Ne plus ultra
Ne plus ul"tra [L., no further; n. no, not + plus more + ultra beyond.]
1. The uttermost point to which one can go or attain; hence, the summit of achievement; the highest point or degree; the acme.
2. A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable obstacle or limiting condition. [Obs. or R.]

Ne Temere
Ne Te"me•re [So named from L. n. not + temere rashly, the first two words in the decree.] (R. C. Ch.) A decree of the Congregation of the Council declaring invalid [so far as the laws of the Roman Catholic Church are concerned] any marriage of a Roman Catholic, or of a person who has ever been a Roman Catholic, if not contracted before a duty qualified priest (or the bishop of the diocese) and at least two witnesses. The decree was issued Aug. 2, 1907, and took effect on Easter Apr. 19, 1908. The decree by its terms does not affect mixed marriages (those between Roman Catholics and persons of another faith) in Germany.

Ne’er, adv. a contraction of Never.

Neaf, n. See 2d Neif. Shak.

Neanderthal
Ne•an´der•thal, a. (Anthropol.) Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence designating the Neanderthal race or man a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.

Neanderthaloid
Ne•an•der•thal´oid, a. [ Neanderthal + -oid.] (Anthropol.) Like, or pertaining to, the Neanderthal skull, or the type of man it represents. { Ne•a•pol"i•tan ice, Neapolitan ice cream }. (a) An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream. (b) An ice or ice cream prepared in layers, as vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate ice cream, and orange or lemon water ice.

Neap, n. [Cf. Neb, Nape.] The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. [U.S.]

Neap, a. [As. nepflod neap flood; cf. hnipian to bend, incline.] Low. Neap tides, the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; — opposed to spring tides.

Neap, n. A neap tide.
"High springs and dead neaps." Harkwill.

Neaped, a. (Naut.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; — called also beneaped.

Neapolitan
Ne•a•pol´i•tan, a. [L. Neapolitanus, fr. Neapolis Naples, Gr., lit., New town.] Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy. — n. A native or citizen of Naples.

Near (ner), adv. [AS. neár, compar. of neáh nigh. See Nigh.]
1. At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.
"My wife! my traitress! let her not come near me." Milton.
2. Nearly; almost; well-nigh. "Near twenty years ago." Shak. "Near a fortnight ago." Addison.
"Near about the yearly value of the land." Locke.
3. Closely; intimately. Shak. Far and near, at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region. — To come near to, to want but little of; to approximate to. "Such a sum he found would go near to ruin him." Addison. — Near the wind (Naut.), close to the wind; closehauled.

Near, a. [ Compar. Nearer superl. Nearest.] [See Near, adv. ]
1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. "As one near death." Shak.
"He served great Hector, and was ever near, Not with his trumpet only, but his spear." Dryden.
2. Closely connected or related.
"She is thy father’s near kinswoman." Lev. xviii. 12.
3. Close to one’s interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as a near friend.
4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as a version near to the original.
5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow; as a near escape.
6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as the near ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a.
7. Immediate; direct; close; short. "The nearest way." Milton.
8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.] Near may properly be followed by to before the thing approached’; but more frequently to is omitted, and the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition. The same is also true of the word nigh.
Syn. — Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; dear.

Near, prep. Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under near, a.

Near, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Neared p. pr. & vb. n Nearing.] [See Near, adv. ] To approach; to come nearer; as the ship neared the land.

Near, v. i. To draw near; to approach.
"A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared, and neared." Coleridge.

Near beer. Any of various malt liquors (see Citation).
"Near beer is a term of common currency used to designate all that class of malt liquors which contain so little alcohol that they will not produce intoxication, though drunk to excess, and includes in its meaning all malt liquors which are not within the purview of the general prohibition law." Cambell v. City of Thomasville, Georgia Appeal Records, 6 212.

Nearctic
Ne•arc´tic, a. [ Neo + arctic.] Of or pertaining to a region of the earth’s surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.

Nearhand
Near´hand, a. & adv. Near; near at hand; closely. [Obs. or Scot.] Bacon.

Near-legged
Near´-legged, a. Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling. Shak.

Nearly
Near´ly, adv. In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.

Nearness
Near´ness, n. The state or quality of being near; — used in the various senses of the adjective.

Nearsighted
Near´sight•ed, a. Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted. — Near´sight•ed•ness, n. See Myopic and Myopia.

Neathouse
Neat´house, n. A building for the shelter of neat cattle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Massinger.

Neatify
Neat´i•fy, v. t. [ Neat, a. + -fy.] To make neat. [Obs.] olland.

Neatly
Neat´ly, adv. In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully.

neatness
neat´ness, n. The state or quality of being neat.

Neatress
Neat´ress, n. [From neat cattle.] A woman who takes care of cattle. [R.] Warner.

Neb, n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. naeb beak, bill, Sw. näbb, näf, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill, beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib, Snap, Snaffle.] The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen. [Also written nib.] Shak.

Neb-neb
Neb´-neb, n. Same as Bablh.

Nebulated
Neb´u•la•ted, a. Clouded with indistinct color markings, as an animal.

Nebulation
Neb•u•la´tion, n. The condition of being nebulated; also a clouded, or ill-defined, color mark.

Nebule
Neb´ule, n. [Cf. F. nebule. See nebula.] A little cloud; a cloud. [Obs.]
"O light without nebule." Old Ballad. { Ne•bu•le´, Neb´u•ly }, a. [F. nebule.] (Her.) Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a cloud; — said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded.

Nebulize
Neb´u•lize, v. t. [See Nebula.] To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to atomize.

Nebulose
Neb´u•lose, a. Nebulous; cloudy. Derham.

Nebulosity
Neb•u•los´i•ty, n. [L. nebulositas: cf. F. nebulosite]
1. The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; haziness; mistiness; nebulousness.
"The nebulosity … of the mother idiom." I. Disraeli.
2. (Astron.) (a) The stuff of which a nebula is formed. (b) A nebula.

Nebulous
Neb´u•lous, a. [L. nebulosus: cf. F. nebuleux. See Nebula.]
1. Cloudy; hazy; misty.
2. (Astron.) Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike. — Neb´u•lous•ly, adv. — Neb´u•lous•ness, n.

Necessarianism
Nec•es•sa´ri•an•ism, n. The doctrine of philosophical necessity; necessitarianism. Hixley.

Necessarily
Nec´es•sa•ri•ly, adv. In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.

Necessariness
Nec´es•sa•ri•ness, n. The quality of being necessary.

Necessary
Nec´es•sa•ry, a. [L. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. necessaire.]
1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
"Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come." Shak.
2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requisite; essential. "’T is necessary he should die." Shak.
"A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds." Tillotson.
3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; — opposed to free; as whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.

Necessary
Nec´es•sa•ry, n. ; pl. Necessaries .
1. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; — used chiefly in the plural; as the necessaries of life.
2. A privy; a water-closet.
3. pl. (Law) Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.

Necessitarian
Ne•ces•si•ta´ri•an, a. Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; — opposed to libertarian.

Necessitarian
Ne•ces•si•ta´ri•an, n. One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.

