Na (nä), a. & adv. No, not. See No. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Nabk (nabk), n. [Ar. nabiqa, nibqa.] (Bot.) The edible berries of the Zizyphys Lotus, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe. [Written also nubk.] See Lotus (b), and Sadr.

Nacker
Nack´er, n. See Nacre. Johnson.

Naevoid
Nae´void, a. [ Naevus + -oid.] Resembling a naevus or naevi; as naevoid elephantiasis. Dunglison.

Naevose
Nae´vose, a. Spotted; freckled.

Naevus
Nae´vus (ne"vus), n. ; pl. Naevi (- vi). [L.] (Med.) A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; — usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries.

Nag (nag), n. [OE. nagge, D. negge; akin to E. neigh.]
1. A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.
2. A paramour; — in contempt. [Obs.] Shak.

Nag, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Nagged p. pr. & vb. n. Nagging ] [Cf. Sw. nagga to nibble, peck, Dan. nage to gnaw, Icel. naga, gnaga, G. nagen, & E. gnaw.] To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously. [Colloq.] "She never nagged." J. Ingelow.

Nagging
Nag´ging, a. Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as a nagging toothache. [Colloq.]

Naggy
Nag´gy, a. Irritable; touchy. [Colloq.]

Nagor
Na´gor, n. (Zoöl.) A West African gazelle ( Gazella redunca).

Nagyagite
Nag´yag•ite, n. [So called from Nagyag, in Transylvania.] (Min.) A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold.

Naiad
Na´iad, n. [L. naias, - adis, naïs, -idis, a water nymph, Gr,, fr. to flow: cf. F. naïade. Cf. Naid.]
1. (Myth.) A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.
2. (Zoöl.) Any species of a tribe ( Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.
3. (Zoöl) One of a group of butterflies. See Nymph.
4. (Bot.) Any plant of the order Naiadaceae, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc.

Nail, n. [AS. naegel, akin to D. nagel, OS OHG. nagal, G. nagel, Icel. nagl, nail (in sense 1), nagli nail (in sense 3), Sw. nagel nail (in senses 1 and 3), Dan. nagle, Goth. ganagljan to nail, Lith. nagas nail (in sense 1), Russ. nogote, L. unguis, Gr., Skr. nakha. ]
1. (Anat.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
"His nayles like a briddes claws were." Chaucer. The nails are strictly homologous with hoofs and claws. When compressed, curved, and pointed, they are called talons or claws, and the animal bearing them is said to be unguiculate; when they incase the extremities of the digits they are called hoofs, and the animal is ungulate.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. (b) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
3. A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them. The different sorts of nails are named either from the use to which they are applied, from their shape, from their size, or from some other characteristic, as shingle, floor, ship-carpenters’, and horseshoe nails, roseheads, diamonds, fourpenny, tenpenny (see Penny, a. ), chiselpointed, cut, wrought, or wire nails, etc.
4. A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard. Nail ball (Ordnance), a round projectile with an iron bolt protruding to prevent it from turning in the gun. — Nail plate, iron in plates from which cut nails are made. — On the nail, in hand; on the spot; immediately; without delay or time of credit; as to pay money on the nail. "You shall have ten thousand pounds on the nail." Beaconsfield. — To hit the nail on the head, to hit most effectively; to do or say a thing in the right way.

Nail, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nailed p. pr. & vb. n. Nailing.] [AS. naeglian. See Nail, n. ]
1. To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as to nail boards to the beams.
"He is now dead, and nailed in his chest." Chaucer.
2. To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
"The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold." Dryden.
3. To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.
"When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at once how I nailed them." Goldsmith.
4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] Crabb. To naila lie or an assertion, etc., to detect and expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; — an expression probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.

Nailer
Nail´er, n.
1. One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
2. One who fastens with, or drives, nails.

Naileress
Nail´er•ess, n. A women who makes nailes.

Nailery
Nail´er•y, n.; pl. Naileries . A manufactory where nails are made.

Nail-headed
Nail´-head•ed, a. Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail. Nail-headed characters, arrowheaded or cuneiform characters. See under Arrowheaded. — Nail-headed molding (Arch.), an ornament consisting of a series of low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of large nails; — called also nail-head molding, or nail-head. It is the same as the simplest form of dogtooth. See Dogtooth.

Nainsook
Nain•sook´, n. [ Nainsukh, a valley in Kaghan.] A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.

Nais
Na´is, n. [L., a naiad.] (Zoöl.) See Naiad.

Naïvete
Na•ïve•te", n. [F. See Naïve, and cf. Nativity.] Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness.
"A story which pleases me by its naïvete — that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness." De Quincey.

Nake, v. t. To make naked. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"Come, be ready, nake your swords." Old Play.

