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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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Nŏt, adv. p. 893A word that expresses negation, denial, or refusal. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. Job vii. 8. The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it? Sanderson.Nōt, a. p. 893Shorn; shaven. [Obs.] See NOTT.Nōt'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 893The quality of being notable. 2. A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note. He lived in occasional contact with Parisian notabilities. —Carlyle.Nōt'a-ble, a. p. 893Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident. 2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.Nōt'a-ble, n. p. 893A person, or thing, of note or distinction. 2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a…Nōt'a-ble, a. p. 893Distinguished for good management; of noteworthy thrift or capacity; actively industrious; smart; as, a notable woman or housekeeper.Nōt'a-ble-ness, n. p. 893The quality of being notable; remarkableness.Nŏt'a-ble-ness, n. p. 893Bustling activity; industriousness. [Rare.]Nōt'a-bly, adv. p. 893In a notable manner; to a degree worthy of notice; memorably; remarkably; eminently.Nŏt'a-bly, adv. p. 893With bustling activity; industriously.Nō'tal, a. p. 893Belonging to the back; dorsal. Dunglison.No-tān'dum, n. p. 893A thing to be noted or observed; — chiefly used in the plural.No-tā'ri-al, a. p. 893Pertaining to a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation. 2. Done, or taken, by a notary.No-tā'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 893In a notarial manner.Nō'ta-ry, n. p. 893A person employed to take notes of contracts, trials, and proceedings in courts among the Romans. 2. (Eng. & Am. Law.) A public officer who attests, or certifies, deeds and other writings, usually…Nō'tate, a. p. 893(Bot.) Marked with colored spots or lines. Henslow.No-tā'tion, n. p. 893The act or practice of recording any thing by marks, figures, or characters; especially, in arithmetic and algebra, the expressing of numbers and quantities by figures or signs. 2. Any particular…Nŏtch, n. p. 893A hollow cut in any thing; a nick; an indentation. And on the stick ten equal notches makes. Swift. 2. A narrow passage scooped out, as it were, between two elevations; a deep, close pass; as, the…Nŏtch, v. t. p. 893To cut in small hollows; as, to notch a stick. 2. To place in a notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow. God is all sufferance; here he doth show No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. Herrick.Nŏtch'-bōard, n. p. 893(Carp.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.Nŏtch'ing, n. p. 893The act of cutting into small hollows. 2. The small hollow, or hollows, cut.Nŏtch'-weed, n. p. 893(Bot.) The same as ORACH.Nōte, n. p. 893Something by which a thing may be known; a mark or token; a visible sign; a symbol. They who appertain to the visible church have all the notes of external profession. Hooker. 2. A mark, or sign…Nōte, v. t. p. 893To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. “Their manners noted and their states surveyed.” Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. Shak. 2. To record in writing. Every…Nōte, v. t. p. 893To butt; to push with the horns. [Obs.] Ray.N’ōte p. 893Did not know, or know how to; could not. [Obs.] Spenser.Nōte'-bo͝ok, n. p. 893A book in which memorandums are written. 2. A book in which notes of hand are registered.Nōt'ed, a. p. 893Well known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, a noted author; a noted commander; a noted traveler.Nōt'ed-ly, adv. p. 893With observation or notice.Nōt'ed-ness, n. p. 893Conspicuousness; eminence; celebrity.Nōte'ful, a. p. 893Musical; tuneful. [Obs.] “Cured and healed by my Muses; that is to say, by my noteful sciences.” Chaucer.Nōte'less, a. p. 893Not attracting notice; not conspicuous. Noteless as the race from which he sprung. W. Scott.Nōte'less-ness, n. p. 893A state of being noteless.Nōte'let, n. p. 893A little or short note; a billet.Nōt'er, n. p. 893One who takes notice. 2. An annotator.Nōte'wor-thy, a. p. 893Worthy of observation or notice.Noth'ing, n. p. 893Not any thing; no thing; — opposed to any thing and something. Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. Dryden. 2. Non-existence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness. Shak. 3. Not any…Noth'ing, adv. p. 893In no degree; not at all. Adam, with such counsel, nothing swayed. Milton. The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed. Burke.Noth'ing-ism, n. p. 893Nihility; nothingness. [Rare.]Noth'ing-ness, n. p. 893Nihility; non-existence. 2. Nothing; a thing of no value.Nō'tice, n. p. 893The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note; heed. How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons! Watts. 2.…Nō'tice, v. t. p. 893To observe; to see; to mark; to take note of; to heed; to pay attention to. 2. To show that one has observed; to take public note of; to remark upon; to make observations on. This plant deserves to…Nō'tice-a-ble, a. p. 893Capable of being observed; worthy of observation; likely to attract observation. “A noticeable man, with large gray eyes.” Wordsworth. No data shown, but noticeable eyes And hair in masses. E. B.…Nō'tice-a-bly, adv. p. 893In a noticeable manner.Nō'ti-cer, n. p. 893One who notices.Nō'ti-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 893The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public, or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies…Nō'ti-fy, v. t. p. 893To make known; to declare; to publish; — often with to; as, to notify a fact to a person. No law can bind till it be notified or promulgated. South. 2. To give notice to; to inform by words or…Nō'tion, n. p. 894Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; idea; conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or note. What hath been…Nō'tion-al, a. p. 894Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions. 2. Existing in idea only; visionary; fantastical; imaginary. “Notional good, by fancy only made.” Prior. “Sermons and…Nō'tion-āl'i-ty, n. p. 894Empty, ungrounded opinion. [Obs.] Glanville.Nō'tion-al-ly, adv. p. 894In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality. “Two faculties notionally or really distinct.” Norris.Nō'tion-ate, a. p. 894Existing as a notion; notional. [Rare.]Nō'tion-ist, n. p. 894One who holds to an ungrounded opinion.Nō'tist, n. p. 894An annotator; a commentator. [Obs.]Nō'to-nō'ctĕ, n. p. 894(Entom.) A genus of hemipterous insects, having the body somewhat in the shape of a boat, with the hind feet very long, generally stretched out at full length, and having the form, and performing the…Nō-to-rī'e-ty, n. p. 894The condition or quality of being notorious; exposure to the public knowledge; as, the notoriety of a crime. 2. Knowledge by a great number, or by the community in general. They were not subjects in…No-tō'ri-oūs, a. p. 894Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; usually, known to disadvantage; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice; a man…No-tō'ri-oūs-ly, adv. p. 894In a notorious manner; publicly; openly.No-tō'ri-oūs-ness, n. p. 894The state of being open or known beyond denial; notoriety.Nō-tôr'nis, n. p. 894(Ornith.) A genus of grallatorial birds allied to the rail, originally described from fossil bones brought from New Zealand. R. Owen.