Necessitarianism
Ne•ces•si•ta´ri•an•ism, n. The doctrine of philosophical necessity; the doctrine that results follow by invariable sequence from causes, and esp. that the will is not free, but that human actions and choices result inevitably from motives; determinism. M. Arnold.

Necessitate
Ne•ces´si•tate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Necessitated p. pr. & vb. n. Necessitating ] [Cf. L. necessitatus, p. p. of necessitare, and F. necessiter. See Necessity.]
1. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable.
"Sickness [might] necessitate his removal from the court." South.
"This fact necessitates a second line." J. Peile.
2. To reduce to the necessity of; to force; to compel.
"The Marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York." Clarendon.

Necessitied
Ne•ces´si•tied, a. In a state of want; necessitous. [Obs.] Shak.

Necessitous
Ne•ces´si•tous, a. [Cf. F. necessiteux.]
1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.
"Necessitous heirs and penurious parents." Arbuthnot.
2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as necessitous circumstances. — Ne•ces´si•tous•ly, adv. — Ne•ces´si•tous•ness, n.

Necessitude
Ne•ces´si•tude, n. [L. necessitudo, fr. necesse. See Necessray.]
1. Necessitousness; want. Sir M. Hale.
2. Necessary connection or relation.
"Between kings and their people, parents and their children, there is so great a necessitude, propriety, and intercourse of nature." Jer. Taylor.

Neckcloth
Neck´cloth ( 115), n. A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.

Necked, a.
1. Having (such) a neck; — chiefly used in composition; as stiff- necked.
2. (Naut.) Cracked; — said of a treenail.

Neckerchief
Neck´er•chief, n. [For neck kerchief.] A kerchief for the neck; — called also neck handkerchief.

Necking
Neck´ing, n. Same as Neckmold.

necklaced
neck´laced, a. Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace.
"The hooded and the necklaced snake." Sir W. Jones.

neckland
neck´land, n. A neck of land. [Obs.]

necklet
neck´let, n. A necklace. E. Anold. { Neck´mold•, Neck´mould• }, n. (Arch.) A small convex molding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital. Weale.

Neckplate
Neck´plate, n. See Gorget, 1 and 2.

Neckwear
Neck´wear, n. A collective term for cravats, collars, etc. [Colloq. or trade name]

Neckweed
Neck´weed, n. (Bot.) (a) An American annual weed ( veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod. (b) The hemp; — so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals. Dr. prior.

Necrobiosis
Nec•ro•bi•o´sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. dead + way of life, fr. life.] (Biol. & Med.) The death of a part by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy. Virchow.

Necrobiotic
Nec•ro•bi•ot´ic, a. (Biol. & Med.) Of or pertaining to necrobiosis; as a necrobiotic metamorphosis.

Necrolatry
Ne•crol´a•try, n. [Gr. a dead person + to worship.] The worship of the dead; manes worship. H. Spenser.

Necrolite
Nec´ro•lite, n. [Gr. a corpse + -lite.] (Min.) Same as Necronite. { Nec•ro•log´ic, Nec•ro•log´ic•al }, a. [Cf. F. necrologique.] Of or pertaining to necrology; of the nature of necrology; relating to, or giving, an account of the dead, or of deaths.

Necrology
Ne•crol´o•gy, n. ; pl. Necrologies (#). [Gr. a dead person + - logy: cf. F. necrologie. See Necromancy.] An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

Necromancy
Nec´ro•man•cy, n. [OE. nigromaunce, nigromancie, OF. nigromance, F. necromance, necromancie, from L. necromantia, Gr. ; a dead body (akin to L. necare to kill, Skr. n. () to perish, vanish) + divination, fr. diviner, seer, akin to E. mania. See Mania, and cf. Internecine, Noxious. The old spelling is due to confusion with L. niger black. Hence the name black art.] The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art.
"This palace standeth in the air, By necromancy placèd there." Drayton.

Necronite
Nec´ro•nite, n. [Gr. a dead body.] (Min.) Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetid odor.

Necrophagan
Ne•croph´a•gan, a. [See Necrophagous.] (Zoöl.) Eating carrion. — n. (Zoöl.) Any species of a tribe ( Necrophaga) of beetles which, in the larval state, feed on carrion; a burying beetle.

Necrophore
Nec´ro•phore, n. [Gr. a dead body + to bear.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera; — called also burying beetle, carrion beetle, sexton beetle.

Necropolis
Ne•crop´o•lis, n. ; pl. Necropolises (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ; a dead body, adj., dead + city.] A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.

Necropsy
Nec´rop•sy, n. [Gr. a dead body + sight: cf. F. necropsie.] (Med.) A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See Autopsy. { Nec•ro•scop´ic, Nec•ro•scop´ic•al }, a. [Gr. a dead body + -scope.] Or or relating to post-mortem examinations.

Necrosed
Ne•crosed´, a. (Med.) Affected by necrosis; dead; as a necrosed bone. Dunglison.

Necrosis
Ne•cro´sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr., fr. to make dead, to mortify, a dead body.]
1. (med.) Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See Caries.
2. (Bot.) A disease of trees, in which the branches gradually dry up from the bark to the center.

Necrotomy
Nec•rot´o•my, n. [Gr. dead person + to cut.] (Med.) The dissection of dead bodies; also excision of necrosed bone. — Nec•ro•tom´ic (#), a. — Nec•rot´o•mist (#), n.

Nectar
Nec´tar, n. [L., fr. Gr. .]
1. (Myth. & Poetic) The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.
2. (Bot.) A sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.

Nectareal
Nec•ta´re•al, a.
1. Nectareous.
2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a nectary.

Nectarean
Nec•ta´re•an, a. [L. nectareus: cf. F. nectareen.] Resembling nectar; very sweet and pleasant. "nectarean juice." Talfourd.

Nectared
Nec´tared, a. Imbued with nectar; mingled with nectar; abounding with nectar. Milton.

Nectareous
Nec•ta´re´ous, a. Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious; nectarean. Pope. — Nec•ta´re•ous•ly, adv. — Nec•ta´re•ous•ness, n.

Nectarial
Nec•ta´ri•al, a. Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.

Nectaried
Nec´ta•ried, a. Having a nectary.

Nectariferous
Nec•tar•if´er•ous, a. [L. nectar nectar + -ferous: cf. F. nectarifère.] (Bot.) Secreting nectar; — said of blossoms or their parts.

Nectarine
Nec´tar•ine, a. Nectareous. [R.] Milton.

Nectarine
Nec´tar•ine, n. [Cf. F. nectarine. See Nectar.] (Bot.) A smooth- skinned variety of peach. Spanish nectarine, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian tree Chrysobalanus Icaco; — also called cocoa plum. it is made into a sweet conserve which a largely exported from Cuba.

Nectary
Nec´ta•ry, n. ; pl. Nectaries (#). [From Nectar: cf. F. nectaire.] (Bot.) That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.

Nectostem
Nec´to•stem, n. [Gr. swimming + E. stem.] (Zoöl.) That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in the Siphonophora.

Nedder
Ned´der, n. [See Adder.] (Zoöl.) An adder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.

Nee, p. p., fem. [F., fr. L. nata, fem. of natus, p. p. of nasci to be born. See Nation.] Born; — a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as Madame de Staël, nee Necker.

