.) A term. See TERM.Nōm'i-nal, a. p. 890Pertaining to a name or names; consisting in names. 2. Existing in name only; as, a nominal distinction or difference. He passed eighteen months in nominal attendance on lectures. Macaulay.Nŏm'i-nal, n. p. 890A nominalist. [Obs.] 2. (Gram.) A word formed or derived from a noun, especially a verb so formed. [Rare.]Nōm'i-nal-ĭsm, n. p. 890The principles of the nominalists.Nōm'i-nal-ĭst, n. p. 890(Metaph.) One of a sect of philosophers in the middle ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.Nŏm'i-nal-ĭst'ic, a. p. 890Pertaining to the nominalists.Nŏm'i-nal-īze, v. t. p. 890To convert into a noun. [Obs.]Nŏm'i-nal-ly, adv. p. 890In a nominal manner; by name, or in name only.Nŏm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 890To mention by name; to name. I could nominate some that, in effect, make the same reckoning of letters. Harney. 2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. [Rare.] Spenser. 3. To name, or designate by…Nōm'i-nate-ly, adv. p. 890By name; particularly. [Obs.]Nōm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 890The act of naming or nominating; the state of being nominated. 2. The power of nominating, or designating, to an office. “The nomination of persons to places being a prerogative of the king.”…Nŏm'i-na-tīve, a. p. 890Giving a name; naming; designating;—said of that case, or form, of a noun which stands as the subject of a verb.Nōm'i-na-tīve, n. p. 890(Gram.) The case in which the subject of a verb stands.Nōm'i-na-tive-ly, adv. p. 890In the manner of the nominative.Nŏm'i-nā'tor, n. p. 890One who nominates.Nŏm'i-nee', n. p. 890One who has been named, or proposed, for an office. Bouvier. 2. A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, for office or for election to…Nōm'i-nōr, n. p. 890One who points out, or nominates, to an office, or the like.No-mŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 890A treatise on laws.No-mŏl'o-gy, n. p. 890The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology. Sir W. Hamilton.Nōm'o-thēte, n. p. 890A lawgiver. [Rare.] Smart.Nōm'o-thē'tic or Nōm'o-thē'tic-al, a. p. 890Legislative; enacting laws. [Rare.] Bp. Barlow.Nŏn, adv. p. 890Not;—used in the English language as a prefix, generally and properly to substantives and verbs only, giving them a negative sense, ordering and varying their meaning, as do the prefixes un and in…Nōn'-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 890A want of ability. 2. (Law.) An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.Nōn'-ac-cēd'ing, a. p. 890Not acceding.Nōn'-ae-cept'ançe, n. p. 890Want of acceptance, or neglect to accept.Nōn-ăc'id, a. p. 890Not acid.Nŏn'-ac-quāint'ance, n. p. 890Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.Nōn-ăc'qui-ēs'cence, n. p. 890Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.Nōn'-ad-mīs'sion, n. p. 890Failure to be admitted.Nōn'-a-dūlt', a. p. 890Not adult; immature.Nŏn'age, n. p. 890The time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. The human mind, in many respects, was still in its non-age. Coleridge.Nōn'a'ged, a. p. 890Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. “Nonaged youth.” Browne.