Naked
Na´ked, a. [AS. nacod; akin to D. naakt, G. nackt, OHG. nacchot, nahhot, Icel. nökviðr, nakinn, Sw. naken, Dan. nögen, Goth. naqaþs, Lith. nůgas, Russ. nagii, L. nudus, Skr. nagna. rad.266. Cf. Nude.]
1. Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
2. Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless.
"Thy power is full naked." Chaucer.
"Behold my bosom naked to your swords." Addison.
3. Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.
"Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they say now left naked." Milton.
4. Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.
"The truth appears so naked on my side, That any purblind eye may find it out." Shak.
"All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we to do." Heb. iv. 13.
5. Mere; simple; plain.
"The very naked name of love." Shak.
6. (Bot.) Without pubescence; as a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.
7. (Mus.) Not having the full complement of tones; — said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; as a naked fourth or fifth. Naked bed, a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times. Shak. — Naked eye, the eye alone, unaided by glasses, or by telescope, microscope, or the like. — Naked-eyed medusa. (Zoöl.) See Hydromedusa. — Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. Gwilt. — Naked mollusk (Zoöl.), a nudibranch. — Naked wood (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree ( Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. C. S. Sargent.
Syn. — Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed; plain; defenseless.

Nakedness
Na´ked•ness, n.
1. The condition of being naked.
2. (Script.) The privy parts; the genitals.
"Ham … saw the nakedness of his father." Gen. ix. 22.

Naker
Na´ker, n. (Zoöl.) Same as Nacre.

Naker
Na´ker, n. [OE. nakere, F. nakaire, LL. nacara, Per. naqaret.] A kind of kettledrum. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Nakoo
Na´koo, n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) The gavial. [Written also nako.]

Nale, n. [A corrupt form arising from the older "at þe n ale" at the nale.] Ale; also an alehouse. [Obs.]
"Great feasts at the nale." Chaucer.

Nall, n. [Either fr. Icel. nal (see Needle); or fr. awl, like newt fr. ewt.] An awl. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.

Namation
Na•ma´tion, n. [LL. namare to take; cf. AS. niman to take.] (O. Eng. & Scots Law) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding. Burrill.

Namaycush
Nam´ay•cush, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A large North American lake trout ( Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.

Namby-pamby
Nam´by-pam•by, n. [From Ambrose Phillips, in ridicule of the extreme simplicity of some of his verses.] Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. Macaulay.

Namby-pamby
Nam´by-pam•by, a. Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid. Thackeray.
"Namby-pamby madrigals of love." W. Gifford.

Name, n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. namo, L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. ’o•mona, Scr. naman. rad.267. Cf. Anonymous, Ignominy, Misnomer, Nominal, Noun.]
1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
"Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof." Gen. ii. 19.
"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." Shak.
2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.
"His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Is. ix. 6.
3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
"What men of name resort to him?" Shak.
"Far above … every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come." Eph. i. 21.
"I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom." 1 Macc. iii. 14.
"He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin." Deut. xxii. 19.
"The king’s army … had left no good name behind." Clarendon.
4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
"The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities." Motley.
5. A person, an individual. [Poetic]
"They list with women each degenerate name." Dryden. Christian name. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from surname; baptismal name. (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not. — Given name. See under Given. — In name, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as a friend in name. — In the name of. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. " I charge you in the duke’s name to obey me." Shak. (b) In the represented or assumed character of. "I’ll to him again in name of Brook." Shak. — Name plate, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate. — Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. Bayard Taylor. — Proper name (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing. — To call names, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations. — To take a name in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. Ex. xx. 7.
Syn. — Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet. — Name, Appellation, Title, Denomination. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term, used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one’s rank, office, etc.; as the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc.

Name, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Named p. pr. & vb. n. Naming.] [AS. namian. See Name, n. ]
1. To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
"She named the child Ichabod." 1 Sam. iv. 21.
"Thus was the building left Ridiculous, and the work Confusion named." Milton.
2. To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
"None named thee but to praise." Halleck.
"Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the underlying dead." Tennyson.
3. To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as to name a day for the wedding.
"Whom late you have named for consul." Shak.
4. (House of Commons) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.
Syn. — To denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify; designate; nominate.

Namelessly
Name´less•ly, adv. In a nameless manner.

Namely
Name´ly, adv.
1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"The solitariness of man … God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage." Milton.
2. That is to say; to wit; videlicet; — introducing a particular or specific designation.
"For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of divining dreams; that several such divinations have been made, none an question." Addison.

Namer
Nam´er, n. One who names, or calls by name.

Namesake
Name´sake, n. [For name’s sake; i. e., one named for the sake of another’s name.] One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.

Namo
Na•mo´, adv. No more. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Nan, interj. [For anan.] Anan. [Prov. Eng.]

Nandine
Nan´dine, n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) An African carnivore ( Nandinia binotata), allied to the civets. It is spotted with black. { Nan´dou, Nan´du } n. [Braz. nhandu or yandu.] (Zoöl.) Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. See Rhea. [Written also nandow.]

Nankeen
Nan•keen´, n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.]
1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton ( Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.
2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. Ld. Lytton.Nankeen bird (Zoöl.), the Australian night heron ( Nycticorax Caledonicus); — called also quaker.

Nanny
Nan´ny, n. A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name. Nanny goat, a female goat. [Colloq.]

Nannyberry
Nan´ny•ber•ry, n. (Bot.) See Sheepberry.

Naos
Na´os, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a temple, the cella.] (Arch.) A term used by modern archaeologists instead of cella. See Cella.

