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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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Nôught, n. p. 894The same as NAUGHT. See NAUGHT.Noul, n. p. 894The top of the head; the noll. [Obs.] Spenser.Nould p. 894Would not. [Obs.] “By those who nould repent.” Fairfax.Nou'me-non, n. p. 894(Metaph.) The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon in which it occurs to apprehension, and by which it is interpreted and…Noun, n. p. 894(Gram.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought. See NAME.Nōur'ice, n. p. 894A nurse. [Obs.] Spenser.Nou'r'ish, v. t. p. 894To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste; to furnish with nutriment; to support. He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Is. xliv. 14. Whilst…Nour'ish, v. i. p. 894To promote growth. Grains and roots nourish more than leaves. Bacon. 2. To gain nourishment. [Rare.] Bacon.Nōur'ish, n. p. 894A nurse. [Obs.] Holland.Nōur'ish-a-ble, a. p. 894Capable of receiving nourishment; as, the nourishable parts of the body. (Grew.)Nour'ish-er, n. p. 894One who, or that which, nourishes.Nour'ish-ing, p. a. p. 894Promoting growth; nutritious; nutritive; as, a nourishing diet.Nōur'ish-ing-ly, adv. p. 894Nutritively; cherishingly.Noŭr'ish-ment, n. p. 894The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition. 2. That which serves to nourish, or to repair waste and promote growth; nutriment; food; sustenance. So they may learn to seek the…Nour'i-tūre, n. p. 894The same as NURTURE. [Obs.]Nôurs'le, v. t. p. 894To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also nosel, nonsel, nousle, noxsle, nusle, and nuxle.] “Long noursled in ignorance.” Fuller.Nōurs'ling, n. p. 894The same as NURSLING. [Obs.]Nous, n. p. 894Intellect; understanding; talent;—used humorously. [Colloq.]Nous'el, v. t. p. 894See NOURSLE.Nous'el or Nous'le, v. t. p. 894To ensnare; to entrap, as in a noose or trap. See NOURSLE.No-văc'ū-līte, n. p. 894(Min.) A variety of argillaceous slate, of which hones are made for sharpening cutting instruments; razor-stone; Turkey stone; whet-slate.No-vā'tian, n. p. 894(Eccl. Hist.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.No-vā'tian-ism, n. p. 894The opinions of the Novatians. One Hypolitus, a Roman presbyter, had been seduced into Novatianism. Milner.No-vā'tion, n. p. 894Innovation. [Obs.] I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths. Abp. Laud. 2. (Law.) A substitution of a new debt for an old one. (Chitty.) Pothier.No-vā'tor, n. p. 894The same as INNOVATOR, q. v.Nōv'el, a. p. 894Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, especially, of a kind not before known or usual; out of the ordinary course; calculated to attract attention or to strike with surprise…Nŏv'el, n. p. 894That which is new or unusual; a novelty. [Obs. and rare.] I have shook off My thralldom, lady, and have made discoveries Of famous novels. Ford. 2. A piece of news; tidings; announcement;—usually in…Nŏv'el-ēt'te', n. p. 895A small novel.Nōv'el-ism, n. p. 895Innovation. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering.Nōv'el-ist, n. p. 895An innovator; an asserter of novelty. [Obs.] Some novelists make a contracted idea of God, consisting of nothing else but will and power. Cudworth. 2. [It. novellista.] A writer of news. [Obs.] 3.…Nōv'el-ize, v. i. p. 895To innovate. [Obs.]Nōv'el-īze, v. t. p. 895To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction. “The desperate attempt to-novelize history.” Sir J. F. W. Herschel.Nōv'el-ty, n. p. 895The quality of being novel; newness; recentness of origin or introduction. Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. South. 2. Something novel; a new or strange thing.No-vĕm'ber, n. p. 895The month following October and preceding December, being the eleventh of the year, and containing thirty days.Nōv'ē-na-ry, a. p. 895Pertaining to the number nine.Nōv'e-na-ry, n. p. 895The number nine; nine collectively.Nōv'ēne, a. p. 895Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary. [Rare.] The triple and novene division ran throughout. Milman.No-vĕn'ni-al, a. p. 895Done every ninth year.No-vēr'eal, a. p. 895Pertaining to a step-mother; suitable to a step-mother; in the manner of a step-mother.Nōv'ice, n. p. 895One who is new in any business; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner. I am young; a novice in the trade. Dryden. 2. One newly received into the church, or one newly…Nōv'ice-shĭp, n. p. 895The state or condition of a novice; novitiate. [Rare.]Nō'vi-lū'nar, a. p. 895Pertaining to the new moon.No-vĭt'i-ate, n. p. 895The state or condition of being a novice; time of initiation, experience, or instruction in rudiments; hence, time of probation in a religious house, before taking the vows. 2. One who is going…No-vĭ'tiŏŭs, a. p. 895Newly invented; recent; new. [Obs.] “A novitious interpretation.” Pearson.Nōv'i-ty, n. p. 895Newness; novelty. [Obs.] Browne.Now, adv. p. 895At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking, or at a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated. They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush…Now, a. p. 895Being in existence at the present time; present. [Obs.] “Our now happiness.” Glanville.Now, n. p. 895The present time or moment. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. Cowley.Now'a-days, adv. p. 895In this age; at the present period. What men of spirit, nowadays, Come to give sober judgment of new plays? Garrick.Nō'wāy or Nō'wāys, adv. p. 895In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise. But Ireland will noways allow that name unto it. Fuller.Now'ed, a. p. 895(Her.) Knotted; tied in a knot.Now'el, n. p. 895A shout of joy; properly, that at Christmas for the birth of the Saviour. [Obs.] [Written also noel.] Halliwell.Nōw'el, n. p. 895(Founding.) The core or inner wall of a mold for casting large cylinders.Nowes, n. p. 895The marriage knot. [Obs.] Crashaw.Nō'where, adv. p. 895Not any where; not in any place or state; as, happiness is nowhere to be found but in the practice of virtue.Nō'whith-er, adv. p. 895Not any whither; in no direction; toward nothing; nowhere. “The turn which leads nowhither.” De Quincey. Thy servant went nowhither. 2 Kings v. 25.Nō'wīşe, adv. p. 895Not in any manner or degree; noways.Nowl, n. p. 895The head; noll. See NOLL. [Obs.]Nŏx'ious, a. p. 895Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples. Too…Nōx'ious-ly, adv. p. 895Hurtfully; perniciously.