Needful
Need´ful, a.
1. Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing. [Archaic] Chaucer.
"The needful time of trouble." Bk. of Com. Prayer.
2. Necessary for supply or relief; requisite.
"All things needful for defense abound." Dryden. — Need´ful•ly, adv. — Need´ful•ness, n.

Needily
Need´i•ly, adv. [From Needy.] In a needy condition or manner; necessarily. Chaucer.

Needle
Nee´dle, n. [OE. nedle, AS. ndl; akin to D. neald, OS. nadla, G. nadel, OHG. nadal, nadala, Icel. nal, Sw. nål, Dan. naal, and also to G. nähen to sew, OHG. najan, L. nere to spin, Gr., and perh. to E. snare: cf. Gael. & Ir. snathad needle, Gael. snath thread, G. schnur string, cord.]
1. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, — used in sewing. Chaucer. In some needles(as for sewing machines) the eye is at the pointed end, but in ordinary needles it is at the blunt end.
2. See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.
3. A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.
4. (Bot.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.
5. Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. Dipping needle. See under Dipping. — Needle bar, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached. — Needle beam (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part. — Needle furze (Bot.), a prickly leguminous plant of Western Europe; the petty whin ( Genista Anglica). — Needle gun, a firearm loaded at the breech with a cartridge carrying its own fulminate, which is exploded by driving a slender needle, or pin, into it. — Needle loom (Weaving), a loom in which the weft thread is carried through the shed by a long eye- pointed needle instead of by a shuttle. — Needle ore (Min.), acicular bismuth; a sulphide of bismuth, lead, and copper occuring in acicular crystals; — called also aikinite. — Needle shell (Zoöl.), a sea urchin. — Needle spar (Min.), aragonite. — Needle telegraph, a telegraph in which the signals are given by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right or to the left of a certain position. — Sea needle (Zoöl.), the garfish.

Needle
Nee´dle, v. t. To form in the shape of a needle; as to needle crystals.

Needle
Nee´dle, v. i. To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.

Needlebook
Nee´dle•book, n. A book- shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.

Needlecase
Nee´dle•case, n. A case to keep needles.

Needlefish
Nee´dle•fish, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European great pipefish ( Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, acus); — called also earl, and tanglefish. (b) The garfish.

needleful
nee´dle•ful, n. ; pl. needlefuls . As much thread as is used in a needle at one time.

Needle-pointed
Nee´dle-pointed, a. Pointed as needles.

Needler
Nee´dler, n. One who makes or uses needles; also a dealer in needles. Piers Plowman.

Needless
Nee´dless, a.
1. Having no need. [Obs.]
"Weeping into the needless stream." Shak.
2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requisite; as needless labor; needless expenses.
3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; causeless. "Needless jealousy." Shak. — Need´less•ly, adv. — Need´less•ness, n.

Needlestone
Nee´dle•stone, n. (Min.) Natrolite; — called also needle zeolite.

Needlewoman
Nee´dle•wom•an, n. ; pl. Needlewomen . A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.

Needlework
Nee´dle•work, n.
1. Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also the business of a seamstress.
2. The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.

Needly
Nee´dly, a. Like a needle or needles; as a needly horn; a needly beard. R. D. Blackmore.

Needly
Need´ly, adv. [AS. nydlice. See Need.] Necessarily; of necessity. [Obs.] hak.

Needs, adv. [Orig. gen. of need, used as an adverb. Cf. -wards.] Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; — often with must, and equivalent to of need.
"A man must needs love mauger his head." Chaucer.
"And he must needs go through Samaria." John iv. 4.
"He would needs know the cause of his reulse." Sir J. Davies.

Needsly
Needs´ly, adv. Of necessity. [Obs.] Drayton.

Needy
Need´y, a. [ Compar. Needier superl. Neediest.]
1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor; indigent; necessitous.
"Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land." Deut. xv. 11.
"Spare the blushes of needly merit." Dr. T. Dwight.
2. Necessary; requisite. [Obs.]
"Corn to make your needy bread." Shak. { Neeld, Neele }, n. [See Needle.] A needle. [Obs.] Shak.

Neese, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Neesed p. pr. & vb. n. Neesing.] [OE. nesen; akin to D. niezen, G. niesen, Icel. hnjosa.] To sneeze. [Obs.] [Written also neeze.]

Nef ( F. ), n. [F. See Nave.] The nave of a church. Addison. { Ne´fand, Ne•fan´dous }, a. [L. nefandus not to be spoken; n. not + fari to speak.] Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable. [Obs.] "Nefand adominations." Sheldon. "Nefandous high treason." Cotton Mather.

Nefast
Ne´fast, a. [L. nefastus.] Wicked. [R.]

Negation
Ne•ga´tion, n. [L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to deny; n. not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr., Skr. a. to say; cf. F. negation. See No, adv. , and cf. Adage, Deny, Renegade.]
1. The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; — the opposite of affirmation.
"Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay." Rogers.
2. (Logic) Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has.

Negatory
Neg´a•to•ry, a. [L. negatorius: cf. F. negatorie.] Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative. Carlyle.

Neginoth
Neg´i•noth, n. pl. [Heb. neginoth.] (Script.) Stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith.
"To the chief musician on Neginoth." Ps. iv. 9heading).

Neglect
Neg•lect´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. & vb. n. Neglecting.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere ( negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. n. not + - que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No, adv. , Legend, Who.]
1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one’s duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
"I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs." Shak.
"This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste." Milton.
2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as to neglect strangers.
Syn. — To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See Slight.

Neglect
Neg•lect´, n. [L. neglectus. See Neglect, v. ]
1. Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as neglect of business, of health, of economy.
"To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame, Or our neglect, we lost her as we came." Milton.
2. Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as neglect of strangers.
3. Habitual carelessness; negligence.
"Age breeds neglect in all." Denham.
4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
"Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect." Prior.
Syn. — Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem; remissness; indifference. See Negligence.

Neglecter
Neg•lect´er, n. One who neglects. South.

Neglectful
Neg•lect´ful, a. Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent. Pope.
"A cold and neglectful countenance." Locke.
"Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it." Arbuthnot. — Neg•lect´ful•ly, adv. — Neg•lect´ful•ness, n.

Neglectingly
Neg•lect´ing•ly, adv. Carelessly; heedlessly. Shak.

Neglection
Neg•lec´tion, n. [L. neglectio.] The state of being negligent; negligence. [Obs.] Shak.

Neglective
Neg•lect´ive, a. Neglectful. [R.] "Neglective of their own children." Fuller.

Negligee
Neg•li•gee´, n. [F. neglige, fr. negliger to neglect, L. negligere. See Neglect.] An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also a kind of easy robe or dressing gown worn by women.

Negligible
Neg´li•gi•ble, a. [Cf. F. negligible, negligeable.] That may neglected, disregarded, or left out of consideration.
"Within very negligible limits of error." Sir J. Herschel.

Negoce
Ne•goce´, n. [F. negoce. See Negotiate.] Business; occupation. [Obs.] Bentley.

Negotiable
Ne•go´ti•a•ble, a. [Cf. F. negotiable. See Negotiate.] Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or indorsement to another person; as a negotiable note or bill of exchange. Negotiable paper, any commercial paper transferable by sale or delivery and indorsement, as bills of exchange, drafts, checks, and promissory notes.