Nape-crest
Nape´-crest, n. (Zoöl.) An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters.

Napery
Na´per•y, n. ; pl. Naperies (#). [OF. naperie, fr. nape a tablecloth, F. nappe, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa. See Map, and cf. Apron, Napkin.] Table linen; also linen clothing, or linen in general. [Obs.] Gayton.

Naphew
Na´phew, n. (Bot.) See Navew.

Naphthalene
Naph´tha•lene, n. (Chem.) A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the heavy oil of coal tar. It is the type and basis of a large number of derivatives among organic compounds. Formerly called also naphthaline. Naphthalene red (Chem.), a dyestuff obtained from certain diazo derivatives of naphthylamine, and called also magdala red. — Naphthalene yellow (Chem.), a yellow dyestuff obtained from certain nitro derivatives of naphthol.

Naphthalenic
Naph•tha•len´ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, naphthalene; — used specifically to designate a yellow crystalline substance, called naphthalenic acid and also hydroxy quinone, and obtained from certain derivatives of naphthol.

Naphthalic
Naph•tha´lic, a. (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; — used specifically to denote any one of a series of acids derived from naphthalene, and called naphthalene acids. (b) Formerly, designating an acid probably identical with phthalic acid.

Naphthalidine
Naph•thal´i•dine, n. [ Naphthalene + tolu idine.] (Chem.) Same as Naphthylamine. { Naph´tha•lin, Naph´tha•line } n. [F. naphthaline.] (Chem.) See Naphthalene.

Naphthazarin
Naph•thaz´a•rin, n. [ Naphthalene + ali zarin.] (Chem.) A dyestuff, resembling alizarin, obtained from naphthoquinone as a red crystalline substance with a bright green, metallic luster; — called also naphthalizarin.

Naphthene
Naph´thene, n. (Chem.) A peculiar hydrocarbon occuring as an ingredient of Caucasian petroleum.

Naphthide
Naph´thide, n. (Chem.) A compound of naphthalene or its radical with a metallic element; as mercuric naphthide.

Naphthoic
Naph•tho´ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; — used specifically to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives, called naphthoic acids.

Naphthol
Naph´thol, n. [ Naphthalene + -ol.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of hydroxyl derivatives of naphthalene, analogous to phenol. In general they are crystalline substances with a phenol (carbolic) odor. Naphthol blue, Naphthol orange, Naphthol yellow (Chem.), brilliant dyestuffs produced from certain complex nitrogenous derivatives of naphthol or naphthoquinone.

Naphthoquinone
Naph•tho•qui´none, n. [ Naphthalene + quinone.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, C₁₀H₆O₂, analogous to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid.

Naphthyl
Naph´thyl, n. [ Naphthalene + -yl.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene.

Naphthylamine
Naph•thyl•am´ine, n. (Chem.) One of two basic amido derivatives of naphthalene, C₁₀H₇.NH₂, forming crystalline solids. { Na•pie´ri•an, Na•pe´ri•an, }, a. Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Napier, or Naper. Naperian logarithms. See under Logarithms. { Na"pi•er’s bones•, Na"pi•er’s rods• }. A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; — a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division.

Napoleon
Na•po´le•on, n. [From the Emperor Napoleon 1.] A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.

Napoleon
Na•po´le•on, n.
1. (Card Playing) (a) A game in which each player holds five cards, the eldest hand stating the number of tricks he will bid to take, any subsequent player having the right to overbid him or a previous bidder, the highest bidder naming the trump and winning a number of points equal to his bid if he makes so many tricks, or losing the same number of points if he fails to make them. (b) A bid to take five tricks at napoleon. It is ordinarily the highest bid; but sometimes bids are allowed of wellington, or of blucher, to take five tricks, or pay double, or treble, if unsuccessful.
2. A Napoleon gun.
3. A kind of top boot of the middle of the 19th century.
4. A shape and size of cigar. It is about seven inches long.

Napoleonic
Na•po•le•on´ic, a. Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I. Lowell.

Napoleonist
Na•po´le•on•ist, n. A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.

Nappe, n. [F. nappe cloth, sheet. See Napery.] (Geom.) Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving the surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two.

Nappy
Nap´py, a. [From 1st Nap.]
1. Inclined to sleep; sleepy; as to feel nappy.
2. Tending to cause sleepiness; serving to make sleepy; strong; heady; as nappy ale. [Obs.] Wyatt.

Nappy
Nap´py, a. [From 3d Nap.] Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy. Holland.

Nappy
Nap´py, n. ; pl. Nappies (#). [OE. nap, AS. hnaep cup, bowl. See Hanaper.] A round earthen dish, with a flat bottom and sloping sides. [Written also nappie.]

Napu
Na•pu´, n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A very small chevrotain ( Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.

Napus
Na´pus, n. [L.] (Bot.) A kind of turnip. See Navew.

Narcissine
Nar•cis´sine, a. Of or pertaining to Narcissus.

Narcissus
Nar•cis´sus, n. ; pl. Narcissuses (#). [L. narcissus, and (personified) Narcissus, Gr. na•rkissos, Na•rkissos, fr. na•rkh torpor, in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower. Cf. Narcotic.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds.
2. (Classical Myth.) A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus.

