Chapter 1044

Verbs which in whole or in part have shed their old nounal coat. Earle.

Nounize <Xpage=984>

Noun"ize (?) , v. t. To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.

Earle. <-- = nominalize -->

Nourice <Xpage=984>

Nour"ice (?) , n. A nurse. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Nourish <Xpage=984>

Nour"ish (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nourished (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Nourishing .] [OE. norisen , norischen , OF. nurir , nurrir , norir , F. norrir , fr. L. nutrire . Cf. Nurse , Nutriment , and see -ish .]

1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.

He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Is. xliv. 14.

2. To support; to maintain.

Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. Shak.

3. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. " Nourish their contentions."

Hooker.

4. To cherish; to comfort.

Ye have nourished your hearts. James v. 5.

5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.

Chaucer.

Nourished up in the words of faith. 1 Tim. iv. 6.

Syn. -- To cherish; feed; supply. See Nurture .

Nourish <Xpage=984>

Nour"ish , v. i. 1. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.

Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves. Bacon.

2. To gain nourishment. [R.]

Bacon.

Nourish <Xpage=984>

Nour"ish , n. A nurse. [Obs.]

Hoolland.

Nourishable <Xpage=984>

Nour"ish*a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. nourrissable .]

1. Capable of being nourished; as, the nourishable parts of the body .

Grew.

2. Capable of giving nourishment. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Nourisher <Xpage=984>

Nour"ish*er (?) , n. One who, or that which, nourishes.

Milton.

Nourishing <Xpage=984>

Nour"ish*ing , a. Promoting growth; nutritious,

Nourishingly <Xpage=984>

Nour"ish*ing*ly , adv. Nutritively; cherishingly.

Nourishment <Xpage=984>

Nour"ish*ment (?) , n. [Cf. OF. norrissement .]

1. The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

2. That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food.

Learn to seek the nourishment of their souls. Hooker.

Nouriture <Xpage=984>

Nour"i*ture (?) , n. Nurture. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Noursle <Xpage=984>

Nour"sle (?) , v. t. [Freq., fr. OE. nourse . See Nurse .] To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also nosel , nousel , nousle , nowsle , nusle , nuzzle , etc.]

She noursled him till years he raught. Spenser.

Nous <Xpage=984>

Nous (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ mind.] Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

Nousel, Nousle <Xpage=984>

Nous"el , Nou"sle (?) , v. t. [See Noose .] To insnare; to entrap. [Obs.]

Johnson.

Nouthe, Nowthe <Xpage=984>

Nou"the , Now"the (?) , adv. [ Now + the .] Just now; at present. [Obs.]

But thereof needeth not to speak as nouthe . Chaucer.

Novaculite <Xpage=984>

No*vac"u*lite (?) , n. [L. novacula a sharp knife, razor: cf. F. novaculite .] (Min.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

Novatian <Xpage=984>

No*va"tian (?) , n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the sect of Novatius , or Novatianus , who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

Novatianism <Xpage=984>

No*va"tian*ism (?) , n. The doctrines or principles of the Novatians.

Milner.

Novation <Xpage=984>

No*va"tion (?) , n. [L. novatio ; novus new: cf. F. novation .] 1. Innovation. [Obs.]

I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths. Laud.

2. (Law) A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation.

Novator <Xpage=984>

No*va"tor (?) , n. An innovator. [Obs.]

Novel <Xpage=984>

Nov"el (?) , a. [OF. novel , nuvel , F. nouvel , nouveau , L. novellus , dim. of novus new. See New .] Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

&hand; In civil law, the novel or new constitutions are those which are supplemental to the code, and posterior in time to the other books. These contained new decrees of successive emperors.

Novel assignment (Law) , a new assignment or specification of a suit.

Syn. -- New; recent; modern; fresh; strange; uncommon; rare; unusual. -- Novel , New . Everything at its first occurrence is new ; that is novel which is so much out of the ordinary course as to strike us with surprise. That is a new sight which is beheld for the first time; that is a novel sight which either was never seen before or is seen but seldom. We have daily new inventions, but a novel one supposes some very peculiar means of attaining its end. Novel theories are regarded with distrust, as likely to prove more ingenious than sound.

Novel <Xpage=984>

Nov"el , n. [F. nouvelle . See Novel , a. ]

1. That which is new or unusual; a novelty.

2. pl. News; fresh tidings. [Obs.]

