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NIGHT-CAP

Night-cap (nit'kap), n. 1. A cap worn in bed.-2. A cant term for toddy or some similar potation taken before going to bed.

In the evening Mr. Jorrocks celebrated the events with a couple of bottles of fine fruity port, and a night-cap of the usual beverage. Novel of Handley Cross. Night-cart (nit'kärt), n. A cart used to remove the contents of privies by night. Night-chair (nit'char), n. Same as Nightstool.

Night-charm (nit'chärm),n. Same as Nightspell.

Night-churr (nit'cher), n. Same as Nightjar. Both names are from the bird's cry. Night-clothes (nit'klöтHz), n. pl. Clothes worn in bed.

Night-crow (nit'krō), n. A bird that cries in the night: according to some an owl, according to others a night-heron. Shak. 3 Hen. VI. v. 6.

Night-dew (nīt'du), n. The dew formed in the night. 'Sleeping flowers beneath the night-dew sweat." Dryden.

Night-dog (nit'dog), n. A dog that hunts in the night, used by poachers. Shak. Night-dress (nit'dres), n. A dress worn at night. Pope.

Nighted (nit'ed), a. Darkened; clouded; black. His nighted life.' Shak. [Rare.] Nightertalet (nit'èr-tal), n. [A. Sax. nihtetale, lit. night tale or reckoning; the r is an intrusive element.] The nocturnal portion of the day; the night-time.

Chaucer.

So hote he loved, that by nightertale He slept no more than doth a nightingale, Night-eyed (nīt'id), a. Having eyes suited for seeing well at night; sharp-eyed. 'Your night-eyed Tiberius. B. Jonson. Nightfall (nit'fal), n. The fall of night; the close of the day; evening. Swift. Night-faring (nit'far-ing), a. Travelling in the night. Night-faring clowns.' Gay. Night-fire (nit'fir), n. 1. Ignis fatuus; Willo'-the-wisp; Jack-o'-lantern.-2. Fire burning in the night.

Night-fly (nit'fli), n. An insect that flies in the night.

Night-flyer (nit'fli-èr), n. An animal that flies in the night.

Night-fossicker (nit'fos-ik-ér), n.
In gold-
digging, one who robs a digging by night.
See FOSSICK.

Night-fossicking (nit'fos-ik-ing),n. In golddigging, the practice of robbing diggings by night. See FOSSICK.

Night-foundered (nit'found-érd),a. Lost or distressed in the night. Milton.

Night-glass (nit'glas), n. A telescope so constructed as to concentrate as much light as possible, so as to enable objects to be seen at night.

Night-gown (nit'goun), n. A loose gown
worn in bed; a night-dress. Shak.
Night-hag (nit'hag), n. A witch supposed
to wander or fly abroad in the night.

Nor uglier follows the night-hag, when called
In secret, riding through the air, she comes.
Milton.

Night-hawk (nit'hak), n. A species of goatsucker (Chordeiles virginianus), family Caprimulgidæ, a bird universally known in the United States. It is 9 inches in length, and 23 in extent of wing; the upper parts are of a very deep blackish-brown, thickly sprinkled with minute spots and streaks of a pale cream colour on the back and head. It is a bird of strong and vigorous flight, and its prey consists of beetles and other large insects.

Night-heron (nit'he-run), n. A species of Nycticorax, a genus of Grallatores, or wading birds, belonging to the family Ardeida (herons and cranes). The species occur in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. The common night-heron is the N. Gardeni or europæus. It is about 20 inches in length and has three long narrow feathers proceeding from the nape of the neck, and hanging backwards.

Night-house (nit' hous), n. A tavern or public-house permitted to be open during the night.

The coach-stands in the larger thoroughfares are deserted; the night-houses are closed. Dickens. Nightingale (nit'in-gal), n. [A.Sax.nihtegale, lit. the night-singer, from niht, night, galan, to sing; O.Sax. nahtigala, D. nachtegaal, Dan. nattergal, G. nachtigall, all corresponding compounds. The n medial is an intrusive element, as in passenger, messenger.] A small dentirostral passerine bird of the genus Luscinia (L. philomela), and family Luscinidæ or Turdidæ, and nearly allied to the water

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ouzels; often called in poetry Philomela or Philomel. The nightingale sings at night, and its famed chant is the love-song of the male, which ceases when the female has hatched her brood. It is a native of many parts of Europe and Asia, and of the north of Africa. It is migratory, extending its summer migrations as far north as the south of Sweden. In England, where it appears about the middle of April, it seems to be rather a local bird, some parts appearing

Nightingale (Luscinia philomela).

to be quite unsuited to its habits; the northern counties are seldom visited, and in Scotland and Ireland it is unknown. It feeds on caterpillars and other larvæ, frequents hedges and thickets, and builds its nest on the ground or near it, laying four or five eggs of a blue colour. The young are hatched in June, and are prepared to accompany their parents in their southward migration in August. It is solitary in its habits, never associating in flocks like most of the smaller birds.

Nightingale (nit'in-gal), n. [From Florence Nightingale.] A sort of flannel scarf, with sleeves, for persons confined to bed. Largely used by the sick and wounded in the Franco-German war, 1870-71.

Nightisht (nit'ish), a. Pertaining to night, or attached to the night. Turberville. Night-jar (nit'jär), n. [Jar or churr is from the sound of its voice.] One of the British names of the Caprimulgus europæus, or goat-sucker: known also as the Night-churr, Churn-owl, Fern-owl.

Night-lamp (nit lamp), n. A lamp to be kept burning during the night.

Nightless (nitles), a. Having no night; as, the nightless period in the arctic regions. Night-light (nit'lit), n. A short, thick candle or taper for burning at night in the bedroom, and which for safety is often placed in a dish of water.

Night-long (nit'long), a. Lasting a night.
Sleep, kinsman thou to death and trance
And madness, thou hast forged at last
A night-long Present of the Past
In which we went thro' summer France.

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And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth. Night-magistrate (nit'maj-is-trat), n. constable of the night; the head of a watchhouse.

Night-man (nit'man), n. One who removes filth from privies in towns in the night. Nightmare (nit'mar), n. [Night, and A. Sax. mara, incubus, nightmare.] 1. A kind of hag or female fiend formerly supposed to cause nightmare; an incubus.