Negotiate
Ne•go´ti•ate, v. i. [L. negotiatus, p. p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect.]
1. To transact business; to carry on trade. [Obs.] Hammond.
2. To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.
3. To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.
"He that negotiates between God and man Is God’s ambassador." Cowper.
4. To intrigue; to scheme. [Obs.] Bacon.

Negotiate
Ne•go´ti•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Negotiated p. pr. & vb. n. Negotiating ]
1. To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as to negotiate peace, or an exchange.
"Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago … the most indispensable supplies." Gibbon.
2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.
"The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade." Kent.

Negotiator
Ne•go´ti•a•tor, n. [L.: cf. F. negociateur.] One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public compacts.

Negotiatory
Ne•go´ti•a•to•ry, a. Of or pertaining to negotiation.

Negotiatrix
Ne•go•ti•a´trix, n. [L.] A woman who negotiates. Miss Edgeworth.

Negotiosity
Ne•go•ti•os´i•ty, n. [L. negotiositas.] The state of being busy; multitude of business. [Obs.]

Negotious
Ne•go´tious, a. [L. negotiosus.] Very busy; attentive to business; active. [R.] D. Rogers.

Negotiousness
Ne•go´tious•ness, n. The state of being busily occupied; activity. [R.] D. Rogers.

Negress
Ne´gress, n. ; pl. Negresses . [Cf. F. negrese, fem. of negre a negro. See Negro.] A black woman; a female negro.

Negritic
Ne•grit´ic, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes. Keary.

Negritos
Ne•gri´tos, n. pl.; sing Negrito . [Sp., dim. of negro black.] (Ethnol.) A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.

Negro
Ne´gro, n. ; pl. Negroes . [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.] A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found.

Negro
Ne´gro, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black. Negro bug (Zoöl.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable flavor. — negro corn, the Indian millet or durra; — so called in the West Indies. see Durra. McElrath. — Negro fly (Zoöl.), a black dipterous fly ( Psila rosae) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; — called also carrot fly. — Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] McElrath. — Negro monkey (Zoöl.), the moor monkey.

Negroid
Ne´groid, a. [ Negro + - oid.]
1. Characteristic of the negro.
2. Resembling the negro or negroes; of or pertaining to those who resemble the negro.

Negroid
Ne´groid, n. [ Negro + - oid.] A member of any one of several East African tribes whose physical characters show an admixture with other races.

Negroloid
Ne´gro•loid, a. See Negroid.

Nehiloth
Ne´hi•loth, n. pl. [Heb.] (Script.) A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes. Ps. v. (heading).

Nehushtan
Ne•hush´tan, n. [Heb.] A thing of brass; — the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses. 2 Kings xviii. 4. { Neif, Neife } (nef), n. [OF. neïf, naïf, a born serf, fr. L. nativus born, imparted by birth. See Native.] A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf. Blackstone. { Neif, Neaf (nef), } n. [Icel. hnefi; akin to Dan. naeve, Sw. näfve.] The fist. [Obs.] "I kiss thy neif." "Give me your neaf." Shak.

neighbor
neigh´bor, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Neighbored p. pr. & vb. n Neighboring.]
1. To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to.
"Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore." Sandys.
2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] Shak.

Neighborhood
Neigh´bor•hood, n. [Written also neighbourhood.]
1. The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.
"Then the prison and the palace were in awful neighborhood." Ld. Lytton.
2. A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which may be counted as neighbors; as he lives in my neighborhood.
3. The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each other; as the fire alarmed all the neiborhood.
4. The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Syn. — Vicinity; vicinage; proximity. — Neighborhood, Vicinity. Neighborhood is Anglo- Saxon, and vicinity is Latin. Vicinity does not commonly denote so close a connection as neighborhood. A neighborhood is a more immediate vicinity. The houses immediately adjoining a square are in the neighborhood of that square; those which are somewhat further removed are also in the vicinity of the square.

Neighborliness
Neigh´bor•li•ness, n. The quality or state of being neighborly.

Neighborly
Neigh´bor•ly, a. [Also written neighbourly.] Appropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly. — adv. In a neighborly manner.
"Judge if this be neighborly dealing." Arbuthnot.

Neighborship
Neigh´bor•ship, n. The state of being neighbors. [R.] J. Bailie.

Neishout
Neis´hout, n. [From D. niezen to sneeze + hout wood.] (Bot.) The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence the name). Also called sneezewood.

Neither
Nei´ther (? or 277), a. [OE. neiter, nother, nouther, AS. nawðer, nahwaeðer; n. never, not + hwaeðer whether. The word has followed the form of either. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neuter, Nor.] Not either; not the one or the other.
"Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither? Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive." Shak.
"He neither loves, Nor either cares for him." Shak.

Neither
Nei´ther, conj. not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or more coördinate clauses of which those that follow begin with nor.
"Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king." 1 Kings xxii. 31.
"Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent, Neither had I transgressed, nor thou with me." Milton.
"When she put it on, she made me vow That I should neither sell, nor give, nor lose it." Shak. Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor. "For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is anything at all." Tyndale. "Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it." Gen. iii. 3. Neither is sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to enforce a foregoing negative ( nor, not, n. ). "He is very tall, but not too tall neither." Addison. " •I care not for his thrust’ •No, nor I neither.’" Shak. Not so neither, by no means. [Obs.] Shak.

Nelumbo
Ne•lum´bo, n. [Ceylonese word.] (Bot.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N. speciosa. [Written also Nelumbium.]

Nemaline
Nem´a•line, a. [L. nema thread, Gr., fr. to spin.] (Min.) Having the form of threads; fibrous.

Nemalite
Nem´a•lite, n. [Gr. thread + -lite: cf. F. nemalite.] (Min.) A fibrous variety of brucite.

Nematelmia
Nem•a•tel´mi•a, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.

Nematoblast
Nem´a•to•blast, n. [ Nemato- + -blast.] (Biol.) A spermatocyte or spermoblast.

Nematocalyx
Nem•a•to•ca´lyx, n. ; pl. Nematocalyces (#), E. -calyxes (#). [NL. See Nemato-, and Calyx.] (Zoöl.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia.

Nematocyst
Nem´a•to•cyst, n. [ Nemato- + cyst.] (Zoöl.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso.

Nematognath
Nem•a•tog´nath, n. (Zoöl.) One of the Nematognathi.

Nematognathi
Nem•a•tog´na•thi, n. pl. [NL. See nemato-, and Gnathic.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid.

Nematoidea
Nem•a•toi´de•a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.,, thread + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. They are mostly parasites. Called also Nematodea, and Nematoda. The trichina, stomach worm, and pinworm of man belong to this group. See also Vinegar eel, under Vinegar, and Gapeworm.

Nematophora
Nem•a•toph´o•ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.,, a thread + to bear.] (Zoöl.) Same as Cœlenterata.

Nemertean
Ne•mer´te•an, a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Nemertina. — n. One of the Nemertina.

Nemertes
Ne•mer´tes, n. [NL., fr. Gr. nhmerth•s unerring.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Nemertina.

Nemertian
Ne•mer´ti•an, a. & n. (Zoöl.) Nemertean.

