Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Non'cha-lance, n. p. 890Indifference; carelessness; coolness.Nōn'cha-lant', a. p. 890Indifferent; careless; cool.Nōn'-e-clāim, n. p. 890A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.Nōn'-co-hē'sion, n. p. 890Want of cohesion.Nŏn'-co-in'ci-dence, n. p. 890Lack of coincidence.Nōn'-co-in'ci-dent, a. p. 890Not coincident.Nŏn-cŏm'bat-ant, n. p. 890(Mil.) Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, the chaplains, the…Nŏn'-com-mĭs'sioned, a. p. 890Not having a commission. Non-commissioned officer (Mil.), a warrant officer, receiving his certificate of rank from a subordinate authority, usually from the commander of a regiment; a sergeant; a…Nŏn'-com-mĭt'tal, n. p. 890A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance to commit one's self.Nŏn'-com-mūn'ion, n. p. 890Neglect or failure of communion.Nŏn'-com-plē'tion, n. p. 890Lack of completion; failure to complete.Nŏn'-com-plī'ance, n. p. 890Neglect or failure of compliance.Nŏn'-com-plȳ'ing, a. p. 890Neglecting or refusing to comply.Nŏn cŏm'pos or Nŏn cŏm'pos mĕn'tis p. 890Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or by accident.Nŏn'-cŏn, n. p. 890See NON-CONTENT.Nŏn'-con-clu'ding, a. p. 890Not ending or closing.Nŏn'-con-cŭr', v. i. p. 890To dissent or refuse to concur.Nŏn'-con-cŭr'rence, n. p. 890A refusal to concur.Nŏn'-con-dŭct'ing, a. p. 890Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid; thus, in electricity, wax is a non-conducting substance.Nŏn'-con-dūc'tion, n. p. 890The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit.Nŏn'-con-dūct'or, n. p. 890A substance which does not conduct, that is, transmit another substance or fluid, or which transmits it with difficulty; as, wool is a non-conductor of heat; glass and dry wood are non-conductors of…Nŏn'-con-fôrm'ing, a. p. 890Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church. [Eng.]Nŏn'-con-fōrm'ist, n. p. 890One who does not conform to an established church; especially, in England, one who refused to conform to the established church at the restoration of Charles II.Nŏn'-con-fōrm'i-ty, n. p. 890Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.Nŏn cŏn'stāt p. 890It does not appear; it is not plain or clear.Nŏn'-con-tā'gĭous, a. p. 890Not contagious.Nŏn'-con-tā'gious-ness, n. p. 890The quality or state of being not communicable from a diseased to a healthy body.Nŏn'-con-tĕm'po-rā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 890Not being contemporaneous, or not of contemporary origin.Nŏn'-con-tĕnt', n. p. 890(British House of Lords.) One who gives a negative vote, as not being satisfied with the measure. The word is sometimes abridged into non-con, and applied to any one who dissents, or expresses…Nŏn'-con-trĭb'ū-ting or Nŏn'-con-trĭb'ū-to-ry, a. p. 890Not contributing.Nŏn'-de-līv'er-y, n. p. 890A neglect or failure of delivery.Nŏn-dēp'o-sĭ'tion, n. p. 890A failure to deposit or throw down.Nŏn'de-scrīpt, a. p. 890Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable.Nŏn'de-scrĭpt, n. p. 890A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable.Nŏn'-de-vĕl'op-ment, n. p. 890A failure of development.Nŏn'-dis-cŏv'er-y, n. p. 890Want of discovery.Nōne, a. & pron. p. 890No one; not any thing; — frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any. There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Ps. xiv. 3. Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which…Nŏn'-e-lēct', n. p. 890One not elected or chosen to salvation.Nŏn'-e-lēc'tion, n. p. 890Failure of election.Nŏn'-e-lēc'tric or Nŏn'-e-lēc'tric-al, a. p. 890Not electric; conducting the electric fluid.Nŏn'-e-lĕc'tric, n. p. 891A substance that is not an electric, or which transmits electricity, as metals.Nŏn'-em-phāt'ic or Nŏn'-em-phāt'ic-al, a. p. 891Having no emphasis; unemphatic.Non-ěn'ti-ty, n. p. 891Non-existence; the negation of being. 2. A thing not existing. There was no such thing as rendering evil for evil, when evil was a nonentity. South.Nŏn'-E-pĭs'eo-pal, a. p. 891Not Episcopal; not of the Episcopal church or denomination.Nŏn'-E-pis'co-pā'li-an, n. p. 891One who does not belong to the Episcopal church or denomination.Nōnes, n. pl. p. 891(Rom. Calendar.) The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days…Nŏn'-es-sĕn'tial, a. p. 891Not essential.Nŏn'-es-sēn'tial, n. p. 891A thing not essential; that which is not necessary, nor of the highest consequence.Nŏn est fāc'tum p. 891(Law.) The general issue in an action of debt on bond.Nŏn est in-vēn'tus p. 891(Law.) The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county. Bouvier.Nōne'sūch, n. p. 891A thing such as which there is none other; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various objects, as a variety of apple, a species of medic or trefoil…Nŏn'ett, n. p. 891The titmouse. [Obs.] Holland.No-nĕt'to, n. p. 891(Mus.) A musical composition in nine parts.Nŏn-ēx'-com-mū'ni-ca-ble, a. p. 891Not liable to excommunication.Nŏn-ēx'e-cū'tiŏn, n. p. 891Neglect of execution; non-performance.Nŏn'-ex-ist'ence, n. p. 891Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity. “Trembling on the very brink of non-existence.” W. Scott. 2. A thing that has no existence or being.Nŏn'-ex-ist'ent, a. p. 891Not having existence.Nŏn-ēx'por-tā'tiŏn, n. p. 891A failure of exportation; a not exporting of goods or commodities.Nŏn'-ex-tēn'sile, a. p. 891Not extensile; incapable of being stretched.Nŏn-fēa'sance, n. p. 891(Law.) An omission of what ought to be done.