Hark! the death-owl loud doth sing

To the nightmares as they go. "Chatterton. 2. A state of oppression or feeling of suffocation which sometimes comes on during sleep, and is accompanied by a feeling of intense anxiety, fear, or horror, the sufferer feeling an enormous weight on his breast, and imagining that he is pursued by a phantom, monster, or wild beast, or threatened by some other danger from which he can make no exertion to escape. The sufferer wakens after a short time in a state of great terror, the body often covered with sweat. The proximate cause of nightmare is said to

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be irregularity of the circulation in the chest or brain, and the disorder is generally due to repletion and indigestion, but sometimes to the fact of the sufferer lying in an awkward position in bed.-3. Any overpowering, oppressive, or stupefying influence.

Night-piece (nit'pēs), n. 1. A picture representing some night scene, or so painted as to show to the best advantage by artificial light.-2. A piece of literary composition descriptive of a scene by night.

His (Parnell's) night-piece on Death was indirectly preferred by Goldsmith to Gray's celebrated Elegy. Robert Carruthers.

Night-porter (nit'pōr-ter), n. A servant who sits up all night in a hotel, infirmary, &c., to attend to arrivals and departures, &c.

Night-railt (nit'ral), n. [Night, and A. Sax. hrægl, a garment or robe.] A loose robe or garment worn over the dress at night. Night-rails of forty pounds apiece.' Massinger.

I could wager a rose-noble from the posture she stands in that she has clean head-gear and a soiled night-rail. Sir W. Scott. Night-raven (nīt'ra-vn), n. A fowl of ill omen that cries in the night. The hoarse night-raven, trump of doleful drere.' Spen

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Night-rule (nit'röl), n. A tumult or frolic in the night.

How now, mad spirit? What night-rule now about this haunted grove? Shak. Night-rule therefore may, I think, better be interpreted such conduct as generally rules in the night. Nares.

Night-season (nit'sē-zn), n. The time of night. Ps. xxii. 2.

Nightshade (nīt'shad), n. [A. Sax. nihtscada, lit. the shade or shadow of night; so also D. nachtschade, G. nachtschatten, the nightshade.] 1. The darkness of night. 'The dark nightshade.' Phaer.-2. The English name of various species of plants, chiefly of the genus Solanum. The woody night

Woody Nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara).

shade (S. Dulcamara), and common

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garden nightshade (S. nigrum), are British plants, the first growing in hedges and among bushes, and the latter in gardens, fields, and waste places. The root and leaves of S. Dulcam

ara are narco

tic, and have been applied to various medicinal uses. The berries, if not absolutely poisonous, are suspicious. S. nigrum is fetid and narcotic, and has also been employed medicinally. (See SOLANUM.) Deadly nightshade is Atropa Belladonna; the American nightshade is of the genus Phytolacca; the bastard nightshade of the genus Rivina;the enchanter's nightshade of the genus Circæa; the Malabar nightshade of the genus Basella; and the three-leaved nightshade of the genus Trillium.

Night-shirt (nit'shért), n. A plain loose shirt for sleeping in.

Night-shoot (nit'shöt), n. A place for casting night-soil.

Night-side (nit'sid), n. The side or aspect presented by night; the dark, mysterious, ominous, or gloomy side. The night-side of nature.' Mrs. Crowe. Night-sight. See DAYBLINDNESS. Night-snapt (nit' snap), n. A night thief. Beau. & F.

Night-soil (nit' soil), n. [From its being generally removed in the night.] The contents of privies, &c., employed as a manure. This is found to be a very powerful manure, and very liable to decompose. Its value in this respect depends on the salts and ammonia of the fæces, and also in a great measure on the ammoniacal and other salts of the urine.

Night-spell (nit'spel), n. A night-charm; a charm or spell against accidents at night; a charm against the nightmare. Chaucer.

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Night-steed (nit'sted), n. One of the horses represented as harnessed to the chariot of Night. Milton.

Night-stool (nit'stöl), n. A bed-room closestool; a bed-pan; a portable water-closet for a bed-room.

Night-taper (nit'ta-pèr), n. A candle used in the night. Shak.

Night-tripping (nit'trip-ing), a. Tripping about in the night. Some night-tripping fairy.' Shak.

Night-waking (nit'wak-ing), a. Watching in the night. Foul night-waking cat.' Shak. Night-walk (nit'wak), n. A walk in the evening or night.

Night-walker (nit'wak-ér), n. 1. One that walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.-2. One that roves about in the night for evil purposes; a nocturnal vagrant, pilferer, or disturber of the peace.

Night-walking (nit'wak-ing), n. 1.Walking in one's sleep; somnambulism.-2. A roving in the streets at night with evil designs. Night-walking (nit'wak-ing), a. Walking about at night. Shak.

Night-wanderer (nit'won-dér-ér), n. One who wanders by night; a nocturnal traveller. Shak.

Night-wandering (nit'won-der-ing), a. Wandering or roaming by night. Nightwandering weasels.' Shak. Nightward (nit'werd), a. Approaching toward night. Nightward studies, where

with they close the day's work.' Milton. [Rare.]

Night-watch (nit'woch), n. 1. A watch or period in the night.-2. A watch or guard in the night. Shak.

Night-watcher (nit'woch-ér), n. One that watches in the night, especially with evil designs.

Night-watchman (nit'woch-man), n. One appointed to act as a watchman during the night.

Night-witch (nit'wich), n. A night-hag; a witch that appears in the night.

Night-yard (nit'yärd), n. A place where the contents of cesspools, night-soil, &c., collected during the night are deposited; a night-shoot.

Nigrescent (ni-gres'ent), a. [L. nigresco, to grow black, from niger, black.] Growing black; changing to a black colour; approaching to blackness. Johnson.

Nigrification (nig'ri-fi-ka"shon), n. [L. niger, black, and facio, to make.] The act of making black. Johnson. Nigrin, Nigrine (ni'grin), n. An ore of titanium, found in black grains or rolled pieces, containing about 14 per cent of iron. It occurs in Ceylon and Transylvania. Nigritude (nig'ri-tud), n. [L. nigritudo, from niger, black.] Blackness.

I like to meet a sweep. one of those tender novices blooming through their first nigritude, the maternal washings not quite effaced from the cheek. Nigua (nig'wa), n. [Sp.] The chigoe or chigre.