Narcotical
Nar•cot´ic•al, a. Narcotic. — Nar•cot´ic•al•ly, adv.

Narcotine
Nar´co•tine, n. [Cf. F. narcotine. Cf. Cotarnine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; — called also narcotia.

Narcotism
Nar´co•tism, n. [Cf. F. narcotisme.] Narcosis; the state of being narcotized. G. Eliot.

Narcotize
Nar´co•tize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Narcotized p. pr. & vb. n. Narcotizing ] To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.

Nardoo
Nar•doo´, n. (Bot.) An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.

Nare, n. [L. naris.] A nostril. [R.] B. Jonson.

Nares
Na´res, n. pl. [L., pl. of naris nostril.] (Anat.) The nostrils or nasal openings, — the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx. { Nar´gile, Nar´gi•leh } n. [Per. narghil, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because first made of a cocoanut.] An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.

Narica
Nar´i•ca, n. (Zoöl.) The brown coati. See Coati.

Narrable
Nar´ra•ble, a. [L. narrabilis, fr. narrare to narrate.] Capable of being narrated or told. [Obs.]

Narragansetts
Nar•ra•gan´setts, n. pl.; sing. Narragansett . (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.

Narrate
Nar•rate´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Narrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Narrating.] [L. narratus, p. p. of narrare to narrate, prob. for gnarigare, fr. gnarus knowing. See Ignore, Know.] To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.
Syn. — To relate; recount; detail; describe.

Narrator
Nar•ra´tor, n. [L.] One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.

Narratory
Nar´ra•to•ry, a. Giving an account of events; narrative; as narratory letters. Howell.

Narre, a. Nearer. [Obs.] Spenser.

Narrow
Nar´row, a. [ Compar. Narrower superl. Narrowest.] [OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro.]
1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
"Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas." Shak.
2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
"The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world." Bp. Wilkins.
3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; — with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority. Dryden.
4. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as narrow circumstances.
5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as a narrow mind; narrow views. "A narrow understanding." Macaulay.
6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
"A very narrow and stinted charity." Smalridge.
7. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
"But first with narrow search I must walk round This garden, and no corner leave unspied." Milton.
8. (Phon.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; — distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and oo (food), etc., from i (ill) and oo (foot), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 13. Narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words, especially to participles and adjectives, forming compounds of obvious signification; as narrow-bordered, narrow- brimmed, narrow-breasted, narrow-edged, narrow- faced, narrow-headed, narrow-leaved, narrow- pointed, narrow-souled, narrow-sphered, etc. Narrow gauge. (Railroad) See Note under Gauge, n. , 6.

Narrow
Nar´row, n. ; pl. Narrows . A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; — usually in the plural; as The Narrows of New York harbor.
"Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous narrow." Gladstone.

Narrow
Nar´row, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Narrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Narrowing.] [AS. nearwian.]
1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. Sir W. Temple.
2. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as to narrow one’s views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.
"Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings." I. Watts.
3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

Narrow
Nar´row, v. i.
1. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as the sea narrows into a strait.
2. (Man.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as a horse narrows. Farrier’s Dict.
3. (Knitting) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.

Narrower
Nar´row•er, n. One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More.

Narrowing
Nar´row•ing, n.
1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent.
2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.

Narrowly
Nar´row•ly, adv. [AS. nearulice.]
1. With little breadth; in a narrow manner.
2. Without much extent; contractedly.
3. With minute scrutiny; closely; as to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly.
4. With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; — often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as he narrowly escaped.
5. Sparingly; parsimoniously.

Narrow-minded
Nar´row-mind•ed, a. Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. — Nar"row- mind•ed•ness, n.

Narrowness
Nar´row•ness, n. [AS. nearunes.] The condition or quality of being narrow.

Nart [For ne art.] Art not. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Narthex
Nar´thex, n. [L., giant fennel, Gr. .]
1. (Bot.) A tall umbelliferous plant ( Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.
2. (Arch.) The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; — used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church.

Narwhal
Nar´whal, n. [Sw. or Dan. narvhal; akin to Icel. nahvalr, and E. whale. the first syllable is perh. from Icel. nar corpse, dead body, in allusion to the whitish color its skin. See Whale.] [Written also narwhale.] (Zoöl.) An arctic cetacean ( Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.

Nasal
Na´sal (na"z al), a. [F., from L. nasus the nose. See Nose.]
1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose.
2. (Phon.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, n. (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance. Nasal bones (Anat.), two bones of the skull, in front of the frontals. — Nasal index (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the transverse the base of the aperture to the nasion, which latter distance is taken as the standard, equal to 100.

Nasal
Na´sal, n.
1. An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.
2. (Med.) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. [Archaic]
3. (Anc. Armor) Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
4. (Anat.) One of the nasal bones.
5. (Zoöl.) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

Nasality
Na•sal´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. nasalite.] The quality or state of being nasal.

Nasalization
Na•sal•i•za´tion, n. The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.

