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(3) Specifically, in mineral. excellent; pure in the highest degree; as, noble opal; noble hornblende; noble tourmaline. Page. 2. Pertaining to the nobility; of an ancient and illustrious family; distinguished from commoners by rank and title; as, a noble personage; noble birth.-3. Magnificent; stately; splendid; as, a noble parade; a noble edifice. -Noble metals, those which can be separated from oxygen by heat alone, namely, gold, silver, platinum, rhodium, iridium, osmium, and mercury. Page.- Noble parts of the body, a name given by some anatomists to the vital parts, as the heart, liver, lungs, brain, &c. Dunglison.-SYN. Honourable, worthy, dignified, elevated, exalted, sublime, great, eminent, illustrious, renowned, stately, splendid, magnificent, grand, magnanimous,

generous.

Noblet (no'bl), v.t. To ennoble. Nobled by fame.' Surrey.

Noble (no'bl), n. 1. A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer, as a duke, marquis, earl, viscount, or baron.

Let us see these handsome houses,
Where the wealthy nobles dwell.

Tennyson.

2. In numis. a gold coin, value 6s. 8d., which was struck in the reign of Edward III. The noble having increased in value to 10s., a

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Noble of Edward III.

A, Actual diameter of the coin.

coin of the former value of a noble was issued by Henry VI. and Edward IV., and called an Angel (which see). Half nobles and quarter nobles were also in circulation at the same period.

Noble (no'bl), n. The popular name of a British fish, Aspidophorus europæus. Called also Armed Bullhead, Lyrie, Sea-poacher, Pluck, Pogge.

Noble-liverwort (nō'bl-liv"ér-wêrt), n. A cryptogamic plant (Hepatica triloba) esteemed as a cure for ringworm. Nobleman (nō'bl-man), n. One of the nobility; a noble; a peer.

If I blush,

(b) Distinction by birth; honour derived from a noble ancestry; distinguished rank. Methought thy very gait did prophesy

Shak.

A royal nobleness. (c) Stateliness; grandeur; magnificence. For nobleness of structure, and riches, it (the Abbey of Reading) was equal to most in England. Ashmole. Noblesse (no-bles'), n. [Fr. noblesse, from L.L. nobilitia, from L. nobilis, noble.] 1. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively.

He has plainly enough pointed out the faults even of the French noblesse. Brougham,

2. Nobleness; nobility; elevation of mind; greatness; noble birth or condition. Chaucer; Spenser. [Obsolete or only poetical.] Noblewoman (nō'bl-wy-man), n. A female of noble rank.

These noblewomen maskers spake good French unto the Frenchmen. G. Cavendish. Nobleyt (no'bli), n. 1. Nobility or body of nobles. Chaucer.-2. Nobleness. Chaucer. Nobly (no'bli), adv. In a noble manner: (a) with greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity. Was not that nobly done.' Shak. (b) Of noble extraction; descended from a family of rank; as, nobly born or descended. (c) Splendidly; magnificently; as, he was nobly entertained.

Where could an emperor's ashes have been so nobly lodged as in the midst of his metropolis and on the top of so exalted a monument ? Addison,

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SYN. Illustriously, honourably, magnanimously, heroically, worthily, eminently, grandly, magnificently, splendidly. Nobody (no'bo-di), n. [No and body.] 1. No person; no one. [It is now always printed as a single word, but formerly (as in old editions of Shakspere) it had a hyphen or was printed as two words.] Hence-2. An unimportant, insignificant, or contemptible person.

Joe Atlee was a nobody; flattery might call him an adventurer, but he was not even so much. Lever.

Nobstick (nob'stik), n. Same as Knobstick. Nocake (no'kak), n. [Corruption from Indian nookik, meal.] A North American Indian dish made by mixing pounded parched maize with water so as to form a sort of paste. Nocent (no'sent), a. [L. nocens, from noceo, to hurt.] 1. Hurtful; mischievous; injurious; doing hurt; as, nocent qualities. Watts.-2. Guilty; criminal.

God made us naked and innocent, yet we presently made ourselves nocent. Hewyt. Nocent (no'sent), n. One who is crimi

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substance in phosphorescent animals which causes light. Rossiter. Noctilucous (nok-ti-lū'kus), a. Shining in the night. Myriads of noctilucous Nereids that inhabit the ocean.' Pennant. Noctivagant (nok-tiv'a-gant), a. [L. nox, noctis, night, and vagor, to wander.] Wandering in the night; as, a noctivagant ani- . mal.

Noctivagation (nok'ti-vā-gā"shon), n. The act of rambling or wandering in the night. Wood.

Noctivagous (nok-tiv'a-gus), a. Same as Noctivagant. Buckland.

Noctograph (nok'tō-graf), n. [L. nox, noctis, night, and Gr. grapho, to write.] 1. A writing frame for the blind.-2. An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats. E. H. Knight. [From L. nox, Noctuary (nok'tü-a-ri), n. noctis, night.] An account of what passes in the night; the converse of a diary.

I have got a parcel of visions and other miscellanies in my noctuary, which I shall send to enrich your Addison.

paper.

of himself.' Sir T. Browne.

Nocently (no'sent-li), adv. In a nocent manner; hurtfully; injuriously. [Rare.] Nocht (nocht), n. Nothing. [Scotch.] Nocivet (no'siv), a. [L. nocivus, from noceo, to hurt.] Hurtful; injurious.

Be it that some nocive or hurtful thing be towards us, must fear of necessity follow thereupon? Hooker. Nock (nok), n. [O.D. nocke, a notch; notch is a softened form.] 1. † A notch; specifically, the notch of an arrow, or those of the bow where the string is fastened. 'He took his arrow by the nock.' Chapman.-2.† Same as Nockandro. Hudibras.-3. In sail-making, the foremost upper corner of boomsails, and of stay-sails cut with a square tack. Nock caring, the rope which fastens the nock of the sail.

Nock, v.t. To notch; to cut into; to place the shaft or arrow upon the string; to string, as a bow. Chapman.

Nockandro (nok-and'rō), n. [Perhaps humorously formed from nock, and Gr. aner, andros, a man. Nares.] The seat of the body; the fundament. "Rescued poor Andrew, and his nockandro from breeching.' Gayton.

Nocked + (nokt), a. Notched.

Noctambulation (nok-tam'bū-lā”shon), n. [L. nox, noctis, night, and ambulo, to walk.] A rising from bed and walking in sleep; somnambulism; sleep-walking. Noctambulism (nok-tam'bū-lizm), n. Same as Noctambulation.