Nemertid
Ne•mer´tid, a. & n. (Zoöl.) Nemertean.

Nemertida
Ne•mer´ti•da, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Nemertina.

Nemertina
Nem•er•ti´na (nem•er•ti"na), n. pl. [NL. See Nemrtes.] (Zoöl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; — called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocœla. The mouth is beneath the head, and the straight intestine at the posterior end. They have a very singular long tubular proboscis, which can be everted from a pore in the front of the head. Their nervous system and blood vessels are well developed. Some of the species become over one hundred feet long. They are mostly marine and seldom parasitic; a few inhabit fresh water. The two principal divisions are Anopla and Enopla.

Nemoral
Nem´o•ral, a. [L. nemoralis, fr. nemus, nemoris, a wood or grove: cf. F. nemoral.] Of or pertaining to a wood or grove. [R.]

Nemorous
Nem´o•rous, a. [L. nemorosus.] Woody. [R.]
"Paradise itself was but a kind of nemorous temple." Evelyn.

Nempne
Nemp´ne, v. t. [AS. nemnan to name or call. See Name, v. ] To name or call. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Nenia
Ne´ni•a, n. [L. nenia, naenia.] A funeral song; an elegy.

Nenuphar
Nen´u•phar, n. [F. nenufar: cf. Sp. nenúfar, It. nenufár; all fr. Per. nilfar.] (Bot.) The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba.

Neo-
Ne´o- . [Gr. youthful, new. See New.] A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; — contrasted with normal and iso-; as neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.

Neocene
Ne´o•cene, a. [ Neo- + Gr. new.] (Geol.) More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.

Neo-Christianity
Ne•o-Chris•tian´i•ty, n. [ Neo- + Christianity.] Rationalism.

Neoclassic
Ne•o•clas´sic, a. [ Neo- + classic.] Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, taste and manner of work in architecture, etc.

Neoclassic architecture. All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings.

Neocomian
Ne•o•co´mi•an, n. [From Neocomium, the Latin name of Neuchatel, in Switzerland, where these rocks occur.] (Geol.) A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.

Neocomian
Ne•o•co´mi•an, a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lower greensand.

Neocosmic
Ne•o•cos´mic, a. [ Neo- + cosmic.] Of or pertaining to the universe in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history.

Neocracy
Ne•oc´ra•cy, n. [ Neo-+ - cracy, as in aristocracy.] Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.

Neocriticism
Ne•o•crit´i•cism, n. [ Neo- + classicism.] The form of Neo-Kantianism developed by French idealists, following C. Renouvier. It rejects the noumena of Kant, restricting knowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories.

Neodamode
Ne•od´a•mode, n. [Gr. ; new +, dh•mos, the people + shape.] In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by the state in reward for military service. Milford.

Neo-Darwinism
Ne•o-Dar´win•ism, n. The theory which holds natural selection, as explained by Darwin, to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants and animals, and denies the inheritance of acquired characters; — esp. opposed to Neo- Lamarckism. Weismannism is an example of extreme Neo- Darwinism. — Ne•o-Dar•win´i•an, a. & n.

Neodymium
Ne•o•dym´i•um, n. [NL. Dee Neo-, and Didymium.] (Chem.) An elementary substance which forms one of the constituents of didymium. Symbol Nd. Atomic weight 140.8.

Neodymium
Ne•o•dym´i•um, n. [NL. See Neo-, Didymium.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element occurring in combination with cerium, lanthanum, and other rare metals, and forming amethyst-colored salts. It was separated in 1885 by von Welsbach from praseodymium, the two having previously been regarded as a single element (didymium). It is chiefly trivalent. Symbol Nd; at. wt. 144.3.

Neogamist
Ne•og´a•mist, n. [Gr. newly married.] A person recently married.

Neogen
Ne´o•gen, n. [ Neo- + - gen.] (Chem.) An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth. Ure.

Neogrammarian
Ne•o•gram•ma´ri•an, n. [ Neo- + grammarian; a translation of G. junggrammatiker.] One of a group of philologists who apply phonetic laws more widely and strictly than was formerly done, and who maintain that these laws admit of no real exceptions. — Ne•o•gram•mat´ic•al (#), a.

Neography
Ne•og´ra•phy, n. [ Neo- + -graphy.] A new method or system of writing.

Neo-Greek
Ne•o-Greek´, n. A member of a body of French painters (F. les neo-Grecs) of the middle 19th century. The term is rather one applied by outsiders to certain artists of grave and refined style, such as Hamon and Aubert, than a name adopted by the artists themselves.

Neo-Hebraic
Ne•o-He•bra´ic, a. Of, pert. to, or designating, modern Hebrew, or Hebrew of later date than the Biblical.

Neo-Hebraic, n. The modern Hebrew language.

Neo-Hegelian
Ne•o-He•ge´li•an, a. Of or pertaining to Neo-Hegelianism.

Neo-Hegelian, n. An adherent of Neo-Hegelianism.

Neo-Hegelianism
Ne•o-He•ge´li•an•ism, n. The philosophy of a school of British and American idealists who follow Hegel in dialectical or logical method and in the general outcome of their doctrine. The founders and leaders of Neo-Hegelianism include: in England, T. H. Green (1836-1882); in Scotland, J. (1820-98) and E. (1835-1908) Caird; in the United States, W. T. Harris (1835-1909) and Josiah Royce (1855- -).

Neo-Hellenic
Ne•o-Hel•len´ic, n. Same as Romaic.

Neoimpressionism
Ne•o•im•pres´sion•ism, n. (Painting) A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by George Seurat (1859-91), and carried on by Paul Signac (1863- -) and others. Its method is marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground, any given line being produced by a variation in the proportionate quantity of the primary colors employed. This method is also known as Pointillism (stippling).

Neo-Kantian
Ne•o-Kant´i•an, a. Of or pertaining to Neo-Kantianism.

Neo-Kantian, n. An adherent of Neo- Kantianism.

Neo-Kantianism
Ne•o-Kant´i•an•ism, n. The philosophy of modern thinkers who follow Kant in his general theory of knowledge, esp. of a group of German philosophers including F. A. Lange, H. Cohen, Paul Natorp, and others.

Neo-Lamarckism
Ne•o-La•marck´ism, n. (Biol.) Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recent biologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inherits characters acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.; — opposed of Neo-Darwinism (which see, above). — Ne•o-La•marck´i•an, a. & n.

Neo-Latin
Ne•o-Lat´in, a. [ Neo- + Latin.] Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin.

Neolithic
Ne•o•lith´ic, a. [ Neo- + -lith + -ic.] (Archaeol. & Geol.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone.
"The Neolithic era includes the latter half of the "Stone age;" the human relics which belong to it are associated with the remains of animals not yet extinct. The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lake dwellings of Switzerland, and the stockaded islands, or "crannogs," of the British Isles, belong to this era." Lubbock.

Neologian
Ne•o•lo•gi•an, a. Neologic; neological.

Neologian
Ne•o•lo´gi•an, n. A neologist.