Nasalize
Na´sal•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nasalized p. pr. & vb. n. Nasalizing ] To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

Nasalize
Na´sal•ize, v. t. To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.

Nasally
Na´sal•ly, adv. In a nasal manner; by the nose.

Nascal
Nas´cal, n. [F. nascale.] (Med.) A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly used.

Nascency
Nas´cen•cy, n. [L. nascentia. See Nascent.] State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.

Nasicornous
Nas•i•cor´nous, a. [L. nasus nose + cornu horn: cf. F. nasicorne.] (Zoöl.) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros.

Nasiform
Nas´i•form, a. [L. nasus nose + -form. See Nose, and cf. Nariform.] Having the shape of a nose.

Naso-
Na´so- . [L. nasus nose.] (Anat.) A combining form denoting pertaining to, or connected with, the nose; as nasofrontal.

Nasobuccal
Na´so•buc´cal, a. [ Naso + buccal.] (Anat.) Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as the nasobuccal groove in the skate.

Nasofrontal
Na•so•fron´tal, a. [ Naso- + frontal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the head; as the embryonic nasofrontal process which forms the anterior boundary of the mouth.

Nasolachrymal
Na•so•lach´ry•mal, a. [ Naso- + lachrymal.] (Anat.) Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as the nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct. { Na•so•pal´a•tal, Na•so•pal´a•tine }, a. [ Naso- + palatal.] (Anat.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve.

Nasopharyngeal
Na•so•phar•yn•ge´al (? or ), a. [ Naso- + pharyngeal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as a nasopharyngeal polypus.

Nasoseptal
Na•so•sep´tal, a. [ Naso- + septal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.

Nasoturbinal
Na•so•tur´bi•nal, a. [ Naso- + turbinal.] (Anat.) Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones; as the nasalturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost lammelae of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal. — n. The nasoturbinal bone.

Nassa
Nas´sa, n. ; pl. E. Nassas (#), L. NassAE (#). [From L. nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.] (Zoöl.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda. — nas´soid (#), a.

Nastiness
Nas´ti•ness, n. The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness; dirtiness; also indecency; obscenity.
"The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes." Dryden.

Nasturtion
Nas•tur´tion, n. [See Nasturtium.] (Bot.) Same as Nasturtium.

Nasutness
Na´sut•ness, n. Quickness of scent; hence, nice discernment; acuteness. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Nat, adv. Not. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Nat [For ne at.] Not at; nor at. [Obs.] haucer.

Natal
Na´tal, a. [L. natalis, fr. natus, p. p. of nasci to be born: cf. F. natal. See Nation, and cf. Noel.]
1. Of or pertaining to one’s birth; accompying or dating from one’s birth; native.
"Princes’ children took names from their natal places." Camden.
"Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o’er the monarch’s natal hour." Prior.
2. (Actrol.) Presiding over nativity; as natal Jove.
Syn. — Native, natural. See Native. { Na•ta•li´tial, Na•ta•li´tious }, a. [L. natalitius, from natalis. See Natal.] Of or pertaining to one’s birth or birthday, or one’s nativity. [Obs.] "Natalitial poplar." Evelyn. "Natalitious fire." W. Cartwright.

Nataloin
Na•tal´o•in, n. [From Natal aloes.] (Chem.) A bitter crystalline substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes. Cf. Aloon.

Natant
Na´tant, a. [L. natans, - antis, from swim, v. intens. fr. nare to swim: cf. F. natant.]
1. (Bot.) Floating in water, as the leaves of water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants.
2. (Her.) Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimming toward the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish.

Natantly
Na´tant•ly, adv. In a floating manner; swimmingly.

Natation
Na•ta´tion, n. [L. natatio, fr. natare to swim: cf. F. natation. See Natant.] The act of floating on the water; swimming. Sir T. Browne.

Natatorial
Na•ta•to´rial, a. Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as natatorial birds.

Natatorious
Na•ta•to´ri•ous, a. (Zoöl.) Adapted for swimming; — said of the legs of certain insects.

Natatorium
Na•ta•to´rium, n. [L.] A swimming bath.

Natatory
Na´ta•to•ry, a. [L. natatorius.] Adapted for swimming or floating; as natatory organs.

Natch, n. [OF. nache fesse, LL. natica, from L. natis the rump, buttocks. Cf. Aitchbone.] The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump. Natch bone, the edgebone, or aitchbone, in beef.

Natchnee
Natch´nee, n. (Bot.) An annual grass ( Eleusine coracona), cultivated in India as a food plant.

Nates
Na´tes, n. pl. [L., the buttocks.]
1. (Anat.) (a) The buttocks. (b) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
2. (Zoöl.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.

Nath [Contr. fr. ne hath,] hath not. [Obs.]

Nathless
Nath´less, adv. [OE. natheles, na the les, not the less, AS. n. never. See Na, The, conj. , and cf. Nevertheless.] Nevertheless. [Archaic] Chaucer. Milton. E. Arnold.

Natica
Nat´i•ca, n. ; pl. Naticas, L. NaticAE (- se). (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.

Naticoid
Nat´i•coid, a. [ Natica + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or belonging to Natica, or the family Naticidae.

