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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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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.Nŏn'-ful-fill'ment, n. p. 891Neglect or failure to fulfill.No-nil'ion, n. p. 891According to the French notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with 30 ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with 54 ciphers annexed. See NUMERATION.Nŏn-ĭm'por-tā'tiŏn, n. p. 891Want or failure of importation; a not importing goods.Nŏn'-ĭm-pōrt'ing, a. p. 891Not bringing from foreign countries.Nŏn'-ĭn-hăb'it-ant, n. p. 891One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner.Nŏn-join'der, n. p. 891The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit. Bouvier.Nŏn-jūr'ant, a. p. 891Non-juring; Jacobite.Nŏn-jūr'ing, a. p. 891Not swearing allegiance;—an epithet applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, and their successors.Nŏn-jū'ror or Nŏn'-ju-ror, n. p. 891(Eng. Hist.) One who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the government and crown of England during and after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.Nŏn-jū'ror-ĭsm or Nŏn'-ju-ror-ĭsm, n. p. 891(Eng. Hist.) The doctrines, or the action, of the non-jurors.Nŏn-lim-it-ā'tion, n. p. 891Want of limitation; failure to limit.Nŏn lĭ'quet p. 891It is not clear; — a term used when a person votes on neither side of a question, because undecided in his mind.Nŏn'-ma-līg'nant, a. p. 891Not malignant, as a disease.Nŏn-măn’ū-făct’ĭr-ing, a. p. 891Not carrying on manufactures; as, non-manufacturing States.Nŏn-mēm'ber, n. p. 891Not a member.Nŏn-mĕm'/ber-shĭp, n. p. 891The state of not being a member.Nŏn'-me-tāl'lie, a. p. 891Not consisting of metal. 2. Not like the metals in properties.Nŏn-năt'ū-ral, a. p. 891Not natural; unnatural.Nŏn-năt'ū-rals, n. pl. p. 891(Med.) Things which are necessary to human existence, but which do not enter into the composition or constitute the nature of man, such as air, food, drink, sleep and wakefulness, motion and rest…Nōn'-ne-ces'si-ty, n. p. 891Absence of necessity; state of being unnecessary.Nōn'ny, n. p. 891A silly fellow; a ninny.Nōn'-o-bē'di-ence, n. p. 891Neglect of obedience.Nōn'-ob-sērv'ance, n. p. 891Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.Nōn ob-stān’te p. 891Notwithstanding; in opposition to what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted. 2. (Law.) A clause in statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the king to do a thing…Non obstante veredicto p. 891(Law.), a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant. Stephen.Nōn'o-ge-nā'ri-an, n. p. 891The same as NONAGENARIAN.Nŏn'pa-rĕĭl', n. p. 891Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person. 2. Hence, specifically, (a.) A sort of apple. (b.) [Fr. nonpareille.] A sort of printing type quite small, and the smallest now used…Nōn'pa-rēĭl', a. p. 891Having no equal; peerless.