[L. nox,

Noctambulont (nok-tam'bū-lon), n. A noctambulist. Dr. H. More. Noctidial (nok-tid'i-al), a. [L. nox, noctis, night, and dies, day.] Comprising a night and a day. Holder. [Rare.] Noctiferous (nok-tif'er-us), a. noctis, night, and fero, to bring.] Bringing night. Bailey. Noctilionidæ, Noctilioninæ (nok-til'i-on"i-de, nok-til'i-o-ni"ne), n. pl. A family of insectivorous cheiroptera (bats), which are destitute of nasal appendages. They have long narrow wings, a short thick tail, and two joints in the fore-finger, and are almost exclusively confined to tropical countries. The typical genus is Noctilio. The noctilios of South America are named bull-dog bats, on account of their plain short muzzle. In the Indian genus Dysopus the hinder thumb is placed at a distance from the rest of the toes, and is capable of being opposed to them, a character in which this group resembles the Quadrumana. Noctiluca (nok-ti-lū'ka), n. [L. nox, noctis, night, and luceo, to shine.] A minute genus of animals sometimes referred to Acalephæ, but better placed among the Infusoria or the Rhizopoda, often seen on our own coasts, which, in size and appearance, much resemble a grain of boiled sago, or a little granule of jelly, with a long stalk. These minute animals are phosphorescent; and the luminosity which appears at the surface of the sea during the night is chiefly due to them.

Noctilucin (nok-ti-lū'sin), n. The semi-fluid

i'ně), n. pl. [From L. noctu, by night.] An extensive family of nocturnal lepidopterous insects, corresponding with the Linnean section Phalaena noctua. Most of them are sombre in colour.

Noctule (nok'tül), n.

[Fr. noctule, from

L. nox, noctis, night.] The Vespertilio noctula, the largest British species of bat, being nearly 3 inches long without the tail, which is fully 1 inch. It is found chiefly in the south of England, and is seen on the wing only during a short part of the year, retiring early in autumn to hollow trees, caves, or under the eaves of buildings, where many are sometimes found together. Nocturn (nok'tern), n. [L. nocturnus, by night.] An office of devotion or religious service, formerly used in the Roman Catholic Church at midnight. It now forms part of the matins, which service is divided into three nocturns, each of which consists of three (or more) psalms and three lessons. Nocturna (nok-tér'na), n. A family of lepidopterous insects which fly or are active chiefly during the night. It includes the Noctuidæ.

Nocturnæ (nok-tėr'nē), n. pl. A section of raptorial birds, including but one family, the Strigidæ or owls.

Nocturnal (nok-ternal), a. [L. nocturnus, from nox, noctis, night.] 1. Pertaining or belonging to the night; done or occurring at night; as, nocturnal darkness; a nocturnal visit.

From gilded roofs depending lamps display

Nocturnal beams, that emulate the day. Dryden. Specifically-2. In zool. active by night; as, nocturnal lepidoptera.-Nocturnal arc, the arc described by any of the celestial bodies during the night.-Nocturnal flowers, those which close during the day and expand during the night.-Nocturnal lepidoptera. See under LEPIDOPTERA. Nocturnal (nok-térnal), n. An instrument formerly used at sea to take the altitude of stars about the pole, in order to ascertain the latitude.

Nocturnally (nok-tér'nal-i), adv. By night; nightly.

Nocturnal-sight (nok-tér'nal-sit), n. See DAY BLINDNESS. Nocturne (nok'tern), n. [Fr.] 1. In painting, a night-piece; a painting exhibiting some of the characteristic effects of night light.-2. In music, see NOTTURNO. Nocument + (nok'ü-ment), n. [L. nocumentum, from noceo, to hurt.] Harm; injury. Bale.

Nocuous (nok'ü-us), a. [L. nocuus.] Noxious; hurtful. "Though the basilisk be a

nocuous creature.' Swan. Nocuously (nok'ū-us-li), adv. In a nocuous manner; hurtfully; injuriously. Nod (nod), v.i. pret. & pp. nodded; ppr. nodding. [Allied to O.H.G. nuoton, hnoton, to shake; Dan. noder, gestures; Prov. G. notteln, to move to and fro; or perhaps to W. nodi, to note, to mark, to point out; W. and Ir. nod, a mark, a token, a notice: Gael. nodadh, a suggestion, a wink or nod.] 1. To incline the head with a quick motion, either forward or sidewise; as, persons nod in sleep. Hence-2. Fig. to be guilty of oversights through carelessness.

Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream.

Pope.

3. To make a slight inclination of the head, as in assent or by way of salutation, or in

Shak.

Like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. Nodal (nōd'al), a. Pertaining to a node or to nodes; nodated. Nodal points, in acoustics, those points in the length of a string extended between two fixed objects, or in a column of air at one or at each extremity, which, when the string or column is put in a state of vibration, are found to remain at rest.-Nodal lines are corresponding lines which exist on the surface of an elastic body, usually a plate or membrane, whose parts are in a state of

vibration.

Nodated (nōd'at-ed), a. [L. nodatus, from nodus, a knot.] Knotted.-Nodated hyperbola, in geom. a certain curve having two branches intersecting each other. Nodation (nō-da'shon), n. [L. nodatio, from nodo, to tie.] The act of making a knot; state of being knotted. [Rare.] Noddent (nod'en), a. Bent; inclined. Thom

son.

Nodder (nod'ér), n. One who nods; a drowsy person. 'A set of nodders, winkers, and whisperers.' Pope. Those drowsy nodders over the letter of the Scripture." Dr. H. More.

Nodding (nod'ing), p. and a. 1. Having a drooping position; bending with a quick motion; as, a nodding plume.-2. Pertaining to nods of recognition; carried on by nods of recognition; as, a nodding acquaintance with a person.

Noddingly (nod'ing-li), adv. In a nodding manner; with a nod or nods.

Noddle (nod'1), n. [Perhaps a dim. form from nod, the verb, as being that which nods; or a dim. corresponding to D. knod, knodde, a knob, a knot; Dan. knude, a knot, a lump; and so perhaps connected with L. nodus (gnodus), a knot.] 1. The head: used ludicrously.

Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. Sir R. L'Estrange. 2. The back part of the head or neck; the cerebellum.

Of that which ordeineth dooe procede-Imaginacion in the forhede, Reason in the braine, Remembrance in the nodel. Sir T. Elyot. For occasion (as it is in the common verse) turneth a bald noddie, after she hath presented her locks in front and no hold taken. Bacon.

Noddle (nod'l), v.t. [Freq. and dim. form of nod.] To make light and frequent nods. She noddled her head, was saucy, and said rude things to one's face. Rev. R. Graves. Noddy (nod'i), n. [Probably from nod, and equivalent to one that nods or is sleepy, sleepy-head, stupid; comp. noodle.] 1. A simpleton; a fool.-2. A bird of the genus Anous, the A. stolida, so called from its being easily taken. See ANÖUS. -3.† A game at cards, supposed to be cribbage.-4. A sort of hack vehicle.