Nihil (ni'hil), n. [L.] Nothing.-Nihil album, a name formerly given to the flowers or white oxide of zinc.-The word is also used in sundry law phrases. Nihil capiat per breve (=that he take nothing by his writ), the judgment given against the plaintiff in an action, either in bar thereof or in abatement of the writ.-Nihil or nil dicit (=he says nothing). A judgment by nihil dicit is when the defendant makes no answer.Nihil habuit in tenementis (= he had nothing in the tenement or holding), a plea to be made in an action of debt only, brought by a lessor against a lessee for years, or at will without deed.- Nihil or nil debet (=he owes nothing), a plea denying a debt. Nihilism (ni'hil-izm), n. [From L. nihil, nothing, from ne, not, and hilum, a little thing, a trifle.] 1. Nothingness; nihility.2. In metaph. the denial of all existence or the knowledge of all existence.

Nihilism is scepticism carried to the denial of all existence. Fleming.

3. The doctrines or principles of the Russian secret society of Nihilists.

Nihilist (nihil-ist), n. One who holds the doctrine or principles of nihilism; a member of a Russian secret society, the adherents of which mostly acknowledge materialism as their philosophical creed, but are chiefly characterized by their social and political aims. Their leading idea is that no considerable advance can be made by mankind without an entire reconstitution of society, beginning with a sudden economical reform, or rather revolution, the chief features of

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Nincompoop (nin'kom-pöp), n. [A corrup tion of L. non compos, not of sound mind.] A fool; a blockhead; a simpleton. 'A dotard, a nincompoop.' Addison. [Colloq.]

Rawdon Crawley paid scarcely any attention to Dobbin, looking upon him as a good-natured nincompoop. Thackeray.

Nine (nin), a. [A. Sax. nigon, O. Sax. and O. Fris. nigun, L.G. and D. negen, G. neun, Goth. niun: in the Scandinavian tongues the final n is omitted; Icel. níu, Sw. niu, Dan. ni; cog. W. naw, Ir. naov, L. novem, Gr. ennea, Skr. navam-nine. The root is believed to be that of new.] One more than eight, or one less than ten.-Nine days' wonder, a subject of astonishment and gossip for a short time, generally a petty scandal. The nine worthies, famous personages, often alluded to by old writers and classed together, like the seven wonders of the world, &c. They have been counted up in the following manner: three Gentiles (Hector, Alexander, Julius Cæsar); three Jews (Joshua, David, Judas Maccabæus); and three Christians (Arthur of Britain, Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon). They were

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often introduced in comparisons as to bravery.

Ay, there were some present that were the nine worthies to him. B. Fonson.

Nine (nin), n. The number composed of eight and one; or the number less by a unit than ten; three times three.-The Nine, among English poets, a name given to the Muses, on account of their number.

Descend ye Nine, descend and sing. Pope. -To the nines, to perfection: generally applied to dress, and sometimes implying excess in dressing; as, he or she was dressed up to the nines. [This phrase may perhaps be derived from old to then eyne, to the eyes, or to the nones, for the nonce or occasion.] Ninefold (nin'föld),a. Nine times repeated. This huge convex of fire,

Outrageous to devour, immures us round
Ninefold.

Milton.

Nine-holes (nin'hōlz), n. pl. A game in which holes are made in the ground, into which a pellet is to be bowled.

Th' unhappy wags which let their cattle stray, At nine-holes on the heath while they together play. Drayton. Nine-killer (nin'kil-êr), n. The popular name of the red-backed shrike or butcherbird of Britain (Lanius collurio), and the northern butcher-bird (Lanius septentrionalis) of America. The name nine-killer is derived from the popular belief that the bird catches and impales nine of the animals on which it feeds before it begins its meal. Nine-pence (nīn'pens), n. A silver coin of the value of 9d., no longer current. Nine-pins (nîn'pinz), n. pl. A game with nine pins or pieces of wood set on end, at which a bowl is rolled for throwing them down. Called also American Bowls. Nineteen (nin'tēn), a. [A. Sax. nigontyne, ie. nine, ten.] Nine and ten. Nineteen (nin'ten), n. The sum of nine and ten, or one less than twenty. Nineteenth (nīn'tënth), a. The ordinal of nineteen.

Nineteenth (nīn'tēnth), n. A nineteenth part; the quotient of a unit divided by nineteen.

Ninetieth (nīn'ti-eth), a. The ordinal of ninety.

Ninetieth (nin'ti-eth), n. A ninetieth part; the quotient of a unit divided by ninety. Ninety (nin'ti), n. [A. Sax. (hund) nigontig -nigon, nine, and tig, ten. See HUNDRED.] Nine times ten.

Ninety (nin'ti), a. Nine times ten; as, ninety years.

Ninety-knot (nīn'ti-not), n. A popular name of the plant Polygonum aviculare. Nine-worthinesst (nin'wer-THi-nes), n. Α mock title applied to a person as if he was one of, or to be ranked along with, the celebrated nine worthies. See under NINE. The foe, for dread Of your nine-worthiness, is fled. Ninny (nin'i), n. [A contr. for nincompoop.] A fool; a simpleton.

Some say, compar'd to Bononcini

Hudibras.

That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny. Byrom. Ninnyhammer (nin'i-ham-ér), n. A simpleton. 'An old ninnyhammer.' Addison. 'Foolish simpleton! bewildered ninnyhammer. J. Baillie.

Ninnyhammering (nin'i-ham-ér-ing), a. Foolish. Sterne.

Ninsin, Ninzen (ninʼsin, nin'zen), n. In med. the bitter root of an umbelliferous plant, Sium ninsi, possessing qualities similar to those of ginseng, but weaker. Ninth (ninth), a. The ordinal of nine; designating the number nine, the next preceding ten; as, the ninth day or month. Ninth (ninth), n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by nine; a ninth part.-2. In music, (a) an interval containing an octave and a tone. (b) The chord of the dominant seventh with the second of the higher octave added. -Ninth part of a man, a jocular phrase applied to a tailor.

Ninthly (ninth'li), adv. In the ninth place.

Niobe (ni'ō-be), n. In Greek myth. the daughter of Tantalus, and one of the Pleiades, married to Amphion, king of Thebes. Proud of her numerous progeny, she provoked the anger of Apollo and Artemis (Diana), by boasting over their mother Leto (Latona), who had no other children but those two. She was punished by having all her children put to death by those two deities. She her

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or sophist, who found it inconsistent with Monophysitism to say that our Lord's divinity and humanity, although united in one nature, yet retained unaltered the attributes corresponding to their proper essence. Rev. Orby Shipley.

