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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Nŏn-sāne', a.p. 891Unsound; not perfect; as, a person of non-sane memory. Blackstone.
  2. Nŏn'sense, n.p. 891That which is not sense, or has no sense; words or language which have no meaning, or which convey no just ideas; absurdity. 2. Trifles; things of no importance. Nonsense verses, lines made by taking…
  3. Nŏn-sĕns'ie-al, a.p. 891Unmeaning; absurd; foolish.
  4. Nŏn-sĕns'ĭc-al-ly, adv.p. 891Absurdly; without meaning.
  5. Nŏn-sĕns'ie-al-ness, n.p. 891Jargon; absurdity; that which conveys no proper ideas.
  6. Nŏn-sĕn'si-tive or Non sŏq'ui-tur, a.p. 891Wanting sense or perception. Non sŏq'ui-tur (sĕk'wi-tur). [Lat.] 1. It does not follow. 2. (Logic.) An inference which does not follow from the premises.
  7. Nŏn-sĕx'ŭ-al, a.p. 891Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.
  8. Nŏn-slāve'hōld-ing, a.p. 891Not possessing slaves.
  9. Nŏn'-so-lū'tion, n.p. 891Failure of solution or explanation.
  10. Nŏn-sŏlv'en-cy, n.p. 891Inability to pay debts.
  11. Nŏn-sŏlv'ent, a.p. 891Not able to pay debts; insolvent.
  12. Nŏn-sŏlv'ent, n.p. 891An insolvent.
  13. Nŏn-spār'ing, a.p. 891Sparing none; all'-destroying; merciless.
  14. Nŏn'-sub-mis'sion, n.p. 891Want of submission.
  15. Nŏn'-sub-mis'sive, a.p. 891Not submissive.
  16. Nŏn'-sub-scrib'ing, n.p. 891Failure to subscribe.
  17. Nŏn'such, n.p. 891See NONESUCH.
  18. Nŏn'sŭit, n.p. 891(Law.) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not…
  19. Nŏn'suit, v. t.p. 891(Law.) To determine, adjudge, or record as a plaintiff, as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up. “When two are joined in a writ, and one is nonsuited.” Z. Swift.
  20. Nŏn'sŭit, a.p. 891Nonsuited. The plaintiff must become nonsuit. Tyng.
  21. Nŏn-sure'ty, n.p. 891Want of surety or safety; insecurity. [Obs.]
  22. Nŏn-tĕn'ŭre, n.p. 891(Law.) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed by the plaintiff.
  23. Nŏn'-tĕrm, n.p. 891(Law.) A vacation between two terms of a court.
  24. Nŏn’tro-nite, n.p. 891(Min.) A greenish-yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina.
  25. Nŏn-ū'ni-fōrm'ist, n.p. 891One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from causes more violent than are now operating.
  26. Nŏn-ū'sance, n.p. 891Neglect of using. [Rare.] Browne.
  27. Nŏn-ū'ser, n.p. 891A not using; failure to use. An office may be forfeited by mis-user or non-user. Blackstone. 2. (Law.) Neglect or omission to use an easement or other right. Kent.
  28. Nŏn'-ver-nā'cū-lar, a.p. 891Not vernacular. “A non-vernacular expression.” Sir W. Hamilton.
  29. Nŏo'dle, n.p. 891A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person. [Low.] "The chuckling grin of noodles." Sydney Smith.
  30. Nōok, n.p. 891A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat. How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook? Milton.
  31. Nōok'-shŏt'ten, a.p. 891Having nooks and corners; full of nooks. “The very furthest nook of these nook-shotten islands.” De Quincey.
  32. Nō'o·lŏg'ie-al, a.p. 891Pertaining to noology.
  33. No-ŏl'o-ǵist, n.p. 891One versed in noölogy.
  34. No-ŏl'o-gy, n.p. 891The science of intellectual phenomena.
  35. Nōon, n.p. 891The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o’clock. 2. Hence, the time of greatest brilliancy. In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so…
  36. Nōon, a.p. 892Belonging to midday; meridional. “How oft the noon bell.” Young.
  37. Nōon'dāy, n.p. 892Midday; twelve o'clock in the day.
  38. Nōon'-dāy, a.p. 892Pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat. My noonday walks he shall attend. Addison.
  39. Nōōn'ing, n.p. 892Repose at noon; a repast at noon.
  40. Nōon'shŭn, n.p. 892A repast taken at noon, usually between other meals; a luncheon or nunchion. See LUNCHEON. Nares.
  41. Nōon'stēad, n.p. 892The station of the sun at noon. [Obs.]
  42. Nōon'tide, n.p. 892The time of noon; midday.
  43. Nōōn’tīde, a.p. 892Pertaining to noon; meridional.
  44. Nōose, n.p. 892A running knot, which binds the closer the more it is drawn. Where the hangman does dispose To special friend the knot of noose. Hudibras.
  45. Nōōse, v. t.p. 892To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
  46. Nō'pal, n.p. 892(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cactus (C. coccinilifera), on which the cochineal bug feeds, and from which it is collected; Indian fig.
  47. Nō'pal-ry, n.p. 892A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal bug.
  48. Nōpe, n.p. 892A bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  49. Nōr, conj.p. 892A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first, as or in affirmative propositions follows either…
  50. Nō'ri-ă, n.p. 892A large wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference pendent buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough at top; used in Spain for…
  51. Nōr'i-mon, n.p. 892A Japanese palanquin. B. Taylor.
  52. Nō'ri·ŭm, n.p. 892A metal discovered in zircon.
  53. Nōrm, n.p. 892A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.
  54. Nōr'mal, a.p. 892According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type or regular form; accomplishing the end or destiny; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; analogical. The…
  55. Nōr'mal, n.p. 892A perpendicular. 2. (Geom.) A straight line perpendicular to the tangent of a curve at any point, and included between the curve and the axis of the abscissas. ☞ The term normal is sometimes used to…
  56. Nōr'mal·cy, n.p. 892The state or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy. [Rare.]
  57. Nōr'mal·i·zā'tion, n.p. 892Reduction to a standard, or normal state.
  58. Nōr'man, n.p. 892(Naut.) A short, wooden bar, to be thrust into a hole of the windlass, on which to fasten the cable.
  59. Nōr'man, n.p. 892(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Normandy.
  60. Nŏr'man, a.p. 892(Geog.) Pertaining to Normandy, or to the Normans; as, the Norman language. Norman style (Arch.), a style of architecture which arose in the tenth century, characterized by great size, elevation…