Node (nod), n. [L. nodus (for gnodus), a knot; cog. knot. See NODDLE.] 1. A knot, or what resembles one; a knob; a protuberance. Hence-2. In med. (a) a swelling of the periosteum, tendons, or bones. (b) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms around joints affected with gout or rheumatism.-3. In astron. one of the points in which two great circles of the celestial sphere, such as the ecliptic and equator, the orbits of the planets and the ecliptic, intersect each other; and also one of the points in which the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary. The node at which a heavenly body passes or appears to pass to the north of

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the plane of the orbit or great circle with which its own orbit or apparent orbit is compared is called the ascending node, or Dragon's head; that where it descends to the south is called the descending node, or Dragon's tail. At the vernal equinox the sun is in its ascending node, at the autumnal equinox in its descending node. The straight line joining the nodes is called the line of the nodes.-Lunar nodes, the points at which the orbit of the moon cuts the ecliptic.4. In poetry, the knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece. Rees.-5. In dialling, a point or hole in the gnomon of a dial, by the shadow or light of which, either the hour of the day in dials without furniture, or the parallels of the sun's declination and his place in the ecliptic, &c., in dials with furniture, are shown.-6. In geom. a small oval figure made by the intersection of one branch of a curve with another.-7. In bot. the part of a stem from which a normal leafbud arises. 8. In acoustics, same as Nodal Point or Nodal Line. See NODAL.

a a, Nodes.

a

Nodical (nod'ik-al), a. Relating to the nodes; applied to a revolution from a node back to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon.

Nodosaria (nō-dō-sä'ri-a), n. [L. nodosus, knotty.] A genus of foraminifers, in which the buds or cells are thrown out from the primitive spherule in linear series so as to form a shell composed of numerous chambers arranged in a straight line. They occur fossil in chalk, tertiary, and recent formations.

Nodose (no-dōs'), a. [L. nodosus, from nodus, knot.] Knotted; having knots or swelling joints: often used in botany. 1. The state or Nodosity (no-dos'i-ti), n. quality of being nodose or knotty; knottiness. 2. In a concrete sense, a knotty swelling or protuberance; a knot.

ore.

No, no; it is not a good imitation of Johnson; it has all his pomp, without his force; it has all the nodosities of the oak, without its strength; it has all the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration. Burke. Nodosous,t Nodous+ (no-dō'sus, nō'dus), a. Knotty; full of knots. Nodular (nod'ù-lér), a. Pertaining to or in the form of a nodule or knot.-Nodular iron Same as Eagle-stone. Nodule (nod'ül), n. [L. nodulus, a dim. A little knot or from nodus, a knot. ] lump; specifically, (a) in bot. a small woody body found in the bark of the beech and some other trees, and formed of concentric layers of wood arranged round a central nucleus. (b) In geol. a rounded irregularshaped mineral mass. Various mineral substances are found of this shape, as flints, ironstone, and calcareous and argillaceous nodules. The nucleus of all these is generally some organized substance, as a piece of sponge, a shell, a leaf, a fish, or the excrement of fishes or other animals, but sometimes an inorganic fragment serves as the centre.

Noduled (nod'uld), a. Having little knots "The noduled flint.' or lumps. Dr. E. Darwin. Nodulose, Nodulous (nod'ū-lõs, nod'-u-lus), a. Having little knots; knotty; in bot. applied specifically to roots having knots at regular intervals; necklace-shaped. Noeggerathia (neg-er-a'ti-a), n. [After Dr. Noeggerath.] A genus of leaves, apparently of palms, occurring in the carboniferous and Permian systems. Noelt (no'el), n. Same as Nowel. Noematic, Noematical (nō-e-mat'ik, noe-mat'ik-al), a. [See NOEMICS.] Of or relating to the understanding; mental; intellectual. No active noematical idea inwardly exerted from the mind itself.' Cudworth.

Noemics (no-ē'miks), n. [Gr. noēma, the understanding, from noeo, to perceive, to understand, to know.] The science of the understanding; intellectual science. [Rare.] Noetian (nō-e'shi-an), n. A follower of Noetus, who lived in the third century, and was condemned at the Council of Ephesus for denying the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Noetic, Noetical (no-et'ik, no-et'ik-al), a. [Gr. noetikos, from nous, the mind.] Relat

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ing to, performed by, or originating in the intellect.

I would employ the word noetic to express all those cognitions which originate in the mind'itself. Sir W. Hamilton.

Nog (nog), n. [Abbrev. of noggin.] 1. A little pot; a mug; a noggin.-2. A kind of strong ale. 'Walpole laid a quart of nog on't." Swift.

Nog (nog), n. [Same word as Dan. knag, knage, a wooden peg, the cog of a wheel; D. knog, a yard-arm.] 1. A wooden pin; in ship-carp. especially, a tree-nail driven through the heel of each shore that supports the ship on the slip.-2. A brick-shaped piece of wood inserted in an internal wall; a timber-brick.-3. A square piece of wood used to prop up the roof of a mine.

Nog (nog), v.t. pret. & pp. nogged; ppr. nogging. 1. In ship-carp. to secure by a nog or tree-nail.-2. To fill with brickwork. See NOGGING.

Noggen + (nog'en), a. Made of hemp; hence, hard; rough; coarse.

Noggin (nog'in), n. [Ir. noigin, Gael. noigean, a noggin.] 1. A small mug or wooden cup: often contracted into Nog. 2. A measure equivalent to a gill.-3. The contents of such a vessel.

Nogging (nog'ing), n. 1. In arch. a species of brickwork carried up in panels between quarters.-2. In ship-carp. the act of securing the heels of the shores with tree-nails. See NoG.-Nogging pieces, horizontal pieces of timber fitting in between the quarters in brick nogging and nailed to them for strengthening the brickwork. Nohow (no'hou), adv. Out of one's ordinary way; out of sorts. [Slang.]

Then struck with the peculiar expression of the young man's face, she added, Ain't Mr. B. so well Dickens. this morning? you look all nohow.' Noie, v.t. [See ANNOY.] To hurt; to Chaucer. trouble; to annoy. Noie,t n. Hurt; trouble. Chaucer. Noils (noilz), n. pl. In wool-combing, the short pieces and knots of wool taken from the long staple in the process of combing. They are used for making inferior yarns and for felting purposes.

Noint (noint), v. t. Same as Anoint. Chapman.

Noise (noiz), n. [Fr. noise, strife, quarrel, noise, probably through a form noxia, from L. noxa, injury, hurt, from root of noceo, to hurt.] 1. A sound of any kind or proceeding from any cause, as the sound made by the organs of speech, by the wings of an insect, the rushing of the wind or the roaring of the sea, of cannon or thunder, a low sound, a high sound, &c.; more especially a nonmusical sound, and often a din, a confused mixture of sounds. Tennyson, for instance, has 'the noise of battle,'noises of the northern sea,' 'the milldam running down with noise, a noise of hymns,' noise of songs,' 'a noise of rooks,' 'a noise of falling showers,' 'some doubtful noise of creaking doors.' 2. Outcry; clamour; loud, importunate, or continued talk; as, to make a great noise about trifles.-3. Frequent talk; much public conversation or discussion; stir.

Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages, and never caught the least infection. Spectator.

4. Report; rumour. Shak.-5.† Music; a concert. 'God is gone up with a merry noise.' Com. Prayer, Ps. xlvii. 5.

Divinely warbled voice,
Answering the stringed noise.

Milton.

6. † A set or company of musicians; a band. And see if thou canst find Sneak's noise; mistress Tear-sheet would fain hear some music. Shak The king has his noise of gypsies as well as of bearwards and other minstrels. B. Jonson.

SYN. Cry, outcry, clamour, din, clatter, tumult, uproar. Noise (noiz), v.i. pret. & pp. noised; ppr. noising. To sound loud.

Other harm

Those terrors, which thou speak'st of, did me none; I never felt they could, though noising loud. Milton, Noise (noiz), v. t. pret. & pp. noised; ppr. noising. 1. To spread by rumour or report; to report.

It is noised he hath a mass of treasure. Shak. All these sayings were noised abroad. Luke i. 65. 2. To disturb with noise. Dryden.-3.† To play on a musical instrument; to accompany with music. Nares. Noisefult (noiz'ful), a. Loud; clamorous; making much noise or talk. Noiseful valour.' Dryden.

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Noiseless (noizʼles), a.

Making no noise or bustle; silent. "The inaudible and noiseless foot of time.' Shak. 'So noiseless would I live.' Dryden.

Along the cool sequester'd vale of life,

They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Gray. Noiselessly (noiz'les-li), adv. In a noiseless manner; without noise; silently. Noiselessness (noiz'les-nes), n. The state of being noiseless or silent; silence. Noisette (nwa-zet), n. A variety of rose called after Louis Noisette of France.

The great yellow noisette swings its canes across the window. Kingsley. Noisily (noiz'i-li), adv. In a noisy manner; with noise; with making a noise. Noisiness (noiz'i-nes), n. The state of being noisy; loudness of sound; clamorousness. Noisome (noi'sum), a. [From obsol. noye, annoyance, to annoy, shortened from annoy, with term. -some.] 1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome winds; noisome effluvia or miasmata.

The noisome pestilence, that in open war Terrible, marches through the mid-day air. Prior. 2. Morally noxious or injurious.

In case it may be proved, that among the number of rites and orders, common unto both, there are particulars, the use whereof is utterly unlawful in regard of some special bad and noisome quality. Hooker.

3. Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid. Foul breath is noisome.' Shak.

Noisomely (noi'sum-li), adv. In a noisome manner; with a fetid stench; with an infectious steam. Bp. Hall.

Noisomeness (noi'sum-nes), n. The state or quality of being noisome; noxiousness; offensiveness. 'Foggy noisomeness from fens or marshes.' Wotton.

Noisy (noiz'i), a. 1. Making a loud noise or sound; clamorous; turbulent. The noisy crowd.' South.-2. Full of noise. 'O leave the noisy town.' Dryden. Nolanaceæ (nō-la-nā’sē-ē), n. pl. [From L. nola, a little bell, from the shape of their corollas.] A group of South American perigynous exogens, allied to Solanaces, with which they are now usually combined, consisting of herbaceous or shrubby plants, with alternate exstipulate leaves. Nolana atriplicifolia, a pretty plant, with prostrate stems, fleshy leaves, and blue flowers, is in cultivation.

N'olde. For Ne Wolde. Would not. Chaucer. Nole † (nol), n. The head; the noll. Noli-me-tangere (no"li-me-tan'jér-e), n. [L., touch me not.] 1. A plant of the genus Impatiens. Called also Balsam. (See ÏMPATIENS.) Also, a plant of the genus Ecballium, which is called the wild or squirting cucumber.-2. In med, an ulcer or cancer, a species of herpes.

Nolition (no-li'shon), n. [L. nolo, that is, ne volo, I will not.] Unwillingness: opposed to volition. Jer. Taylor. [Rare.] Nollt (nol), n. [A. Sax. hnol, enoll, top; O.H.G. hnol, the top, the head.] The head; the noddle.

Nolleity + (nol-lē'i-ti), n. [L. nolo, to be unwilling.] Unwillingness; nolition. Roget. [Rare.]

Nolle prosequi (nol'e pros'e-kwî). [L., to be unwilling to prosecute.] In law, a term used where a plaintiff in any action will not proceed any further.

My lady came in like a nolle prosequi, and stopt the proceedings. Congreve. Nolo contendere (no'lo kon-ten'de-re). [L., I do not wish to contend.] In crim. law, a plea by the panel, equivalent for all purposes of prosecution to that of 'guilty.' Nolt, Nowt (nolt, nout), n. [Icel. naut, a neat, an ox. The 7 does not properly belong to the word. See NEAT.] Oxen; neat; cattle, as opposed to horses. [Scotch.]

They not only intromitted with their whole goods and gear, corn, cattle, horse, noit, sheep, &c. Sir IV. Scott.

Nom (non), n. [Fr.] Name.-Nom de guerre (lit. war-name), a fictitious name assumed for a time.-Nom de plume (lit. pen-name), a signature assumed by an author. Noma (no'ma), n. [Gr. nomao, to eat.] In med. a species of sphacelus occurring generally in children; water-canker. Nomad (no'mad), n. [Gr. nomas, nomados, living on pasturage, from nemo, to distribute or divide, to feed, to pasture.] One of a race or tribe of people whose chief occupation consists in feeding their flocks, and who have no fixed place of abode, shifting their

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residence according to the state of the pasture. Written sometimes Nomade. Nomad (no'mad), a. Subsisting by the tending of cattle, and wandering for the sake of pasturage. See NOMADIC.

Nomada (no'ma-da), n. A genus of bees of the group Cuculina, the female cuckoolike placing her eggs in the cells of Andrena. Most of the species are quite smooth, more or less rufous, with yellow spots, and wasp-like in their general aspect. Nomade (no'mad), n. Same as Nomad. Nomadian (nō-mā'di-an), n. A nomad. North Brit. Rev. [Rare.] Nomadic (nō-mad'ik), a. [Gr. nomadikos. See NOMAD.] Pertaining to or resembling nomads; subsisting by the tending of cattle, and wandering for the sake of pasturage; having no fixed abode; pastoral. The nomadic races, who wander with their herds and flocks over vast plains.' Dr. Carpenter. Nomadically (no-mad'ik-al-i), adv. In a

Nomadism (nō'mad-izm), n. nomadic manner; as, to live nomadically. The state of being a nomad. Nomadize (no'mad-īz), v.i. To live a nomadic life; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage; to subsist by the grazing of herds on herbage of natural growth.

