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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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Nūt'-brown, a. p. 898Brown as a nut long kept and dried. “The spicy nut-brown ale.” Milton.Nūt'-crāck'er, n. p. 898An instrument for cracking nuts. 2. (Ornith.) A European bird (Nucifraga cariocatactes), belonging to the crow family, but having many of the habits of the woodpecker. It feeds on nuts, insects, &c.Nūt'-gall, n. p. 898An excrescence of the oak. See GALL.Nūt'-hătch, n. p. 898(Ornith.) A small bird (Sitta Europæa). It resembles the woodpecker in burrowing in wood, but swings the whole body to strike. It feeds on nuts as well as insects; — called also nut-breaker…Nūt'-hōok, n. p. 898A pole with a hook at the end, to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts. 2. A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks, or seizes, malefactors. Shak.Nūt'-jōb'ber, n. p. 898The same as NUT-HATCH, q. v.Nūt'mēg, n. p. 898(Bot.) The kernel of the fruit of the tree called Myristica moschata, or M. aromatica, a native of the Molucca islands, but cultivated in many parts of the East Indies. This fruit is a nearly…Nūt'-pīne, n. p. 898(Bot.) A species of pine (Pinus monophyllus) found in the Rocky Mountains, bearing in its cones nutritious seeds. Simmonds.Nū'tri-ā, n. p. 898(Com.) The fur of the Myopotamus Bonariensis, or M. coypus, a rodent quadruped about the size and shape of the beaver, but having a round tail like the rat. It is found along the streams of Brazil.Nū'tri-cā'tion, n. p. 898The manner of feeding or being fed. [Obs.]Nū'tri-ent, a. p. 898Promoting growth; nourishing; nutritious.Nū'tri-ent, n. p. 898Any substance which nourishes by promoting growth or repairing waste.Nū'tri-ment, n. p. 898That which nourishes; any thing which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment…Nū'tri-mĕnt'al, a. p. 898Having the qualities of food; alimental.Nu-tri'tial, a. p. 898Pertaining to, or connected with, nutrition. [Obs.] Chapman.Nu-tri'tion, n. p. 898The act or process of promoting the growth or repairing the waste of animal or vegetable life; the process by which food is digested, assimilated, and made nourishing; the fundamental property of…Nu-trĭ'tioŭs, a. p. 898Nourishing; promoting growth, or repairing waste.Nu-trĭ'tioŭs-ly, adv. p. 898Nourishingly.Nu-trĭ'tioŭs-ness, n. p. 898The quality of being nutritious.Nū'tri-tĭve, a. p. 898Having the quality of nourishing; nutrimental; alimental; as, a nutritive food.Nū'tri-tive-ly, adv. p. 898In a nutritive manner; nourishingly; nutritionally.Nū'tri-tīve-ness, n. p. 898The quality of being nutritive; nutritiousness.Nū'tri-tūre, n. p. 898Nutrition; nourishment. [Obs.] Never make a meal of flesh alone; have some other meat [food] with it of less nutriture. Harvey.Nŭt’shĕll, n. p. 898The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed. 2. Hence, proverbially, a thing of little compass, or of little value. To be or lie in a nutshell, to admit of very brief…Nŭt'tal-līte, n. p. 898(Min.) A bluish, grayish, or dark greenish mineral, consisting chiefly of the anhydrous silicate of lime and alumina; scapolite.Nŭt'ting, n. p. 898The act of gathering nuts.Nūt'-tree, n. p. 898A tree that bears nuts.Nūx vōm'i-că p. 898The seed of Strychnos nux-vomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poison known as strychnine and nux vomica is extracted.Nūz'zle, v. t. p. 898To noursle; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.] The people had been nuzzled in idolatry ever so long before. Milton. 2. [Probably a corruption of nestle, q. v. Cf. NUSTLE.] To nestle; to house, as in a…Nūz'zle, v. i. p. 898To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud. And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin. Shak. He sometimes charged through an army of lawyers, sword…Nyc'ta-lō'pi-ā, n. p. 898(Med.) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at night, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light. ☞ The term is sometimes applied…Nyĕ'ta-lŏps, n. p. 898One afflicted with nyctalopia.Nyĕ'ta-lō'py, n. p. 898The same as NYCTALOPIA.Nye-thē'me-rōn, n. p. 898The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours.Nyc'ti-cō'rax, n. p. 898(Ornith.) A genus of herons; the night-heron.Nye, n. p. 898A brood or flock of pheasants.Nyl'gau, n. p. 898The same as NYLGHAU.Nyl'ghau, n. p. 898(Zoöl.) A large, short-horned antelope (Portax tragocamelus), found in Northern India. The males are of a slaty blue, and the females of a rusty red. [Written also neelghau.]Nymph, n. p. 898(Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o’er the head of your loved Lycidas? Milton. 2. Hence, a lovely young girl; a…Nýmph or Nymph'ā, n. p. 898(Entom.) An insect in the pupa state; a chrysalis, or aurelia.Nym-phæ'ā, n. p. 898(Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy white or blue fragrant flowers, and including the white water-lily and the Egyptian lotus. Baird.Nymph'al, n. p. 898A short poem relating to nymphs. [Obs.] Drayton.Nymph'al, a. p. 898Of, or pertaining to, a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.Nymph-ē'an, a. p. 898Pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.Nymph'et, n. p. 898A diminutive or young nymph. [Poet.] “The nymphets sporting there.” Drayton.Nymph'ic-al, a. p. 898Pertaining to nymphs.Nymph-ip'a-roŭs, a. p. 898Producing nymphs.Nymph'ish, a. p. 898Relating to nymphs; lady-like. “Nymphish war.” Drayton.Nymph'-like or Nymph'ly, a. p. 898Resembling, or becoming to, nymphs.Nymph'o-lēp'sy, n. p. 898A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally seen the nymphs. [Rare.] De Quincey. The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron.Nymph'o-mā'ni-ā, n. p. 898Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, breaking the bounds of modest demeanor; — always attended with agitation both of body and mind, and constituting a true and proper disease.Nymph'o-mā'ny, n. p. 898The same as NYMPHOMANIA.Nȳs p. 898None is; is not. [Obs.] Thou findest fault where nys to be found. Spenser.Ny's'sā, n. p. 898(Bot.) A genus of North American trees, including the tupelo, or pepperidge-tree. Gray.Nys-tāg'mus, n. p. 898Nictation, or winking of the eye, as in a drowsy person.O p. 899the fifteenth letter, and the fourth vowel, in the English alphabet, has several different sounds, the principal of which are, the long sound, heard in tone, groan, old; the short sound, heard in…O, interj. p. 899An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object;—used also as an impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, and the like. For ever, O Lord…O dear, and O dear me! p. 899exclamations expressive of various emotions, but usually prompted by surprise, consternation, fear, grief, pain, and the like. “O dear me!” remonstrated Sir Leicester, not so much shocked by the…O, a. p. 899An abbreviation for one. [Obs.] Abraham seith That he seigh hooly the Trinite, Thre persones in parcelles Departable fro o other And alle thre but o God. Piers Plowman.O, n. p. 899Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval. May we cram Within this wooden O [the Globe Theater] the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? Shak.