Nation
Na´tion, n. [F. nation, L. natio nation, race, orig., a being born, fr. natus, p. p. of nasci, to be born, for gnatus, gnasci, from the same root as E. kin. rad.44. See Kin kindred, and cf. Cognate, Natal, Native.]
1. (Ethnol.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.
"All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues." Rev. vii. 9.
2. The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.
"A nation is the unity of a people." Coleridge.
"Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation." F. S. Key.
3. Family; lineage. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. (a) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe. (b) (Scotch Universities) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.
5. A great number; a great deal; — by way of emphasis; as a nation of herbs. Sterne. Five nations. See under Five. — Law of nations. See International law, under International, and Law.
Syn. — people; race. See People.

Nationalist
Na´tion•al•ist, n. One who advocates national unity and independence; one of a party favoring Irish independence.

Nationality
Na•tion•al´i•ty, n. ; pl. Nationalities (#). [Cf. F. nationalite.]
1. The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one’s own nation; patriotism.
2. The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation; national character.
3. A race or people, as determined by common language and character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation.
"the fulfillment of his mission is to be looked for in the condition of nationalities and the character of peoples." H. W. Beecher.
4. Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national unity and integrity.
5. The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.

Nationalization
Na•tion•al•i•za´tion, n. The act of nationalizing, or the state of being nationalized.

Nationalize
Na´tion•al•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nationalized p. pr. & vb. n. Nationalizing ] [Cf. F. nationaliser.] To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.

Nationalness
Na´tion•al•ness, n. The quality or state of being national; nationality. Johnson.

Nationalrath
Na•ti•o•nal´rath, n. [G.] (Switzerland) See Legislature.

Native steel
Na"tive steel. A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore.

Natively
Na´tive•ly, adv. By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.

Nativeness
Na´tive•ness, n. The quality or state of being native.

Nativism
Na´tiv•ism, n.
1. The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.
2. (Philos.) The doctrine of innate ideas or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.

Nativist
Na´tiv•ist, n. An advocate of nativism.

Nativistic
Na•tiv•is´tic, a. Relating to nativism.

Nativity
Na•tiv´i•ty, n. ; pl. Nativies (#). [F. nativite, L. nativitas. See Native, and cf. Naïvete.]
1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc. Chaucer.
"I have served him from the hour of my nativity." Shak.
"Thou hast left … the land of thy nativity." Ruth ii. 11.
"These in their dark nativity the deep Shall yield us, pregnant with infernal flame." Milton.
2. (Fine Arts) A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.
3. (Astrol.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one’s birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope. The Nativity, the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas day. — Tocast, or calculate, one’s nativity (Astrol.), to find out and represent the position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one’s birth.

Natrium
Na´tri•um, n. [NL. See Natron.] (Chem.) The technical name for sodium.

Natron
Na´tron, n. [F., fr. Sp. natron, Ar. natrun, nitrun. Cf. Niter, Anatron.] (Min.) Native sodium carbonate. [Written also anatron.]

Natterjack
Nat´ter•jack, n. (Zoöl.) A European toad ( Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back.

Natty
Nat´ty, a. [Cf. Neat clean.] Neat; tidy; spruce. [Colloq.] — Nat´ti•ly, adv. — Nat´ti•ness, n.

Natural steel
Nat"u•ral steel. Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.

Naturalism
Nat´u•ral•ism, n. [Cf. F. naturalisme.]
1. A state of nature; conformity to nature.
2. (Metaph.) The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one intelligent will.

Naturalism
Nat´u•ral•ism, n.
1. The theory that art or literature should conform to nature; realism; also the quality, rendering, or expression of art or literature executed according to this theory.
2. Specif., the principles and characteristics professed or represented by a 19th-century school of realistic writers, notably by Zola and Maupassant, who aimed to give a literal transcription of reality, and laid special stress on the analytic study of character, and on the scientific and experimental nature of their observation of life.

Naturalist
Nat´u•ral•ist, n. [Cf. F. naturaliste.]
1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals.
2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.

Naturalistic
Nat•u•ral•is´tic, a.
1. Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.
2. Closely resembling nature; realistic. "Naturalistic bit of pantomime." W. D. Howells.

Naturality
Nat•u•ral´i•ty, n. [L. naturalitas: cf. F. naturalite.] Nature; naturalness. [R.]

Naturalization
Nat•u•ral•i•za´tion, n. [Cf. F. naturalisation.] The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also the state of being naturalized.

Naturalize
Nat´u•ral•ize ( 135), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Naturalized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Naturalizing (#).] [Cf. F. naturaliser. See Natural.]
1. To make natural; as custom naturalizes labor or study.
2. To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a native subject.
3. To receive or adopt as native, natural, or vernacular; to make one’s own; as to naturalize foreign words.
4. To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions.
"Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate." Hawthorne.

Naturalize
Nat´u•ral•ize, v. i.
1. To become as if native.
2. To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural.
"Infected by this naturalizing tendency." H. Bushnell.

Naturally
Nat´u•ral•ly, adv. In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of things; spontaneously.

Naturalness
Nat´u•ral•ness, n. The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.

