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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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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.Nōx'ious-ness, n. p. 895The quality that injures, impairs, or destroys; hurtfulness; insalubrity; perniciousness; as, the noxiousness of foul air; the noxiousness of doctrines.Noy, v. t. p. 895To annoy; to vex. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] “All that noyed his heavy spright.” Spenser.Noy, n. p. 895That which annoys. [Obs.]Noy'ance, n. p. 895Annoyance. [Obs.] “That from their noyance he no where can rest.” Spenser.No'yau, n. p. 895A cordial flavored with the kernel of the nut of the bitter almond, or with the kernel of the peach stone. Brande.Noy'er, n. p. 895An annoyer. [Obs.] Tusser.Noy'ful, a. p. 895Full of noy; annoying. [Obs.] Elyot.Noyls, n. pl. p. 895Short fibers of woolen yarn.Noy'ous, a. p. 895Serving to annoy; disagreeable. [Obs.] Watch the noyous night, and wait for joyous day. Spenser.Noy'sance, n. p. 895Any thing that annoys; nuisance. [Obs.] “Thing that to you was noysance.” Chaucer.Nōz'le, n. p. 895The same as NOZZLE.Nŏz'le, n. p. 895The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of any thing; as, the nozzle of a bellows.Nŭb, v. t. p. 895To push; to beckon. [Prov. Eng.]Nūb, n. p. 895A jag, or snag; also, a knob; a protuberance. [Colloq.]Nūb'bin, n. p. 895A small or imperfect ear of maize. [Collog. U. S.]Nŭb'ble, v. t. p. 895To beat or bruise with the fist. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Nū-bĕ'ū-lā, n. p. 895(Astron.) (a.) A nebula. (b.) (pl.) Specifically, the Magellanic clouds. 2. (Med.) (a.) A slight spot on the cornea. (b.) A cloudy object or appearance in urine. Dunglison.Nu-bif'er-oüs, a. p. 895Bringing, or producing, clouds. [Obs.]Nu-bĭg'e-noŭs, a. p. 895Born of, or produced from, clouds. [Obs.]Nū'bi-lāte, v. t. p. 895To cloud. [Obs.] Aubrey.Nū'bile, a. p. 895Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable. [Obs.]Nu-bil'i-ty, n. p. 895The state of being marriageable. [Rare.]Nū'bi-lōse or Nū'bi-lōus, a. p. 895Cloudy. [Rare.] Bailey.Nū'ca-men-tā'ceous, a. p. 895(Bot.) Of, or pertaining to, a nut. Gray.Nu-cif'er-ous, a. p. 895Bearing, or producing, nuts. [Obs.]Nū'ci-fōrm, a. p. 895Nut-shaped; nut-like. Gray.Nū'cle-al or Nū'cle-ar, a. p. 895Pertaining to a nucleus; as, nuclear particles. Carpenter.Nū'cle-ate, a. p. 895Having a nucleus.