The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the rivers Irtish, Oby, Kama, and Volga.

Tooke.

Nomancy (no'man-si), n. [Fr. nomancie, abbrev. from onomancie. See ONOMANCY.] The art or practice of divining the destiny of persons by the letters which form their names. Johnson.

No-man's-land (nō'manz-land). A tract or district to which no one can lay a recognized or established claim; a region which is the subject of dispute between two parties; debatable land. See DEBATABLE.

Some observers have established an intermediate kingdom, a sort of no-man's-land for the reception of those debatable organisms which cannot be defi nitely and positively classed either amongst vege tables or amongst animals. H. A. Nicholson.

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Nomarch (nom'ärk), n. [Gr. nomos, a district, a nome, and archō, to rule.] The governor or chief magistrate of a nome or province, as in modern Greece. Nomarchy (nom'ärk-i), n. A government or province under a nomarch, as in modern Greece; the jurisdiction of a nomarch. Nombles (nom'blz), n. [See NUMBLES.] The eatable portion of the entrails of a deer; the umbles. Nombre,t n. Chaucer. Nombril (nom'bril), n. [Fr., the navel, for l'ombril, ombril, being from umbiliculus, a dim. of L. umbilicus, the navel.] In her, the centre of an escutcheon. It is also called the Navel-point, and is the next below the fesse-point. Nome (nom), n. [Gr. nomos, a district, a term in music; nome, an eating sore; from nemo, to distribute, to graze.] 1. A province or other political division of a country, especially of modern Greece and ancient Egypt. 2. In anc. Greek music, any melody determined by inviolable rules.-3. In surg. a phagedenic ulcer, or species of herpes. Nomet (nom), n. [L. nomen, a name.] In alg.

a term.

E, Nombril.

Nomen, + Nome,† pp. of nime or nim. Taken; taken away; stolen. Chaucer. Nomen (no'men), n. [L.] A name; one of the three names generally given to an ancient Roman. It distinguished the gens or clan.

Nomenclative (nõ-men'kla-tiv), a. Pertaining to naming. Whitney. Nomenclator (no'men-klat-ér), n. [L., from nomen, name, and calo, Gr. kaleo, to call.] 1. A person who calls things or persons by their names. In ancient Rome candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons they met, and whose votes they wished to solicit. 'Nomenclators, that is, in English, men who could call every one by his name.' Addison.-2. A person who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the names of things in any art or science.

Nomenclatory (nō-men'kla-to-ri), a. Pertaining to naming.

Every conceptual act is so immediately followed as to seem accompanied by a nomenclatory one. Whitney.

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Nomenclatress (no'men-klāt-res), n. A female nomenclator.

Nomenclatural (nō'men-klā-tür-al), a. Pertaining or according to a nomenclature. Nomenclature (no'men-klā-tür), n. [L. nomenclatura. See NOMENCLATOR.] 1. A

name.

To say where notions cannot fitly be reconciled, that there wanteth a term or nomenclature for it, is but a shift of ignorance. Bacon.

2. A glossary, vocabulary, or dictionary.8. A system of names; the systematic naming of things; the names of things in any art or science, or the whole vocabulary of names or technical terms which are appropriated to any particular branch of science; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry. As distinguished from terminology it is applied to the names for individual things, while the latter is applied to the technical terms describing the characteristics of things.

Linear, lanceolate, . . . or crenate leaves are expressions forming part of the terminology of botany, while the names Viola odorata and Ulex europæus belong to its nomenclature. F. S. Mill. Nomenclaturist (no'men-klā-tür-ist), n. One who forms or is versed in nomenclatures. Nomial (no'mi-al), n. [From L. nomen, a name.] In alg. a single name or term. Nomic (nom'ik), n. [Gr. nomos, custom.] The customary or conventional English spelling, which conveys no intimation of the received pronunciation of any word. See GLOSSIC.

Nomic (nom'ik), a. A term applied to our present mode of spelling: opposed to glossic or phonetic.

Nominal (nom'in-al), a. [L. nominalis, from nomen. See NAME.] 1. Pertaining to

a name or term; giving the meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. See under DEFINITION.

The nominal definition or derivation of a word is not sufficient to describe the nature of it.

Bp. Pearson. 2. Existing in name only; not real; merely so called; as, a nominal distinction or difference is a difference in name and not in reality.

He passed eighteen months in nominal attendance on lectures. Macaulay. -Nominal partner, in law, one who has not any actual interest in the trade or business, or its profits; but, by allowing his name to be used, holds himself out to the world as apparently having an interest, and therefore becomes responsible. Nominal (nom'in-al), n. 1. A nominalist. "Thomists, Reals, Nominals.'

Burton.Worcester. The prin

2. A verb formed from a noun. Nominalism (nom'in-al-izm), n. ciples of the nominalists. Nominalist (nom'in-al-ist), n. One of a sect of scholastic philosophers who maintained that general notions (such as the notion of a tree) have no realities corresponding to them, and have no existence but as names (nomina) or words. This sect, founded by Roscelin, canon of Compiègne in the eleventh century, was opposed by the realists, who maintained that general ideas are not formed by the understanding, but have a real existence independent of the mind, and apart from the individual object. Nominalistic (nom'in-al-ist'ik), a. Relating to nominalism. Nominalizet (nom'in-al-iz), v. t. To convert into a noun. Instructions for Orators,

1682.

taxes.

Nominally (nomʼin-al-li), adv. In a nominal manner; by name or in name only. This nominally no tax in reality comprehends all Burke. Nominate (nom'in-at), v. t. pret. & pp. nominated; ppr. nominating. [L. nomino, from nomen, name. See NAME.] 1. To name; to mention by name.

Sight may distinguish of colours, but suddenly to nominate them all, it is impossible. Shak.

2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. Spenser. Thy young days which we may nominate tender.' Shak.-3. To name or designate by name for an office or place; to appoint; as, to nominate an heir or an executor.-4. To name for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of a person as a candidate for an office or place; as in a public assembly, where men are to be selected and chosen to office, a member of the assembly or meeting nominates, that is, proposes to the chairman the name of a person whom

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he desires to have elected.-5. † To appoint; to set down in express terms; to express. Shak.

Is it so nominated in the bond?