Some came of curiosity to hear some novels . Latimer.

3. A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love.

Dryden.

4. [L. novellae (sc. constitutiones ): cf. F. novelles .] (Law) A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel , a.

Novelette <Xpage=984>

Nov`el*ette" (?) , n. [Dim. of novel , n. See Novel .] A short novel.

Novelism <Xpage=984>

Nov"el*ism (?) , n. Innovation. [Obs.]

Novelist <Xpage=984>

Nov"el*ist , n. 1. An innovator; an asserter of novelty. [Obs.]

Cudworth.

2. [Cf. F. nouvelliste , It. novellista .] A writer of news. [Obs.]

Tatler (178).

3. [Cf. F. nouvelliste .] A writer of a novel or novels.

Novelize <Xpage=984>

Nov"el*ize (?) , v. i. To innovate. [Obs.]

Novelize <Xpage=984>

Nov"el*ize , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Novelized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Novelizing (?) .] 1. To innovate. [Obs.]

2. To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction. "To novelize history."

Sir J. Herschel.

Novelry <Xpage=984>

Nov"el*ry (?) , n. [OF. novelerie .] Novelty; new things. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Novelty <Xpage=984>

Nov"el*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Novelties (#) . [OF. novelt\'82 , F. nouveaut\'82 , L. novellitas .]

1. The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. South.

2. Something novel; a new or strange thing.

November <Xpage=984>

No*vem"ber (?) , n. [L. November , or Novembris (sc. mensis ), the ninth month of the old Roman year, which began with March, fr. novem nine: cf. F. Novembre . See Nine .] The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.

Novenary <Xpage=984>

Nov"e*na*ry (?) , a. [L. novenarius , from novem nine.] Of or pertaining to the number nine.

Novenary <Xpage=984>

Nov"e*na*ry , n. The number of nine units; nine, collectively.

Novene <Xpage=984>

No"vene (?) , a. [L. novenus nine each, in LL., ninth, fr. L. novem nine.] Relating to, or dependent on, the number nine; novenary. [R.]

The triple and novene division ran throughout. Milman.

Novennial <Xpage=984>

No*ven"ni*al (?) , a. [L. novennis of nine years; novem nine + annus year.] Done or recurring every ninth year.

Novercal <Xpage=984>

No*ver"cal (?) , a. [L. novennis of nine years; novem nine + annus year.] Done or recurring every ninth year.

Novercal <Xpage=984>

No*ver"cal (?) , a. [L. novercalis , from noverca a stepmother.] Of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother.

Derham.

Novice <Xpage=984>

Nov"ice (?) , n. [F., from L. novicius , novitius , new, from novus new. See New , and cf. Novitious .]

1. One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.

I am young; a novice in the trade. Dryden.

2. One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.

1 Tim. iii. 6.

3. (Eccl.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.

Shipley.

No poore cloisterer, nor no novys . Chaucer.

Novice <Xpage=984>

Nov"ice , a. Like a novice; becoming a novice. [Obs.]

Noviceship <Xpage=984>

Nov"ice*ship (?) , n. The state of being a novice; novitiate.

Novilunar <Xpage=984>

No`vi*lu"nar (?) , a. [L. novus new + luna the moon.] Of or pertaining to the new moon. [R.]

Novitiate <Xpage=984>

No*vi"ti*ate (?) , n. [LL. novitiatus : cf. F. noviciat .]

1. The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.

2. Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.

3. One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice.

Addison.

4. The place where novices live or are trained. [R.]

Novitious <Xpage=984>

No*vi"tious (?) , a. [L. novitius , novicius .] Newly invented; recent; new. [Obs.]

Bp. Pearson.

Novity <Xpage=984>

Nov"i*ty (?) , n. [L. novitas , fr. novus new.] Newness; novelty. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Novum <Xpage=984>

No"vum (?) , n. A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five. [Obs.]

Shak.

Now <Xpage=984>

Now (?) , adv. [OE. nou , nu , AS. n\'d4 , nu ; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu , G. nu , nun , Icel., n\'d4 , Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu , L. nunc , Gr. <?/, <?/, Skr. nu , n\'d4 . \'fb193. Cf. New .]

1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now .

I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago. Arbuthnot.

2. Very lately; not long ago.

They that but now , for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. Waller.

3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.

The ship was now in the midst of the sea. Matt. xiv. 24.