Niobium (ni-o'bi-um), n. [From Niobe.] A rare metal discovered in 1801 in a black mineral called columbite from North America. It is obtained by reducing the double fluoride of niobium and potassium with sodium; and forms a black powder insoluble in nitric acid, but readily soluble in a mixture of nitric and hydrofluoric acids. Sym. Nb. At. wt. 98. Called also Columbium.

Nip (nip), v.t. pret. & pp. nipped or nipt; ppr. nipping. [A word not found in A. Sax., but which is evidently connected with a number of words in the other Teutonic languages, generally having an initial guttural; comp. Dan. nippe, to twitch, nippetang, tweezers (nipping-tongs), knibe, to nip, to pinch; D. knippen, to nip, to clip, to snap, nijpen, to pinch, to nip, nijptang, pincers; Icel. hneppa, to cut short, to curtail, kneif, nippers, pincers; G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, to nip, knippen, to fillip.] 1. To catch or inclose and compress sharply and tightly between two surfaces or points, as of the fingers; to pinch.

May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell,
Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat,
If I be such a traitress.
Tennyson.

2. To cut, bite, or pinch off the end or point; to pinch off with the ends of the fingers or pincers; to sever smartly.-3. To blast, as by frost; to destroy; to check the growth or vigour of. Nipt to death by him that was a God.' Tennyson.-4. To benumb; to chill; to affect with a sharp tingling sensation. "When blood is nipt and ways be foul.' Shak. 5. To bite; to vex.

And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.
Spenser.
6. To satirize keenly; to taunt sarcasti-
cally.

But the right gentle mind would bite his lip
To hear the javel so good men nip. Spenser.

7. To steal. [Old cant.]-To nip in the bud, to kill or destroy in the first stage of growth; to cut off before development.-To nip in the blossom, same sense. Marvell.-To nip the cable (naut.), is to tie or secure it with a seizing.

Nip (nip), n. 1. A pinch with the points of the fingers, nails, teeth, or with something sharp.

I am sharply taunted, yea, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs. Ascham.

2. A cutting, pinching, or twitching off.3. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants; destruction by frost.-4.t A biting sarcasm; a taunt.-5. A thief. [Old cant.]

They allot such countries to this band of foists, such townes to those, and such a city to so many nips. Decker.

6. Naut. (a) a short turn in a rope. (b) The part of a rope at the place bound by a seizing or caught by jamming.

Nip (nip), n. [D. and L.G. nippen, Dan. nippe, G. nipfen, to sip.] A sip or small draught, especially of some strong spirituous beverage; as, a nip of brandy. Nipadites (ni-pa-di'tēz), n. A fossil genus of palm nuts, occurring in the tertiary clays

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of Sheppey, so named from their resemblance to the nuts of Nipa fruticans, a plant of the screw-pine tribe.

Nipcheese (nip'chēz), n. One of cheeseparing habits; a skinflint. [Slang.] Nipper (nip'er), n. 1. One who or that which nips.-2. A foretooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number, two in the upper and two in the lower jaw.-3.† A satirist. 'Ready backbiters, sore nippers, and spiteful reporters privily of good men.' Ascham.4. In rope-making, a machine formed of two steel plates, with a semi-oval hole in each, which enlarges or contracts as the tarring of the yarn requires.-5. Naut. (a) a hammock with so little bedding as to be unfit for stowing in the nettings. (b) pl. See NIPPERS, 2.-6.† A young thief; a pickpocket.-7. A boy who waits on a gang of navvies, to fetch them water, carry their tools to the smithy, &c.; a boy who goes about with and assists a costermonger. Nipper (nip'èr), v.t. Naut. to fasten two parts of a rope together, in order to prevent it from rendering.-Nippering the cable, fastening the nippers to the cable. See NIPPERS, 2.

Nipperkin (nip'èr-kin), n. A small cup. Nipper-men (nip'èr-men), ". Naut. persons employed to bind the nippers about the cable and messenger.

Nippers (nip'erz), n. 1. Small pincers.2. Naut. certain lengths of the best ropeyarn, fastened together, and employed to secure the cable to the messenger when drawing up the anchor. Nipperty-tipperty (nip'er-ti-tip'èr-ti), a. Light-headed; silly; foolish; frivolous. [Scotch.]

He's crack-brained and cockle-headed about his nipperty-tipperty poetry nonsense. Sir W. Scott. Nippingly (nip'ing-li), adv. In a nipping manner; with bitter sarcasm; sarcastically. Johnson.

Nippitate + (nip'it-ät), a. [From nip, the verb.] A term applied to ale or other liquor that is peculiarly good and strong.

'Twill make a cup of wine taste nippitate. Chapman Nippitato, Nippitatum (nip-i-tā tō, nipi-ta'tum), n. [A mock Latin word formed from the preceding.] Strong liquor.

Lady, 'tis true, you need not lay your lips To better nippitato than there is. Beau. & FI. Nipple (nip'l), n. [A. Sax. nypele; probably connected with nip, a sip, L.G. nippen, Dan. nippe, to sip.] 1. The spongy protuberance by which milk is drawn from the breasts of females; a pap; a teat-2.† The orifice at which any animal liquor is separated. Derham.-3. Anything that projects like a nipple, as that part of a percussionlock over which the cap is placed. Nipple (nip'l), v.t. To furnish with a nipple or nipples; to cover with nipple-like protub

erances.

Nipple-shield (nip'l-shēld), n. A defence for the nipple, worn by women. Nipplewort (nip'l-wêrt), n. A plant of the genus Lapsana (L. communis), nat. order Compositæ, growing commonly as a weed by the sides of ditches and in waste places. See LAPSANA. Nipter (nip'ter), n. [Gr. nipter, a basin, washing vessel, from nipto, to wash.] Eccles. the ceremony of washing the feet practised in the Greek and some other churches on Good Friday, in imitation of the act of our Saviour. In monasteries the abbot and twelve monks took part in the ceremony. Nirles (nérlz), n. A popular name of a variety of the skin disease herpes; herpes phlyctanodes, or miliary herpes of Bateman. Nirvana (nir-vä'na), n. [Skr. nir, out, and vana, blown; lit. blown out.] According to the teaching of Buddhism, the condition of one who has attained to the highest state to which a sentient being can reach, and has accordingly become free from desire for material or immaterial existence, from pride and self-righteousness and ignorance. One who has attained this condition will at death pass entirely out of existence.