Nature
Na´ture ( 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See Nation.]
1. The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.
"But looks through nature up to nature’s God." Pope.
"Nature has caprices which art can not imitate." Macaulay.
2. The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; — often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence.
"I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions." Milton.
3. The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.
4. Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." Shak.
5. The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being.
"Thou, therefore, whom thou only canst redeem, Their nature also to thy nature join, And be thyself man among men on earth." Milton.
6. Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality.
"A dispute of this nature caused mischief." Dryden.
7. Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life. "My days of nature." Shak.
"Oppressed nature sleeps." Shak.
8. Natural affection or reverence.
"Have we not seen The murdering son ascend his parent’s bed, Through violated nature foce his way?" Pope.
9. Constitution or quality of mind or character.
"A born devil, on whose nature Nurture can never stick." Shak.
"That reverence which is due to a superior nature." Addison. Good nature, Ill nature. see under Good and Ill. — In a state of nature. (a) Naked as when born; nude. (b) In a condition of sin; unregenerate. (c) Untamed; uncvilized. — Nature printng, a process of printing from metallic or other plates which have received an impression, as by heavy pressure, of an object such as a leaf, lace, or the like. — Nature worship, the worship of the personified powers of nature. — To pay the debt of nature, to die.

Nature
Na´ture, v. t. To endow with natural qualities. [Obs.]
"He [God] which natureth every kind." Gower.

Natured
Na´tured ( 135), a. Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; — used in composition; as good- natured, ill- natured, etc.

Natureless
Na´ture•less, a. Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. [Obs.] Milton.

Naturism
Na´tur•ism, n. (Med.) The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.

Naturist
Na´tur•ist, n. One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of naturism. Boyle.

Naturity
Na•tu´ri•ty, n. The quality or state of being produced by nature. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Naturize
Na´tur•ize, v. t. To endow with a nature or qualities; to refer to nature. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Naufrage
Nau´frage ( 48), n. [F., fr. L. naufragium; navis + frangere.] Shipwreck; ruin. [Obs.] acon.

Naufragous
Nau´fra•gous, a. [L. naufragus. See Naufrage.] causing shipwreck. [Obs.] r. Taylor.

Naughtily
Naugh´ti•ly, adv. In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely. Shak.

Naughtiness
Naugh´ti•ness, n. The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness.
"I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart." 1 Sam. xvii. 28.

Naughtly
Naught´ly, adv. Naughtily; wrongly. [Obs.]
"because my parents naughtly brought me up." Mir. for Mag.

Naughty
Naugh´ty, a. [ Compar. Naughtier superl. Naughtiest.]
1. Having little or nothing. [Obs.]
"[Men] that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods." Piers Plowman.
2. Worthless; bad; good for nothing. [Obs.]
"The other basket had very naughty figs." Jer. xxiv. 2.
3. hence, corrupt; wicked. [Archaic]
"So shines a good deed in a naughty world." Shak.
4. Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as a naughty child. This word is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children, or in sportive censure.

Naumachy
Nau´ma•chy, n. [L. naumachia, Gr. ; ship + fight, battle, to fight.]
1. A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight.
2. (Rom. Antiq.) A show or spectacle representing a sea fight; also a place for such exhibitions.

Nauplius
Nau´pli•us, n. ; pl. Nauplii (#). [L., a kind of shellfish, fr. Gr. ship + to sail.] (Zoöl.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.

Nauropometer
Nau•ro•pom´e•ter, n. [Gr. ship + inclination + -meter.] (Naut.) An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship heels at sea.

Nauscopy
Naus´co•py, n. [Gr. ship + - scopy: cf. F. nauscopie.] (Naut.) The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable distances.

Nausea
Nau´se•a (? or ), n. [L., fr. Gr., fr. ship. See Nave of a church, and cf. Noise.] Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.

Nauseate
Nau´se•ate, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Nauseated p. pr. & vb. n. Nauseating.] [L. nauseare, nauseatum, fr. nausea. See Nausea.] To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.

Nauseate
Nau´se•ate, v. t.
1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust.
2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.
"The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods." Blackmore.

Nauseation
Nau•se•a´tion, n. The act of nauseating, or the state of being nauseated.

Nauseative
Nau´se•a•tive (? or ), a. Causing nausea; nauseous.

Nauseous
Nau´seous ( 277), a. [L. nauseosus.] Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as a nauseous drug or medicine. — Nau´seous•ly, adv. — Nau´seous•ness, n.
"The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man." Dryden.

Nautch, n. [Hind. nach, fr. Skr. nrtya dance.] An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls. [India]

Nautic
Nau´tic, a. [See Nautical.] Nautical.

Nautiform
Nau´ti•form, a. [Gr. nay^s ship + -form.] Shaped like the hull of a ship.

Nautilite
Nau´ti•lite, n. (paleon.) A fossil nautilus.

Nautiloid
Nau´ti•loid, a. [ Nautilus + -oid: cf. F. nautiloïde.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell. — n. A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilidae.