Neologianism
Ne•o•lo´gi•an•ism, n. Neologism. { Ne•o•log´ic, Ne•o•log´ic•al }, a. [Cf. F. neologique.] Of or pertaining to neology; employing new words; of the nature of, or containing, new words or new doctrines.
"A genteel neological dictionary." Chesterfield.

Neologically
Ne•o•log´ic•al•ly, adv. In a neological manner.

Neologism
Ne•ol´o•gism, n. [Cf. F. neologisme.]
1. The introduction of new words, or the use of old words in a new sense. Mrs. Browning.
2. A new word, phrase, or expression.
3. A new doctrine; specifically, rationalism.

Neologist
Ne•ol´o•gist, n. [Cf. F. neologiste.]
1. One who introduces new words or new senses of old words into a language.
2. An innovator in any doctrine or system of belief, especially in theology; one who introduces or holds doctrines subversive of supernatural or revealed religion; a rationalist, so- called. { Ne•ol•o•gis´tic, Ne•ol•o•gis´tic•al }, a. Of or pertaining to neology; neological.

Neologization
Ne•ol•o•gi•za´tion, n. The act or process of neologizing.

Neologize
Ne•ol´o•gize, v. i.
1. To introduce or use new words or terms or new uses of old words.
2. To introduce innovations in doctrine, esp. in theological doctrine.

Neology
Ne•ol´o•gy, n. [ Neo- + - logy: cf. F. neologie.]
1. The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language; as the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology.
2. A new doctrine; esp. (Theol.), a doctrine at variance with the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of theological interpretation; rationalism.

Neo-Malthusian
Ne•o-Mal•thu´sian, a. Designating, or pertaining to, a group of modern economists who hold to the Malthusianism doctrine that permanent betterment of the general standard of living is impossible without decrease of competition by limitation of the number of births. — Ne•o- Mal•thu"sian, Ne•o-Mal•thu´sian•ism, n.

Neomenia
Ne•o•me´ni•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ; new + mh•n month.] The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.

Neomenoidea
Ne•o•me•noi´de•a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Neomenia, a representative genus (See Neomenia) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.

Neonism
Ne´o•nism, n. Neologism.

Neonomian
Ne•o•no´mi•an, n. [ Neo- + Gr. law.] One who advocates adheres to new laws; esp. one who holds or believes that the gospel is a new law.

Neonomian
Ne•o•no´mi•an, a. Of or pertaining to the Neonomians, or in accordance with their doctrines.

Neonomianism
Ne•o•no´mi•an•ism, n. The doctrines or belief of the neonomians.

Neopaganism
Ne•o•pa´gan•ism, n. [ Neo- + paganism.] Revived or new paganism.

Neophyte
Ne´o•phyte, n. [L. neophytis, Gr., prop., newly planted; new + grown, that which has grown, a plant, fr. to grow: cf. F. neophyte. See New, and Be.]
1. A new convert or proselyte; — a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism.
2. A novice; a tyro; a beginner in anything.

Neoplasm
Ne´o•plasm, n. [See Neoplasia.] (Physiol. & Med.) A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action.

Neoplasty
Ne´o•plas•ty, n. [See Neoplasia.] (Physiol. & Med.) Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty.

Neoplatonician
Ne•o•pla•to•ni´cian, n. A Neoplatonist.

Neoplatonism
Ne•o•pla´to•nism, n. [ Neo- + Platonism.] A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy.

Neorama
Ne•o•ra´ma, n. [Gr. temple + a view.] A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.

Neo-Scholastic
Ne•o-Scho•las´tic, a. Of or pert. to Neo-Scholasticism.

Neo-Scholasticism
Ne•o-Scho•las´ti•cism, n. The modern revival of the Scholastic philosophy, esp. of that of Thomas Aquinas with critical revision to suit the exigencies of the general advance in learning. The Neo-Scholastic movement received a great impetus from Leo XIII.’s interest in it.

Neossine
Ne•os´sine, n. [Gr. neossia• a bird’s nest.] The substance constituting the edible bird’s nest.

Neossology
Ne•os•sol´o•gy, n. [Gr. a young bird + -logy.] (Zoöl.) The study of young birds. { Ne•o•ter´ic, Ne•o•ter´ic•al }, a. [L. neotericus, Gr., fr., compar. of young, new.] Recent in origin; modern; new. "Our neoteric verbs." Fitzed. Hall.
"Some being ancient, others neoterical." Bacon.

Neoteric
Ne•o•ter´ic, n. One of modern times; a modern.

Neoterically
Neo•ter´ic•al•ly, adv. Recently; newly.

Neoterism
Ne•ot´er•ism, n. [Gr. innovation] An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase.

Neoterist
Ne•ot´er•ist, n. One ho introduces new word or phrases. Fitzed Hall.

Neoterize
Ne•ot´er•ize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Neoterized; p. pr. & vb. n. Neoterized.] [Gr. to innovate.] To innovate; to coin or introduce new words.
"Freely as we of the nineteenth century neoterize." fized. Hall.

Neozoic
Ne•o•zo´ic, a. [ Neo- + Gr. life.] (Geol.) More recent than the Paleozoic, — that is, including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

Nep, n. [Abbrev. fr. Nepeta.] (Bot.) Catnip.

Nepa
Ne´pa, n. [L. nepa scorpion.] (Zoöl.) A genus of aquatic hemipterous insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; — called also scorpion bug and water scorpion.

Nepaulese
Nep•au•lese´, a. Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern Hindostan. — n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Nepaul.

Nepenthe
Ne•pen´the, n. [Fr. Gr. removing all sorrow; hence, an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the day; not + sorrow, grief.] A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; — by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting.
"Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court." Pope.
"Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe." Poe.

Nepenthes
Ne•pen´thes, n. [NL., fr. Gr. . See Nepenthe.]
1. Same as Nepenthe. Milton.
2. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey- cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant.

Nephalism
Neph´a•lism, n. [Gr. soberness, fr. sober, to drink no wine: cf. F. nephalisme.] Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.

Nephalist
Neph´a•list, n. [Cf. F. nephaliste.] One who advocates or practices nephalism. { Neph´e•line, Neph´e•lite }, n. [gr. cloud: cf. F. nepheline. Cf. Nebula.] (Min.) A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy hexagonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elaeolite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash.

Nephelometer
Neph•e•lom´e•ter, n. [Gr. a cloud + -meter.] An instrument for measuring or registering the amount of cloudiness.

Nephew
Neph´ew (nef"u; in England nev"u; 277), n. [OE. neveu, nevou, nevu, fr. F. neveu, OF. also nevou, L. nepos; akin to AS. nefa, D. neef, G. neffe, OHG. nevo, Icel. nefi a kinsman, Gr. ne•podes, pl., brood, young, Skr. nepat grandson, descendant. rad.262. Cf. Niece, Nepotism.]
1. A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant. [Obs.]
"But if any widow have children or nephews [Rev. Ver. grandchildren]." 1 Tim. v. 4.
"If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker to their grandfathers than to their fathers." Jer. Taylor.
2. A cousin. [Obs.] Shak.
3. The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Chaucer.