What then is Nirvana, which means simply going out, extinction; it being quite clear, from what has gone before, that this cannot be the extinction of a soul? It is the extinction of that sinful, grasping condition of mind and heart, which would otherwise, according to the great mystery of Karma, be the cause of renewed individual existence. That extinction is to be brought about by, and runs parallel with, the growth of the opposite condition of mind and heart; and it is complete when that opposite condition of mind and heart is reached. Nirvana is therefore the same thing as a sinless, calm state of mind; and if translated at all, may best, perhaps, be rendered

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holiness-holiness, that is, in the Buddhist sense, perfect peace, goodness, and wisdom. Rhys Davids. Nist (niz). [Ne and is.] Is not.

For nothing can endure where order nis. Sir P. Sidney. Nisan (ni'zan), n. A month of the Jewish calendar, the first month of the sacred year and seventh of the civil year, answering nearly to our March. It was originally called Abib, but began to be called Nisan after the captivity.

Nisberry (niz'be-ri), n. Same as Naseberry. Niseyt (ni'si), n. [From nice, foolish.] A fool; a simpleton. Hudibras Redivivus, 1707.

Nisi (ni'si). [L] Unless.-Decree nisi, in law, see under DECREE.

Nisi prius (ni'si pri'us), n. [L] A law phrase meaning 'unless before, and occurring originally in a writ by which the sheriff of a county was commanded to bring the men impannelled as jurors in a civil action to the court at Westminster on a certain day, 'unless before' that day the justices came thither (that is, to the county in question) to hold the assizes, which they were always sure to do. Whence the writ, as well as the commission, received the name of nisi prius. The judges of assize, by virtue of their commission of nisi prius, try the civil causes thus appointed in their several circuits, being said to sit at nisi prius, and the courts in which these actions are tried being called courts of nisi prius, or nisi prius courts. A trial at nisi prius may be defined in general as a trial, before a judge and jury, of a civil action that has been brought in one of the superior courts.

Nisi prius record, a document containing the pleadings that have taken place in a civil action for the use of the judge who is to try the case.

Nislée, a. Erroneous form of Nyllée.
N'iste. For Ne Wiste. Knew not.-N'isten,
for Ne Wisten, pl. knew not. Chaucer.
Nisus (ni'zus), n. [L., from nitor, to strive.]
An effort; a conatus; stress.
Nit (nit), n. [A. Sax. hnitu; cog. D. neet,
Icel. gnit, nitr, Dan. gnid, Sw. guet, a nit.j
The egg of a louse or other small insect.
Nitella (ni-tel'a), n. [L. niteo, to shine; lit.
shining plants] A genus of fresh-water
algæ, nat. order Characer. Four species
have been described as inhabiting Great
Britain. They are found in pools and
rivulets.

Nitency (ni'ten-si), n. [L. niteo, to shine.]
Brightness; lustre. [Rare.]
Nitency (ni'ten-si), n. [L. nitor, to strive.]
Endeavour; effort; tendency. [Rare.]
These zones will have a strong mitency to fly wider
Boyle.
Same as

open.

Nithing (nifн'ing), n. and a.
Niding.

Nitid (ni'tid), a. [L. nitidus.] 1. Bright; lustrous; shining. [Rare.]

We restore old pieces of dirty gold to a clean and nitid yellow. Boyle. 2. Gay; spruce; fine: applied to persons. [Rare-3. In bot. having a smooth, even, polished surface, as many seeds. Nitidous (ni'tid-us), a. In bot. having a smooth and polished surface; nitid. Nititelæ (ni-ti-të'lē), n. pl. [L. niteo, to shine, and tela, a web.] A group of spiders of the family Errantes or prowlers, so called from the silken webs they throw out from their nests for the entanglement of their prey.

Nitr-, Nitro-. A prefix employed in chemistry to indicate the presence of the radical nitryl (NO2) in certain compounds; as, nitraniline, nitranisic acid, nitro- benzamide, nitro-benzoic acid.

An explo

Nitramidin (ni-tram'i-din), n. sive substance produced by the action of strong nitric acid upon starch. Nitran (ni'tran), n. Graham's name for the radical NO, which must be supposed to exist in the nitrates, when they are regarded as formed on the type of the chlorides, as nitric acid (NO3 H). Watts. Nitraria (ni-trāʼri-a), n. [L. nitrum, nitre.] A genus of plants of the nat. order Zygophyllaceæ, natives of the salt plains in Central Asia and Northern Africa. They are generally thorny shrubs with fleshy leaves and solitary or clustered white flowers. The fruit is fleshy externally, bony internally, one-celled, one-seeded by abortion, and opening at the top by six valves of unequal size. They owe their generic name to the fact that they were first discovered near some Siberian nitre

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works. N. tridentata has been supposed to be the true lotus tree of the ancients. Nitrate (ni'trāt), n. A salt of nitric acid. The nitrates are generally soluble in water, and easily decomposed by heat. They are much employed as oxidizing agents, and may be prepared by the action of nitric acid on metals or on metallic oxides.-Nitrate of potash, nitre. See NITRE.-Nitrate of silver. When silver is oxidized and dissolved by nitric acid diluted with two or three times its weight of water it forms a solution which yields transparent tabular crystals on cooling, which are called nitrate of silver. When fused the nitrate is of a black colour, and may be cast into small sticks in a mould; these sticks form the lapis infernalis or lunar caustic employed by surgeons as a cautery. It is sometimes employed for giving a black colour to the hair, and is the basis of the indelible ink for marking linen. Its solution is always kept in the laboratory as a test for chlorine and hydrochloric acid. Called also Argentic Nitrate.-Nitrate of soda, a salt analogous in its chemical properties to nitrate of potash or nitre. It commonly crystallizes in obtuse rhombohedrons.

It is found plentifully in Peru, and

is imported into England from America. It is used as a manure and as a source of nitric acid. Called also Sodic Nitrate and Cubic Nitre.