Nautilus
Nau´ti•lus, n. ; pl. E. Nautiluses (#), L. Nautili (#). [L., fr. Gr. nayti•los a seaman, sailor, a kind of shellfish which was supposed to be furnished with a membrane which served as a sail; fr. nay^s ship. See Nave of a church.]
1. (Zoöl.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata. The head of the animal bears numerous simple tapered arms, or tentacles, arranged in groups, but not furnished with suckers. The siphon, unlike, that of ordinary cephalopods, is not a closed tube, and is not used as a locomotive organ, but merely serves to conduct water to and from the gill cavity, which contains two pairs of gills. The animal occupies only the outer chamber of the shell; the others are filled with gas. It creeps over the bottom of the sea, not coming to the surface to swim or sail, as was formerly imagined.
2. The argonaut; — also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.
3. A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.

Naval
Na´val, a. [L. navalis, fr. navis ship: cf. F. naval. See Nave of a church.] Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as naval forces, successes, stores, etc. Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land. — Naval officer. (a) An officer in the navy. (b) A high officer in some United States customhouses. — Naval tactics, the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.
Syn. — Nautical; marine; maritime. — Naval, Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc.

Navarch
Na´varch, n. [L. navarchus, Gr. nay•archo•s; nay^s ship + ’archo•s chief.] (Gr. Antiq.) The commander of a fleet. Mitford.

Navarchy
Na´varch•y, n. [Gr. nayarchi•a.] Nautical skill or experience. [Obs.] Sir W. Petty.

Navarrese
Na•var•rese´ (? or ), a. Of or pertaining to Navarre. — n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the people of Navarre.

Nave (nav), n. [AS. nafu; akin to D. naaf, G. nabe, OHG. naba, Icel. nöf, Dan. nav, Sw. naf, Skr. nabhi nave and navel: cf. L. umbo boss of a shield. rad.260. Cf. Navel.]
1. The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; — called also hub or hob.
2. The navel. [Obs.] hak.

Nave, n. [F. nef, fr. L. navis ship, to which the church was often likened; akin to Gr. nay•archo•s, Skr. naus, and perh. to AS. naca boat, G. nachen, Icel. nökkvi; cf. L. nare to swim, float. Cf. Nausea, Nautical, Naval.] (Arch.) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from the choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles.

Navel-string
Na´vel-string, n. The umbilical cord.

Navelwort
Na´vel•wort, n. (Bot.) A European perennial succulent herb ( Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; — also called pennywort, and kidneywort.

Navew
Na´vew, n. [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus navew. Cf. Napiform.] (Bot.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. [Writen also naphew.]

Navigability
Nav•i•ga•bil´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. navigabilite.] The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.

Navigable
Nav´i•ga•ble, a. [L. navigabilis: cf. F. navigable. See Navigate.] Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as a navigable river. By the common law, a river is considered as navigable only so far as the tide ebbs and flows in it. This is also the doctrine in several of the United States. In other States, the doctrine of the civil law prevails, which is, that a navigable river is a river capable of being navigated, in the common sense of the term. Kent. Burrill. — Nav´i•ga•ble•ness, n. — Nav´i•ga•bly, adv.

Navigation
Nav•i•ga´tion, n. [L. navigatio: cf. F. navigation.]
1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
2. (a) the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship’s position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy. (b) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.
3. Ships in general. [Poetic] Shak. Aërial navigation, the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of ballons; aëronautic. — Inland navigation, Internal navigation, navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc.

Navigator
Nav´i•ga•tor, n. One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also a book which teaches the art of navigation; as Bowditch’s Navigator.

Navigerous
Na•vig´er•ous, a. [L. naviger; navis ship + gerere to bear.] Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels. [R.] Blount.

Navvy
Nav´vy, n. ; pl. Navies (#). [Abbreviated fr. navigator.] Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]

Navy
Na´vy n. ; pl. Navies (#). [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship. See Nave of a church.]
1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. "The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir." 1 kings x. 11.
2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as the navy of Italy.
3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as he belongs to the navy. Navy bean. see Bean. — Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.

Nawab
Na•wab´, n. [See Nabob.] A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.

Nawab
Na•wab´, n. A rich, retired Anglo-Indian; a nabob.

Nawl, n. [See Nall.] An awl. [Obs.] usser.

Nayaur
Na•yaur´, n. (Zoöl.) A specied of wild sheep ( Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.

Nayt, v. t. [Icel. neita.] To refuse; to deny. [Obs.] "He shall not nayt ne deny his sin." Chaucer.

Nayward
Nay´ward, n. The negative side. [R.]
"Howe’er you lean to the nayward." Shak.

Nayword
Nay´word, n. A byword; a proverb; also a watchword. [Obs.] hak.

Nazarene
Naz•a•rene´, n. [L. Nazarenus, Gr., fr. Nazareth.]
1. A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; — a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.

Nazarite
Naz´a•rite, n. A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.

Nazariteship
Naz´a•rite•ship, n. The state of a Nazarite.

Nazaritic
Naz•a•rit´ic, a. Of or pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites.

Nazaritism
Naz´a•ri•tism ( 277), n. The vow and practice of a Nazarite.

Naze, n. [See Ness.] A promontory or headland.