Nephoscope
Neph´o•scope, n. [Gr. a cloud + -scope.] (Meteorol.) An instrument for observing the clouds and their velocity. { Ne•phral´gi•a, Ne•phral´gy }, n. [NL. nephralgia, fr. Gr. a kidney + pain: cf. F. nephralgie.] (Med.) Neuralgia of the kidneys; a disease characterized by pain in the region of the kidneys without any structural lesion of the latter. Quain.

Nephridial
Ne•phrid´i•al, a. (Zoöl. & Anat.) Of or pertaining to a nephridium.

Nephridium
Ne•phrid´i•um, n. ; pl. Nephridia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. of the kidneys.] (Zoöl. & Anat.) A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven’s larva.

Nephritis
Ne•phri´tis, n. [L., fr. Gr. (sc. ), fr. a kidney.] (Med.) An inflammation of the kidneys.

nephrolithic
neph•ro•lith´ic, a. [Gr. a kidney + -lith + ic.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to gravel, or renal calculi. Dunglison.

Nephrology
Ne•phrol´o•gy, n. [Gr. a kidney + -logy.] A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.

Nephrostome
Neph´ro•stome, n. [Gr. a kidney + mouth.] (Zoöl. & Anat.) The funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.

Nephrotomy
Ne•phrot´o•my, n. [Gr. a kidney + to cut: cf. F. nephrotomie.] (Surg.) Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.

Nepotal
Nep´o•tal, a. Of or relating to a nephew.

Nepotic
Ne•pot´ic, a. [See nepotism.] Of or pertaining to nepotism.
"The nepotic ambition of the ruling pontiff." Milman.

Neptune
Nep´tune, n. [L. Neptunus.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter.
2. (Astron.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered — as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris — by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years. Neptune powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, — used in blasting. — Neptune’s cup (Zoöl.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge ( Thalassema Neptuni).

Neptunian
Nep•tu´ni•an, a. [L. Neptunius belonging to Neptune: cf. F. neptunien.]
1. Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea.
2. (Geol.) Formed by water or aqueous solution; as Neptunian rocks. Neptunian races (Ethnol.), the Malay and Polynesian races. — Neptunian theory (Geol.), the theory of Werner, which referred the formation of all rocks and strata to the agency of water; — opposed to the Plutonic theory. { Nep•tu´ni•an, Nep´tu•nist }, n. [Cf. F. neptinien, neptuniste.] (Geol.) One who adopts the Neptunian theory.

Neptunicentric
Nep•tu•ni•cen´tric, a. [ Neptune + centric.] (Astron.) As seen from Neptune, or having Neptune as a center; as Neptunicentric longitude or force.

Neptunium
Nep•tu´ni•um, n. [NL.] A new metallic element, of doubtful genuineness and uncertain identification, said to exist in certain minerals, as columbite. Hermann.

Ner, adv. & a. Nearer. [Obs.] See Nerre.

Nereid
Ne´re•id, n. ; pl. E. Nereids (#), L. Nereides (#). [L. Nereis, -idis, Gr. Nhrei:•s Nhrhi:•s, i:•dos, a daughter of Nereus, a nymph of the sea, fr. Nhrey•s Nereus, an ancient sea god; akin to nhro•s wet, Skr. nara water, cf. Gr. na•ein to flow.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A sea nymph, one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
2. (Zoöl.) Any species of Nereis. The word is sometimes used for similar annelids of other families.

Nereidian
Ne•re•id´i•an, n. (Zoöl.) Any annelid resembling Nereis, or of the family Lycoridae or allied families.

Nereis
Ne´re•is, n. ; pl. Nereides (#). [L.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A Nereid. See Nereid.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well- formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws.

Nereocystis
Ne•re•o•cys´tis, n. [NL. See Nereid, and Cyst.] (Bot.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds. Nereocystis Lutkeana, of the North Pacific, has a stem many fathoms long, terminating in a great vesicle, which is crowned with a tuft of long leaves. The stem is used by the Alaskans for fishing lines.

Nerita
Ne•ri´ta, n. [L., a sort of sea mussel, Gr., .] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.

Nerite
Ner´ite (? or 277), n. (Zoöl.) Any mollusk of the genus Nerita.

Neritina
Ner•i•ti´na, n. (Zoöl.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.

Nerka
Ner´ka, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zoöl.) The most important salmon of Alaska ( Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; — called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui.

Nero
Ne´ro, n. A Roman emperor notorious for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant. — Ne•ro´ni•an (#), a.

Nero-antico
Ne•ro-an•ti´co, n. [It.; nero black + antico ancient.] (Art) A beautiful black marble found in fragments among Roman ruins, and usually thought to have come from ancient Laconia.

Neroli
Ner´o•li, n. [F. neroli, said to be from the name of an Italian princess.] (Chem.) An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc. Neroli camphor (Chem.), a white crystalline waxy substance, tasteless and odorless, obtained from beroli oil; — called also auradin.

Nerre
Ner´re, adv. & a. [See Near.] Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also neer, ner.] Chaucer. Never the neer, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]

Nervation
Ner•va´tion, n. The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration.
"The outlines of the fronds of ferns, and their nervation, are frail characters if employed alone for the determination of existing genera." J. D. Hooker.

Nerve, n. [OE. nerfe, F. nerf, L. nervus, akin to Gr. sinew, nerve; cf. string, bowstring; perh. akin to E. needle. Cf. Neuralgia.]
1. (Anat.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body. An ordinary nerve is made up of several bundles of nerve fibers, each bundle inclosed in a special sheath (the perineurium) and all bound together in a connective tissue sheath and framework (the epineurium) containing blood vessels and lymphatics.
2. A sinew or a tendon. Pope.
3. Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.
"he led me on to mightiest deeds, Above the nerve of mortal arm." Milton.
4. Steadiness and firmness of mind; self- command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
5. Audacity; assurance. [Slang]
6. (Bot.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.
7. (Zoöl.) One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects. Nerve cell (Anat.), one of the nucleated cells with which nerve fibers are connected; a ganglion cell. — Nerve fiber (Anat.), one of the fibers of which nerves are made up. These fibers are either medullated or nonmedullated. in both kinds the essential part is the translucent threadlike axis cylinder which is continuous the whole length of the fiber. — Nerve stretching (Med.), the operation of stretching a nerve in order to remedy diseases such as tetanus, which are supposed to be influenced by the condition of the nerve or its connections.

Nerve, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nerved p. pr. & vb. n. Nerving.] To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as fear nerved his arm.

Nerveless
Nerve´less, a.
1. Destitute of nerves.
2. Destitute of strength or of courage; wanting vigor; weak; powerless.
"A kingless people for a nerveless state." Byron.
"Awaking, all nerveless, from an ugly dream." Hawthorne.

Nervelessness
Nerve´less•ness, n. The state of being nerveless.

Nerve-shaken
Nerve´-shak•en, a. Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease; weakened; overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shocked.

Nervimotion
Ner•vi•mo´tion, n. [ Nerve + motion.] (Physiol.) The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves. Dunglison.

Nervimotor
Ner•vi•mo´tor, n. [ Nerve + motor.] (Physiol.) Any agent capable of causing nervimotion. Dunglison.

Nervine
Nerv´ine ( 277) a. [L. nervinus made of sinews: cf.F. nervin. See Nerve.] (Med.) Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement. — n. A nervine agent.