Nitratin, Nitratine (nï'tra-tin), n. Native nitrate of sodium, occurring in transparent crystals in large beds on the northern frontier of Chili, where it rests on marl. It is used as a manure, and also in the production of nitric acid.

Nitre (ni'tèr), n. [Fr. nitre, L. nitrum, Gr. nitron, from Heb. noter, nitre, natron, from netar, to produce effervescence.] (KNO3.) A salt, called also saltpetre, and in the nomenclature of chemistry nitrate of potassium or potassic nitrate. It is generated spontaneously in the soil, and crystallizes upon its surface in several parts of the world, and especially in the East Indies, whence the greater part of the nitre used in Great Britain is derived. In some parts of the Continent it is prepared artificially from a mixture of common mould or porous calcareous earth with animal and vegetable remains containing nitrogen. It is a colourless salt, with a saline taste, and crystallizes in six-sided prisms. It is chiefly employed in chemistry as an oxidizing agent and in the formation of nitric acid. Its chief use in the arts is in the making of gunpowder. It also enters into the composition of fluxes, and is extensively employed in metallurgy; it is used in the art of dyeing, and is much employed in the preservation of meat and animal matters in general. In medicine it is prescribed as cooling, febrifuge, and diuretic.-Cubic nitre. Same as Nitrate of Soda (which see under NITRATE).

Nitriary (ni'tri-a-ri), n. An artificial bed of animal matter for the formation of nitre; a place where nitre is refined.

Nitric (ni'trik), a. An adjective used in the . nomenclature of the oxygen compounds of nitrogen. See NITROUS.-Nitric acid (HN O3), a most important acid, prepared by distilling a mixture of sulphuric acid and nitre. It is a most powerful oxidizing agent, and is decomposed by almost all the metals. When pure it is a colourless liquid, but is usually yellowish, owing to a small admixture of oxides of nitrogen. Its smell is very strong and disagreeable; and it is so acrid that it cannot be safely tasted without being much diluted. It acts with great energy on most combustible substances, simple or compound, and upon most of the metals. It exists in combination with the bases potash, soda, lime, magnesia, in both the vegetable and mineral kingdoms. It is employed in etching on steel or copper; as a solvent of tin to form with that metal a mordant for some of the finest dyes; in metallurgy and assaying; also in medicine, in a diluted state, as a tonic and as a substitute for mercurial preparations in syphilis and affections of the liver; and also in form of vapour to destroy contagion. In the arts it is known by the name of Aqua fortis.-Nitric oxide (N2O2 or NO), a gaseous compound of nitrogen and oxygen, produced by the action of dilute nitric acid upon copper. Nitride (ni'trid), n. A compound of nitrogen with any other element or radical, particularly a compound of nitrogen with phosphorus, boron, silicon, and the metals. Nitriferous (ni-trif'èr-us), a. [L. nitrum,

NITRO-HYDROCHLORIC

nitre, and fero, to bear.] Nitre-bearing; as, nitriferous strata. Nitrification (ni'tri-fi-kā"shon), n. The process of forming or converting into nitre.

Nitrify (ni'tri-fi), v.t.

The presence of water may indeed be considered as one of the conditions essential to nitrification. Dr. Lyon Playfair. [Nitre, and L. facio, to make.] To convert into nitre. Ure. Nitrify (ni'tri-fi), v.i. To become nitre. Nitrine (ni'trin), n. A kind of nitro-glycerine patented by Nobel, a Swedish engineer, in 1866.

Nitrite (ni'trīt), n. A salt of nitrous acid. -Nitrite of amyl. See AMYL. Nitro-aerial (ni'trō-a-ē"ri-al), a. Consisting of or containing nitre and air. Ray. Nitro-benzol, Nitro-benzole (ni-trō-ben'zöl), n. (CH, NO.) A liquid prepared by adding benzol drop by drop to fuming nitric acid. It closely resembles oil of bitter almonds in flavour, and though it has taken a prominent place amongst the narcotic poisons, it is largely employed, as a substitute for that oil, in the manufacture of confectionery and in the preparation of perfumery. It is important as a source of aniline in the manufacture of dyes. It is known also as Essence of Mirbane, a fancy name given to it by M. Collas of Paris. See ANILINE.

Nitro-calcite (ni-trō-kal'sīt), n. Native nitrate of lime. It occurs as a pulverulent efflorescence on old walls and limestone rocks, has a sharp bitter taste, and is of a grayish-white colour. This is said to be the form in which the so-called nitre for the most part occurs.

Nitro-compound (ni-tro-kom'pound), n. A compound of carbon which is formed from another by the substitution of the monatomic radical NO2 for hydrogen. Nitrogen (ni'trō-jen), n. [Gr. nitron, nitre, and gennaō, to produce.] Sym. N.; equivalent, 14; sp. gr. 09713. That element which is the basis of nitric acid, and the principal ingredient of atmospheric air. It is an important elementary principle; it constitutes about four-fifths of common air, the rest being principally oxygen. In its pure state it is remarkable for its negative qualities; that is to say, for the difficulty with which it enters into combination with other matters. It is neither combustible nor a supporter of combustion; it is neither acid nor alkaline; possesses neither taste nor smell. It is most readily obtained from atmospheric air, but it may also be obtained from animal matters. There are five known compounds of nitrogen and oxygen, viz. nitrous oxide, NO; nitric oxide, NO; nitrogen trioxide, N2O3; nitrogen tetroxide, N.04; nitrogen pentoxide, N2O5. Nitrogeneous (nī-trō-jé'nē-us), a. Same as Nitrogenous. Smart.

Nitrogenize (ni'trō-jen-iz), v.t. To impregnate or imbue with nitrogen. Hoblyn. Nitrogenized (ni-troj'en-izd), a. Containing nitrogen.-Nitrogenized foods, nutritive substances containing nitrogen. They have been termed by Liebig the plastic elements of nutrition. Non-nitrogenized foods are such as contain no nitrogen. According to Liebig their function is to promote the process of respiration, and hence he terms them elements of respiration. This classification of food compounds is not now much used.

Nitrogen Monoxide (ni'tro-jen mon-oks"id), n. Same as Nitrous Oxide. Nitrogenous (ni-troj'en-us), a. Pertaining to or containing nitrogen. Nitro-glucose (ni-trō-glūkōs), n. An organic substance produced by acting on finely powdered cane-sugar with nitro-sulphuric acid. In photography it is added in very small quantities to collodion, with the view of increasing the density of the negative and rendering the film less sensitive to light.