Nominate (nom'in-at), a. A nominate right, in Scots law, is one that is known and recognized in law, or possesses a nomen juris, as it is termed, the use of which determines its boundaries and settles the consequences to all concerned. Of this sort are those contracts termed loan, commodate, deposit, pledge, sale, &c. Nominate rights are opposed to innominate, or those in which no obligation is created beyond the express agreement of the parties concerned. Nominately (nom'in-at-li), adv. By name; particularly. Sir H. Spelman. Nomination (nom-i-nā'shon), n. 1. The act of nominating or naming; the act of proposing by name for an office; the act or ceremony of bringing forward the name of a candidate according to certain prescribed forms; as, the nomination of candidates for election to parliament.-2. The state of being nominated; as, he is in nomination for the post.-3. The power of nominating or appointing to office. The nomination of persons to places being a prerogative of the king. Clarendon. 4. In law, the power which a man has to appoint a clerk to a patron of a benefice, by him to be presented to the ordinary.-5. † Denomination; name. Divers characters are given to several persons, by which they are distinguished from all others of the same common nomination. Bp. Pearson.

6. Mention by name; express mention. Shak. Nominatival (nom'in-a-ti"val), a. Of or pertaining to the nominative case. Nominative (nom'i-na-tiv), a. [L. nomina

tivus, naming, from nomen, a name.] A term applied to that form of a noun or pronoun which is used when the noun or pronoun is the subject of a sentence, or to the noun or pronoun itself when it stands in that rela

tion; as, the nominative case of a Latin word; the nominative word in a sentence. Nominative (nom'i-na-tiv), n. In gram. the nominative case; a nominative word; the form of a noun which simply designates the person, thing, or notion, in distinction to any form which not only designates it, but also indicates a certain grammatical construction in which the noun is to bear a part.

Nominatively (nom'i-na-tiv-li), adv. In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative. Nominator (nom'in-at-ér), n. One that nominates.

Nominee (nom-i-nē), n. 1. In law, the person who is nominated or named to receive a copyhold estate on surrender of it to the lord; the cestui que use, sometimes called the surrenderee.-2. A person named or designated by another.-3. A person on whose life depends an annuity.

Nominor (nom-i-nor), n. In law, one who

nominates. 'The terms of connection between a nominor and a nominee.' Bentham. Nomocanon (nō'mō-kan-on), n. [Gr. nomos, a law, and kanon, a rule.] 1. A collection of canons and of imperial laws relative or conformable thereto; as, the nomocanon of Photius, patriarch of Constantinople.-2. A collection of the ancient canons of the apostles, councils, and fathers, without any regard to imperial constitutions. Rev. Orby Shipley.

Nomographer (nō-mog'ra-fer), n. One who writes on the subject of nomography. Nomography (no-mogʻra-fi), n. [Gr. nomos, a law, and graphō, to write.] Exposition of the proper manner of drawing up laws; that part of the art of legislation which has relation to the form given, or proper to be given, to the matter of a law: a word invented apparently by Bentham, who wrote a treatise on Nomography, or the Art of Inditing Laws.'

Nomology (no-mol'o-ji), n. [Gr. nomos, a law, and logos, a discourse.] 1. The science or knowledge of law, legislation, and government. 2. The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.-3. That part of botany which relates to the laws which govern the variations of organs. Nomothesy (nom'ō-the-zi), n. [Gr. nomos, a law, and tithemi, to put, to place, or establish.] The institution of laws; the publication of laws.

Nomothete (nom'ō-thēt), n. A lawgiver. Smart.

Nomothetic, Nomothetical (nom-o-thet'ik, nom-o-thet'ik-al), a. [Gr. nomothetes, a legis

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The reason of this non-admission is its great unAyliffe. certainty.

Non-adult (non-a-dult'), n. One not having

Not arrived at

arrived at adult age; a youth. Non-adult (non-a-dult'), a. adult age; in a state of pupillage; imma

ture.

Nonage (non'āj), n. [Non, not, and age.] 1. The time of life before a person, according to the laws of his country, becomes of age to manage his own concerns; minority. See MINORITY.

What's a protector? He's a stately thing, That apes it in the nonage of a king. Cleaveland 2. Period of immaturity in general. world's nonage.' Glanville.

nonage.

"The

The human mind in many respects was still in its Coleridge. Nonage (non'aj), n. [L.L. nonagium, from L. nonus, ninth.] A ninth part of movables, which in former times was paid to the clergy, on the death of persons in their parish, and claimed on pretence of being distributed to pious uses.

Nonaged (non'ājd), a. Not having due maturity; being in nonage.

The muse's love appears
In nonaged youth, as in the length of years.
W. Browne.

Nonagenarian (non'a-jen-ā"ri-an), n. [L.
nonagenarius, containing or consisting of
ninety, nonageni, ninety each, nonaginta,
ninety, novem, nine. ] A person between
ninety and a hundred years old.
Nonagesimal (non-a-jes'i-mal), a. [L. nona-
gesimus, ninetieth.] Belonging to the num-
ber 90; pertaining to a nonagesimal.
Nonagesimal (non-a-jes'i-mal), n. In astron.
the middle or highest point of that part of
the ecliptic which is at any given moment
above the horizon. It is the 90th degree of
the ecliptic reckoned from the points in
which it is intersected by the horizon.
Nonagon (non'a-gon), n. [L. nonus, nine,
and Gr. gonia, an angle.] A figure having
nine sides and nine angles.
Non-alienation (non-al'yen-ā"shon), n.
1. State of not being alienated.-2. Failure
to alienate. Blackstone.
Non-appearance (non-ap-pēr'ans), n. A
not making an appearance; default of ap-
pearance, as in court, to prosecute or de-
fend. Swift.

Non-appointment (non-ap-point'ment), n. Failure to appoint or to be appointed; neglect of appointment.

Non-arrival (non-a-rï'val), n. Failure to arrive.

Non assumpsit (non as-sump'sit), n. [L., he did not undertake.] In law, a general plea in a personal action, by which a man denies that he has made any promise. Non-attendance (non-at-ten'dans), n. failure to attend; omission of attendance; personal absence.

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Non-attendance in former parliaments ought to be a bar against the choice of men who have been guilty of it. Ld. Halifax.

NON-CONCURRENCE

InatNon-attention (non-at-ten'shon), n. tention. The consequence of non-attention so fatal.' Swift.

Non-bituminous (non-bi-tù'min-us), a. Containing no bitumen; as, the non-bituminous part of coal, known as coke. Nonce (nons), n. [Same word as once, with an initial n that does not belong to it, but to the old dative of the article seen in the phrases for then anes, for then ones, for than anes, for the nonce, originally for tham ánes, where anes is an adverbial genitive of A. Sax. án, one, used substantively; comp. the tother, for that other.] Present occasion or purpose: used chiefly or exclusively in the phrase for the nonce.

And that he calls for drink, I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce. Shak.

Non cepit (non së'pit), n. [L., he took not.] In law, an obsolete plea by way of traverse which occurs in the action of replevin. Wharton.