4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.

How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor ? L'Estrange.

Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ? Shak.

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now , Barabbas was a robber. John xviii. 40.

The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now , by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander. South.

Now and again , now and then; occasionally. -- Now and now , again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] Chaucer . -- Now and then , at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. "A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood." Drayton . -- Now now , at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] "Why, even now now , at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this." J. Webster (1607) . -- Now . . . now , alternately; at one time . . . at another time. " Now high, now low, now master up, now miss." Pope .

Now <Xpage=984>

Now , a. Existing at the present time; present. [R.] "Our now happiness."

Glanvill.

Now <Xpage=984>

Now , n. The present time or moment; the present.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal now does ever last. Cowley.

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Nowadays <Xpage=985>

Now"a*days` (?) , adv. [For now on (OE. an ) days . See A- , 1.] In these days; at the present time.

What men of spirit, nowadays , Come to give sober judgment of new plays ? Garrick.

Noway, Noways <Xpage=985>

No"way` (?) , No"ways` (?) , adv. [ No , a. + way. Cf. -wards .] In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise.

But Ireland will noways allow that name unto it. Fuller.

Nowch <Xpage=985>

Nowch (?) , n. See Nouch . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Nowd <Xpage=985>

Nowd (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The European gray gurnard ( Trigla gurnardus ). [Written also knoud .]

Nowed <Xpage=985>

Now"ed (?) , a. [F. nou\'82 , p. p. of nouer to knot, fr. L. nodare . See Nodated .] (Her.) Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.

Nowel <Xpage=985>

Now"el (?) , n. [See Noel .] [Written also no\'89l .]

1. Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior. [Obs.]

2. (Mus.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of medi\'91val origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol.

Grove.

Nowel <Xpage=985>

Now"el , n. [F. noyau , prop., a kernel. See Noyau , Newel a post.] (Founding) (a) The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large hollow object. (b) The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.

Nowes <Xpage=985>

Nowes (?) , n. pl. [From OF. nous . See Noose , Node .] The marriage knot. [Obs.]

Crashaw.

Nowhere <Xpage=985>

No"where` (?) , adv. [AS. n\'behw\'d6r . See No , and Where .] Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found .

Nowhither <Xpage=985>

No"whith`er (?) , adv. [ No + whither .] Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere. [Archaic] "Thy servant went nowhither ."

2 Kings v. 25.

Nowise <Xpage=985>

No"wise` (?) , adv. [For in no wise . See Wise , n. ] Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.

Others whose case is nowise different. Earle.

Nowt <Xpage=985>

Nowt (?) , n. pl. (Zo\'94l.) Neat cattle.

Nowthe <Xpage=985>

Now"the (?) . See Nouthe . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Noxious <Xpage=985>

Nox"ious (?) , a. [L. noxius , fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf. Nuisance , Necromancy .]

1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate ; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples .

Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. Swift.

2. Guilty; criminal. [R.]

Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. Abp. Bramhall.

Syn. -- Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See Noisome .

-- Nox"ious*ly , adv. -- Nox"ious*ness , n.

Noy <Xpage=985>

Noy (?) , v. t. [See Annoy .] To annoy; to vex. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Piers Plowman.

All that noyed his heavy spright. Spenser.

Noy <Xpage=985>

Noy , n. That which annoys. [Obs.]

Piers Plowman.

Noyance <Xpage=985>

Noy"ance (?) , Annoyance. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Noyau <Xpage=985>

Noy`au" (?) , n. [F., prop., the stone or nut of a fruit, fr. L. nucalis like a nut. See Newel a post.] A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc.

Noyer <Xpage=985>

Noy"er (?) , n. An annoyer. [Obs.]

Tusser.

Noyful <Xpage=985>

Noy"ful (?) , a. Full of annoyance. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Noyls <Xpage=985>

Noyls (?) , n. pl. See Noils .

Noyous <Xpage=985>

Noy"ous (?) , a. Annoying; disagreeable. [Obs.]

Watch the noyous night, and wait for <?/ yous day. Spenser.

Nozle <Xpage=985>

No"zle (?) , n. Nozzle. [Obs.]

Nozzle <Xpage=985>

Noz"zle (?) , n. [A dim. of nose . &root;261] [Written also nosle .] 1. The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows .

2. Specifically: (a) A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe. (b) A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.

Nuance <Xpage=985>