Nitro-glycerine, Nitro-glycerin (ni-trōglis'er-in), n. (CgHg Ng Og.) A compound produced by the action of a mixture of strong nitric and sulphuric acids on glycerine at low temperatures. It is a light, yellow, oily liquid, of sp. gr. 16, is a most powerful explosive agent, detonating when struck. It has caused several serious accidents, and was first used in bombs dropped from balloons in the Franco-German war, 1870-71.

Nitro-hydrochloric (ni'trō-hi-drō-klōrik), a. Applied to an acid composed of a mixture of concentrated nitric and hydrochloric

NITROLEUM

acids, used for effecting the solution of many substances, more especially of the noble metals. Called also Nitro-muriatic

Acid and Aqua-regia. Nitroleum (ni-trō'li-um). Same as Nitroglycerin. E. H. Knight.

Nitro-magnesite (ni-tro-mag'nes-it), n. A native hydrated nitrate of magnesia found with nitro-calcite, which it resembles in colour and other characters. See NITROCALCITE. Brande.

Nitrometer (ni-trom’et-er), n. [Gr. nitron, nitre, and metron, a measure.] An instrument for ascertaining the quality or value of nitre.

Nitro-muriatic (nī'trō-mū-ri-atik), a. The older term for Nitro-hydrochloric. Nitro-naphthalene (ni-trō-nap'tha-lēn), n. A derivative from naphthalene produced by nitric acid. There are three of these nitronaphthalenes, arising from 1, 2, or 3 atoms of hydrogen being replaced by a corresponding quantity of nitryl.

Nitro-sulphuric (ni'trō-sul-fū”rik), a. Applied to a mixture of nitric oxide and sulphuric acid. The term is also applied to an acid resulting from the mixture of one part of nitre with eight or ten parts of sulphuric acid, which is said to be a useful agent for separating the silver from the copper of old plated goods.

Nitrous (ni'trus), a. In chem. an adjective used in the nomenclature of the oxygen compounds of nitrogen to express a compound which contains less oxygen than another, to the name of which the adjective nitric is prefixed; thus we have nitrous oxide (NO), nitric oxide (N2O2); nitrous acid (H NO), nitric acid (H NÕ2), &c.-Nitrous acid (H NO2), an acid produced by decomposing nitrites; it very readily becomes oxidized to nitric acid. - Nitrous ether (C2H5 NO2), a derivative of alcohol in which hydroxyl (OH) is replaced by the group NO. --Spirit of nitrous ether, used in medicine, is a mixture of nitrous ether with about four times its volume of rectified spirit. Nitrous oxide gas (NO), a combination of nitrogen and oxygen, formerly called the dephlogisticated nitrous gas. Under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure this substance is gaseous; it has a sweet taste and a faint agreeable odour. inhaled it produces unconsciousness and insensibility to pain; hence it is used as an anæsthetic during short surgical operations. When breathed diluted with air an exhilarating or intoxicating effect is produced, under the influence of which the experimenter is irresistibly impelled to do all kinds of silly and extravagant acts; hence the old name of laughing-gas. Called also Nitrogen Monoxide.

When

Nitrum - flammans (ni'trum-flam'anz), n. [L] Nitrate of ammonium, so named from its property of exploding when heated to 600°.

Nitry (ni'tri), a. Nitrous; pertaining to nitre; producing nitre.

Nitryl (ni'tril), n. (NO2) Nitric peroxide, a monatomic chlorous radical analogous to chlorine, bromine, &c., existing in nitric acid.

Nitter (nit'ér), n. An insect that deposits

nits on horses.

Nittily + (nit'i-li), adv. Lousily.

venturous.

He was a man wittily needy, and therefore adSir F. Hayward, Nitty (nit'i), a. Full of nits; abounding with nits, or the eggs of lice. Nitty (nit'i), a. [L. nitidus, shining, from niteo, to shine.] Shining; elegant; spruce. 'O dapper, rare, complete, sweet, nittie youth.' Marston.

Nival+ (ni'val), a. [L. nivalis, from nix, nivis, snow.] Abounding with snow; snowy. Bailey.

Niveous (ni'vē-us), a. [L. niveus, snowy, from nix, nivis, snow.] Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow. 'A pure and niveous white.' Sir T. Browne. [Rare.]

Nivose (nē-vōz), n. [Fr.] Snow-month, the name given in the French revolutionary calendar to a winter month, beginning December 21 and ending January 19.

Nix, Nixie (niks, niks'i), n. [See NICK.] In Teut. myth, the common name of all waterspirits, good and bad. The Scotch waterkelpie is a wicked nix.

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East Indies, the title of the ruler of Hyderabad in the Deccan, derived from Nizamul-mulk (Regulator of the state), a name adopted by Azof Jah in 1719, and since that time adopted by his successors. Nizey, n. Same as Nisey.

No (no), adv. [A. Sax. nấ, nô, nay, no, from the negative particle ne, n-, and á, ever; this negative particle is very widely spread; comp. Icel. ne, Goth. ni, O.G. ni, O.Slav. Bohem. and Rus. ne, Armor. and Gael. na, L. ne, Zend. na, Skr. na. See NAY.] 1. A word of denial or refusal, expressing a negative; the negative categorematic particle, equivalent to nay, and opposed to yes or yea, the affirmative categorematic particles. A fine distinction formerly existed between no and nay, which has now disappeared: no answered questions negatively framed; as, 'Will he not come? No.' Nay answered those not including a negative; as, 'Will he come? Nay.' It is often used in a way to strengthen negation or refusal, with emphasis: (a) when repeated; as, 'No, no, do not ask me.' (b) When it follows another negative. There is none righteous, no, not one. Rom. iii. 10. (c) When it follows an affirmative proposition. "To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour.' Gal. ii. 5. (d) When it reiterates and introduces an amplification of a previous negation.

The devil himself could not pronounce a title
More hateful to mine ear.

No, nor more fearful. Shak. (e) When it is prefixed to a negative sentence.

No, not the bow which so adorns the skies,

So glorious is, or boasts so many dyes. Waller. 2. Not: in this sense only as the correlative of whether or if, and now usually replaced by not. Exod. xvi. 4.