Nonchalance (non'sha-lans or non-shaläns), n. [Fr. See below.] Want of earnestness or feeling of interest; reckless indifference; carelessness; coolness; as, he heard of his loss with great nonchalance. Nonchalant (non'sha-lant or non-sha-län), a. [Fr., from non, not, chaloir, to care for, to concern one's self with, from L. caleo, to be warm or ardent.] Indifferent; careless; cool; as, he replied with a nonchalant air.

Nonchalantly (non-sha-lant'ly), adv. In a nonchalant manner; coolly; carelessly; as, to answer an accusation nonchalantly. Non-claim (non'klām), n. A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim. Wharton.

Non-cohesion (non-kō-hë’zhon), n. Want

Not having a commission. -Non-commissioned officers, in the army and navy, officers not holding a commission from the crown; subordinate officers below the rank of lieutenant, as sergeants and corporals in the army, and quartermasters and gunners' mates in the navy.

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Non-committal (non-kom-mit'al), n. state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance of committing or pledging one's self. Channing. Non-communion (non-kom-mūn'yon), n. Failure or neglect of communion. Non-communistic (non'kom-mun-ist"ik), a. Not characterized by the more dangerous doctrines of communism.

The two elaborate forms of non-communistic Socialism, known as St. Simonism and Fourierism, are totally free from the objections usually urged against communism. J. S. Mill. Non-completion (non-kom-ple'shon), n. Want of completion; failure to complete. Non-compliance (non-kom-pli'ans), n. Neglect or failure of compliance.

The first act of non-compliance sendeth you to gaol again. Ld. Halifax. NeNon-complying (non-kom-pli'ing), a. glecting or refusing to comply. Non compos mentis (non kom'pos men'tis). [L.] Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason: often contracted Non Compos and Non Comp.

Noncompounder (non-kom-pound'ér), n. One who does not compound; specifically, in Eng. hist. a member of one of the two sections into which the Jacobite party divided shortly after the Revolution, who wished for the restoration of the king, without binding him to any conditions as to amnesty, guarantees of civil or religious liberty, &c. See COMPOUNDER.

Non-con. (non'kon). An abbreviation of Nonconformist, and also of Non-content. Non-concluding (non-kon-klūd'ing), a. Not ending or closing.

Non-concur (non-kon-kėr'), v. i. To dissent or refuse to concur; not to agree. Non-concurrence (non-kon-kér'rens), n. A

refusal to concur.

NON-CONDENSING

Non-condensing (non-kon-dens'ing), a. Not condensing. Non-condensing engine, a steam engine, usually high-pressure, in which the steam on the non-effective side of the piston is allowed to escape into the atmosphere, in contradistinction to a condensing engine, in which the steam in advance of the piston is condensed to create a partial vacuum, and thus add to the effective value of the steam which impels it. See STEAM-ENGINE. Non-conducting (non-kon-dukt'ing), a. Not conducting; not transmitting; thus, with respect to electricity, wax is a non-conducting

substance.

Non-conduction (non-kon-duk'shon),n. The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct or transmit; as, the non-conduction of heat. Non-conductor (non-kon-dukt'èr), n. A substance which does not conduct, that is,

transmit such a force as heat or electricity, or which transmits it with difficulty; thus, wool is a non-conductor of heat; glass and dry wood are non-conductors of electricity. See CONDUCTOR.

Nonconforming (non-kon-form'ing), a. Wanting conformity; especially, dissenting from the established religion of a country.

The non-conforming ministers were prohibited, upon a penalty of forty pounds for every offence, to come, unless only in passing upon the road, within five miles of any city, corporation, &c. Locke. Nonconformist (non-kon-form'ist), n. One who does not conform; especially, one who refuses to conform to an established church. The name was at first applied particularly to those clergymen who, at the Restoration, refused to subscribe to the Act of Uniformity, and were in consequence ejected from their livings.

Is it just, is it handsome, that I should be a nonconformist either in the public sorrow or joy? Barrow.

On his death-bed he declared himself a non-conformist, and had a fanatic preacher to be his spiritual guide. Swift. Nonconformity (non-kon-form'i-ti), n. 1. Neglect or failure of conformity.

A conformity or nonconformity to it (the will of our Maker) determines their actions to be morally good or evil. Watts.

2. The neglect or refusal to unite with an established church in its rites and mode of worship; the principles of the English nonconformists. The grand pillar and buttress of nonconformity.' South. Non constat (non kon'stat). In law Latin, it does not appear; it is not clear or plain. Non-contagion (non-kon-tä'jon), n. The doctrine that disease is not propagated by contagion.

Non-contagionist (non-kon-tā'jon-ist), n. A supporter of the doctrine of non-contagion.

Non-contagious (non-kon-tā'jus), a. Not contagious.

Non-contagiousness (non-kon-tā'jus-nes), n. The fact of a disease not being communicable by contagion; as, the non-contagiousness of typhoid fever.

Non-contemporaneous (non-kon-tem'pōrā"ně-us), a. Not being contemporary, or not of contemporary origin. Non-content (non'kon- tent), n. In the House of Lords, one who gives a negative vote, as not being satisfied with the measure. The word is sometimes abridged into Non-con.

Non-contributing, Non-contributory (non-kon-trib'ut-ing, non-kon-trib'u-to-ri), a. Not contributing.

Non-deciduate (non-de-sid'ū-āt), a. Indeciduate (which see). Non decimando (non des-i-man'dō), n. [L., not for tithing.] In law, a custom or prescription to be discharged of all tithes,

&c.

Non-delivery (non-dē-liv'èr-i), n. A neglect or failure of delivery.

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Non demisit (non de-mi'sit). [L., he did not demise.] In law, a plea formerly resorted to where a plaintiff declared upon a demise, without stating the indenture, in an action of debt for rent. Also, a plea in bar, in replevin to an avowry for arrears of rent, that the avowant did not devise. Wharton. Non-deposition (non-dē’pō-zi"shon), n. failure to deposit or throw down. Nondescript (non'dē-skript), a. [L. non, not, and descriptus, described.] 1. Not hitherto described or classed.-2. Not easily described; abnormal or amorphous; odd; unclassifiable; indescribable. 'A nondescript animal which might have passed for a mer

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maid, as it was paddling in a pool.' Sir W. Scott.

Nondescript (non'dē-skript), n. 1. Anything that has not been described.-2. A person or thing not easily classed: usually applied disparagingly. A few ostlers and stable nondescripts.' Dickens.

His vaunted portfolio was simply a collection of nondescripts. Th. Hook.

Non detinet (non deʼti-net). [L., he does not detain.] In law, an obsolete plea by way of traverse, which occurred in the action of detinue. Wharton. Non-development (non-de-vel'up-ment), n. A failure of development. Non-discovery (non-dis-kuv'èr-i), n. Want of discovery.

Non distringendo (non dis-trin-jen'dō). In law, a writ granted not to distrain.