To be resolved Shak. If Brutus so unkindly knocked or no. It is difficult, indeed, to say whether he (Shakspere) had any religious belief or no. F. R. Green. No (no), n. 1. A denial; the word of denial. Henceforth my wooing mind shall be exprest

In russet yeas and honest kersey noes. Shak. 2. A negative vote, or a person who votes in the negative; as, the noes have it. No (no),a. [From none, O. E. non, A. Sax. nân, by loss of n; comp. a from A. Sax. an. It stands in the same relation to none as my and thy to mine and thine.] Not any; not one; none. 'Thou shalt worship no other God.' Ex. xxxiv. 14.

By heaven! it is a splendid sight to see,
For one who hath no friend, wo brother there.
Byron.

It is an adjective in such a phrase as no where by considering the other word to be a substantive; but the usual mode is to consider both words as an adverbial phrase. Smart.

-No end, an indefinitely great number or quantity.

I have heard no end of stories about that filly. Trollope. No (no), adv. [This is not the negative no. but an abbreviation of the old instrumental case of none. See No, a.] Not in any degree; not at all; in no respect; not; as, no longer; no shorter; no more; no less.

son.

No sooner met, but they looked; no sooner looked, but they loved; no sooner loved, but they sighed; no sooner sighed, but they asked one another the reaShak. Noachian (nō-a'ki-an), a. Relating to Noah, the patriarch, or his time. Noachidæ (no-ak'i-de), n. pl. The immediate families or tribes descended from Noah, or from Shem, Ham, or Japheth. Stormonth. Nob (nob), n. [From knob.] 1. The head: in burlesque.

The nob of Charles the Fifth ached seldomer under a monk's cowl than under the diadem. Lamb.

2. In gunnery, the plate under the swingbed for the head of an elevating screw. E. H. Knight.-One for his nob, (a) a blow on the head delivered in a pugilistic fight. [Slang.] (b) A point counted in the game of cribbage for holding the knave of trumps. Nob (nob), n. [A corruption of nobleman.] A member of the aristocracy; a swell. [Slang.]

Nature's nobs felt with nature's nobs, and true greatness of soul sympathized with true greatness of soul, all the world over. Dickens.

Nob (nob), n. See KNOBSTICK. Nobbily (nob'i-li), adv. In a nobby manner; showily; smartly. [Slang.]

Nobble (nob'l), v. t. To get possession of dishonestly; to steal.

The old chap had nobbled the young fellow's money. Thackeray.

NOBLE

Nobbler (nob′lėr), n. 1. A finishing stroke; a blow on the head. [Slang.]-2. A thimble-rigger's confederate. [Slang.]-3. An Australian name for a dram of spirits. Nobby (nob'i), a. [See NOB.] Applied to anything having an aristocratic appearance; showy; elegant; smart. [Slang.] Nobile officium (nob'i-le of-fish'i-um), n. [L] In Scotland, the power of the Court of Session in questions of equity, whereby it interposes to modify or abate the rigour of the law, and to a certain extent to give aid where no remedy could be had in a court confined to strict law.

Nobiliary (no-bil'i-a-ri), n. [Fr. nobiliaire. See NOBLE] A history of noble families. Nobiliary (nō-bil'i-a-ri), a. Of or pertaining to the nobility; as, nobiliary roll; nobiliary element of parliament. Fitzedward Hall.

Nobilify† (nō-bil'i-fi), v. t. To nobilitate. Holland.

Nobilitate (nō-bil'i-tät), v.t. [L. nobilito. See NOBLE.] To make noble; to ennoble; to dignify; to exalt.

Neither will I (as diverse do) invent strange things of this noble streame [the Medway] therewith to nobilitate and make it more honourable. Holinshed.

Nobilitation (nō-bil'i-tā"shon), n. The act of nobilitating or of making noble. 'The perfection, nobilitation, and salvation of the souls of men. Dr. H. More. Nobility (no-bil'i-ti), n. [L. nobilitas, from nobilis. See NOBLE.] 1. The quality of being noble; nobleness; dignity of mind; greatness; grandeur; that elevation of soul which comprehends bravery, generosity, magnanimity, intrepidity, and contempt of everything that dishonours character.

Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. Sir P. Sidney. Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Shak. They thought it great their sovereign to control, And named their pride nobility of soul. Dryden. 2. The state of being of noble birth or rank; that distinction of rank in civil society, or that eminence or dignity which a man derives from antiquity of family, descent from noble ancestors, or from title conferred by the sovereign, and which raises him above the condition of the mass of the people.

When I took up Boccace unawares, I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda. Dryden.

3. The persons collectively who are of noble rank; those who enjoy rank above commoners; the peerage; as, the English nobility; French, German, Russian nobility. In Great Britain, nobility is extended to five ranks, those of duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. These titles can only be conferred by the sovereign, and that by patent, in virtue of which they become hereditary. Life peerages also are occasionally conferred. Those of the nobility who are peers of England, of Great Britain, or of the United Kingdom, have a hereditary seat in the House of Lords, while the Scottish peers select sixteen of their number to represent their order, and the Irish peers elect twenty-eight representatives for the same purpose. Members of the nobility are free from arrest or imprisonment in civil matters. For felony, treason, or misprision of treason, they can only be tried by their peers, when the noble members of the peerage are summoned, and the accused is acquitted or condemned by the voice of the majority, given not on oath, but 'on honour.' A peer, however, when examined as a witness in civil or criminal cases, or in parliament, must be sworn.

Noble (no'bl), a. [Fr. noble, from L. nobilis, well-known, famous, high-born, noble. Nobilis is for gnobilis, from root of gnosco, nosco, novi, to know, seen also in E. know.] 1. High in excellence or worth: (a) applied to persons or the mind; great or lofty in character, or in the nature of one's achievements; magnanimous; above everything mean, degrading, or dishonourable; as, a noble mind. 'Noblest of men.' Shak.

Statues, with winding ivy crown'd, belong To nobler poets for a nobler song. Dryden. (b) Applied to things: (1) proceeding from or characteristic or indicative of greatness of mind; as, noble courage; noble sentiments; noble thoughts. And what transcends them all, a noble action.' Rogers. (2) Of the best kind; choice.

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine. Jer. ii. 21.
See ye take the charger too,
A noble one.

Tennyson.

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