None (nun), n. or pron. [A. Sax. nan-ne, not,

and an, one; O. E. noon, non, none. The loss of the final n produced the adjective no, to which it now stands in the same relation as mine and thine to my and thy.] 1. Not one: used of persons or things. Thou shalt get kings though thou be none. Shak. There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Ps. xiv. 3. None but the brave deserve the fair. Dryden. 2. Not any; not a part; not the least portion.

Six days shall ye gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. Exod. xvi. 26. -None the more, none the less, not the more, not the less on that account.

Nonet (nun), a.

Dickens.

His eager eye scanned Mr. D.'s downcast face none the less closely. No. Thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life. Deut. xxviii. 66.

None, n. [Fr., from L. nonus, the ninth, from novem, nine ] The ninth hour after sunrise at the equinoxes; about three o'clock in the afternoon; the hour of dinner. Chaucer.

Non-effective (non-ef-fekt'iv), a. 1. Having no power to produce an effect; causing no effect; as, a non-effective stroke.-2. A term applied to that portion of the personnel of an army or navy not in a condition for active service, as superannuated and half-pay officers, pensioners, and the like; of or pertaining to or caused by this portion of the personnel of an army.

The non-effective charge, which is now a heavy part of our public burdens, can hardly be said to have existed. Macaulay.

Non-efficient (non-ef-fl'shent), a. Not efficient, effectual, or competent; specifically, milit. a term applied to a volunteer who has not attended a prescribed number of drills and passed a certain standard in shooting.

Non-efficient (non-ef-fi'shent), n. One who is not efficient; milit. a volunteer who has not attended a prescribed number of drills and passed a certain standard in rifle-practice.

Non-ego (non'ē-gō), n. [L., not I.] In metaph. all beyond or outside of the ego or conscious thinking subject; the object as opposed to the subject.

The ego, as the subject of thought and knowledge, is now commonly styled by philosophers the subject; and subjective is a familiar expression for what pertains to the mind or thinking principle. In contrast and correlation to these, the terms object and objec tive are, in like manner, now in general use to denote the non-ego, its affections and properties, and in general, the really existent, as opposed to the ideally

known.

Reid.

Non-elastic (non-e-las'tik), a. Not elastic; destitute of the property of elasticity. Liquids are termed non-elastic fluids because they have comparatively no elasticity, and are thus distinguished from the elastic fluids, as air and gases. See ELASTICITY. Non-elect (non-ē-lekt), n. sing, and pl. One who is or those who are not elected; specifically, one who is or those who are not chosen to salvation.

Non-election (non-e-lek'shon), n. Failure of election. Non-electric, Non-electrical (non-e-lek'trik, non-e-lek'trik-al), a. Not electric; conducting electricity: a term now disused. Non-electric (non-e-lek'trik), n. An old term for a substance that is not an electric, or one that transmits electricity, as metals. Non-emphatic, Non-emphatical (non-emfat'ik, non-em-fat'ik-al), a. Having no emphasis; unemphatic.

Nonentity (non-en'ti-ti), n. 1. Non-exist

NON-FULFILMENT

ence; the negation of being.-2. A thing not existing.

There was no such thing as rendering evil for evil, when evil was a non-entity. South.

3. Nothingness; insignificance; futility.

Armies in the West were paralyzed by the inaction of a captain who would hardly take the pains of writing a despatch to chronicle the nonentity of his operations. Brougham.

4. A person or thing of no consequence or importance; as, he is a mere non-entity. Non-entry (non-en'tri), n. In Scots law, the casualty which formerly fell to the superior where the heir of a deceased vassal neglected to obtain himself entered with the superior, or, as otherwise expressed, who failed to renew the investiture. In virtue of this casualty the superior was entitled to the rents of the feu.

Non-Episcopal (non-e-pis'kop-al), a. Not of the Episcopalian church or denomination. Rev. F. G. Lee.

Non-Episcopalian (non-e-pis'kō-pā"li-an), n. One who does not belong to the Episcopalian church. Rev. F. G. Lee. Nones (nōnz), n. pl. [L. nonæ, from nonus, for novenus, ninth, from novem, nine. ] 1. In the Rom. calendar, the fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were so called as falling on the ninth day before the ides, both days included.-2. The office for the ninth hour; one of the breviary offices of the Catholic Church. Nonest (nōnz). The occasion; the nonce : only used in the phrase for the nones, originally for then anes. Chaucer. See NONCE. None-so-pretty (nun'sō-prit-i), n. A plant of the genus Saxifraga (S. umbrosa). Called also London Pride. See SAXIFRAGE.

Shak.

None-sparing (nun'spar-ing), a. Sparing nobody or nothing; all-destroying. Nonesparing war. Non-essential (non-es-sen'shal), a. Not essential or necessary; not absolutely necessary.

Non-essential (non-es-sen'shal), n. A thing that is not absolutely necessary or of the utmost consequence.

Non est (non est). [L., he or it is not.] A contraction of the legal phrase Non est inventus (which see), and popularly used to signify, he was not there, he was absent. Non est factum (non est fak'tum). [L., it is not the fact or deed.] In law, the general issue in an action on bond or other deed, whereby the defendant formerly denied that to be his deed whereon he was sued. Wharton.

Non est inventus (non est in-ven'tus). [L., he is not found.] In law, the answer made by the sheriff in the return of the writ, when the defendant is not to be found in his bailiwick. Wharton.

Nonesuch (nun'such), n. 1. A person or thing such as to have no parallel; an extraordinary thing; a thing that has not its equal. 2. A name given to various objects, as to certain plants of the genera Medicago (M. lupulina) and Lychnis (L. chalcedonica), and to a certain kind of apple. Spelled also Nonsuch.

Nonett (non'et), n. The titmouse. Holland.

Nonetto (non-et'to), n. [It.] A piece of music in nine parts, or for nine voices or instruments. Non-execution (non-ek'sē-kū"shon), n. Neglect of execution; non-performance. Non-existence (non-egz-ist'ens), n. 1. Absence of existence; the negation of being.

How uncomfortable would it be to lie down in a temporary state of non-existence. A. Baxter.

2. A thing that has no existence or being. 'Not only real virtues, but non-existences.' Sir T. Browne.

Non-existent (non-egz-ist'ent), a. Not having existence. Non-exportation (non-eks'port-ā"shon), n. A failure of exportation; a failure to export goods or commodities. Non-extensile (non-eks-tens'il), a. Not extensile; incapable of being stretched. Non-feasance (non-fé'zans), n. [Fr. faisance, from faire, to do.] In law, an offence of omission of what ought to be done. Non-fossiliferous (non-fos-sil-if'èr-us), a. Not producing or containing fossils. Non-fulfilment (non-ful-fil'ment), n. glect or failure to fulfil; as, the non-fuljilment of a promise or bargain.

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