Nervose
Ner•vose´, a. [See Nervous.] (Bot.) Same as Nerved.

Nervous
Nerv´ous, a. [L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve.]
1. possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. "Nervous arms." Pope.
2. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as a nervous writer.
3. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as nervous excitement; a nervous fever.
4. Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed.
"Poor, weak, nervous creatures." Cheyne.
5. Sensitive; excitable; timid.
"Our aristocratic class does not firmly protest against the unfair treatment of Irish Catholics, because it is nervous about the land." M. Arnold.Nervous fever (Med.), a low form of fever characterized by great disturbance of the nervous system, as evinced by delirium, or stupor, disordered sensibility, etc. — Nervous system (Anat.), the specialized coördinating apparatus which endows animals with sensation and volition. In vertebrates it is often divided into three systems: the central, brain and spinal cord; the peripheral, cranial and spinal nerves; and the sympathetic. See Brain, Nerve, Spinal cord, under Spinal, and Sympathetic system, under Sympathetic, and Illust. in Appendix. — Nervous temperament, a condition of body characterized by a general predominance of mental manifestations. Mayne.

Nervousness
Nerv´ous•ness, n. State or quality of being nervous.

Nervure
Nerv´ure, n. [F. See Nerve.]
1. (Bot.) One of the nerves of leaves.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the chitinous supports, or veins, in the wings of incests.

Nese, n. Nose. [Obs.] Piers plowman.

Nesh, a. [AS. hnesc, hnaesc, akin to Goth. hnasqus.] Soft; tender; delicate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Ness, n. [AS. naes, n. ; akin to Icel. nes, Sw. näs, Dan. naes, and E. nose. rad. 261. See Nose.] A promontory; a cape; a headland. Hakluyt. Ness is frequently used as a suffix in the names of places and promontories; as Sheer ness.

Nest, n. [AS. nest; akin to D. & G. nest, Sw. näste, L. nidus, for nisdus, Skr. nia resting place, nest; cf. Lith. lizdas, Arm. neiz, Gael. & Ir. nead. Prob. from the particle n. down, Skr. n. + the root of E. sit, and thus orig., a place to sit down in. rad. 264. See Nether, and Sit, and cf. Eyas, Nidification, Nye.]
1. The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
"The birds of the air have nests." Matt. viii. 20.
2. Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared. Bentley.
3. A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs.
"A little cottage, like some poor man’s nest." Spenser.
4. (Geol.) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
5. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
6. (Mech.) A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively. Nest egg, an egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it, and to induce her to lay more in the same place; hence, figuratively, something laid up as the beginning of a fund or collection. Hudibras.

Nest, v. i. To build and occupy a nest.
"The king of birds nested within his leaves." Howell.

Nest, v. t. To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
"From him who nested himself into the chief power." South.

Nestful
Nest´ful, n. ; pl. Nestfuls . As much or many as will fill a nest.

Nestle
Nes´tle, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Nestled p. pr. & vb. n. Nestling ] [AS. nestlian.]
1. To make and occupy a nest; to nest. [Obs.]
"The kingfisher … nestles in hollow banks." L’Estrange.
2. To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.
"Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of the wild country, and there nestle till succors came." Bacon.
3. To move about in one’s place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as a child nestles.

Nestle
Nes´tle, v. t. To house, as in a nest.
2. To cherish, as a bird her young.

Nestling
Nes´tling n.
1. A young bird which has not abandoned the nest. Piers Plowman.
2. A nest; a receptacle. [Obs.] Bacon.

Nestling
Nes´tling, a. Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.

Nestor
Nes´tor, n. (Zoöl.) A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.

Nestorianism
Nes•to´ri•an•ism, n. The doctrines of the Nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius.

Net (net), n. [AS. net; akin to D. net, OS. net, netti, OHG. nezzi, G. netz, Icel. & Dan. net, Sw. nät, Goth. nati; of uncertain origin.]
1. A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.
2. Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding.
"A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet." Prov. xxix. 5.
"In the church’s net there are fishes good or bad." Jer. Taylor.
3. Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net.
4. (Geom.) A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other by some specified law.

Net, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Netted p. pr. & vb. n. Netting.]
1. To make into a net; to make in the style of network; as to net silk.
2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
"And now I am here, netted and in the toils." Sir W. Scott.
3. To inclose or cover with a net; as to net a tree.

Net, v. i. To form network or netting; to knit.

Net, a. [F. See Neat clean.]
1. Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.]
"Her breast all naked as net ivory." Spenser.
2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as net wine, etc. [R.]
3. Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as net profit; net income; net weight, etc. [Less properly written nett.] Net tonnage (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow space for crew, machinery, etc.

Net, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Netted; p. pr. & vb. n. Netting.] To produce or gain as clear profit; as he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.

Nether
Neth´er (neth"er), a. [OE. nethere, neithere, AS. niðera, fr. the adv. niðer downward; akin to neoðan below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. n. down. rad.201. Cf. Beneath.] Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; — opposed to upper.
"’Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires." Milton.
"This darksome nether world her light Doth dim with horror and deformity." Spenser.
"All my nether shape thus grew transformed." Milton.

Nethermost
Neth´er•most (-most•), a. [AS. niðemest. See Nether, and cf. Aftermost.] Lowest; as the nethermost abyss. Milton.

Netify
Net´i•fy, v. t. [ Net, a. + -fy.] To render neat; to clean; to put in order. [R.] Chapman.

Netsuke
Net´su•ke, n. [Jap.] In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carved in wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and pierced with holes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with the inro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire), and similar objects carried in the girdle. It is now much used on purses sold in Europe and America.

Netting
Net´ting, n. [From Net, n. ]
1. The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.
2. A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between.
3. (Naut.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding. Totten. Netting needle, a kind of slender shuttle used in netting. See Needle, n. , 3.

Netting
Net´ting, n. Urine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Nettle
Net´tle, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezzïla, nazza, Dan. nelde, nälde, Sw. nässla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England. The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus Laportea (as L. gigas and L. moroides); — also called nettle tree. — Bee nettle, Hemp nettle, a species of Galeopsis. See under Hemp. — Blind nettle, Dead nettle, a harmless species of Lamium. — False nettle ( Baehmeria cylindrica), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles. — Hedge nettle, a species of Stachys. See under Hedge. — Horse nettle ( Solanum Carolinense). See under Horse. — nettle tree. (a) Same as Hackberry. (b) See Australian nettle (above). — Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family ( Jatropha urens). — Wood nettle, a plant ( Laportea Canadensis) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. — Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. — Sea nettle (Zoöl.), a medusa.

Nettle
Net´tle, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nettled p. pr. & vb. n. Nettling ] To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.
"The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself." L’Estrange.

Nettler
Net´tler, n. One who nettles. [R.] Milton.

Nettles
Net´tles, n. pl. [See Knittle.] (Naut.) (a) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting. (b) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams. (c) Reef points.

Net-veined
Net´-veined, a. Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as a net-veined wing or leaf.

Network
Net´work, n.
1. A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.
2. Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as a network of veins; a network of railroads.

Neufchâtel
Neuf•châ•tel", n. A kind of soft sweet-milk cheese; — so called from Neufchâtel-en-Bray in France. { Neu´tro•phile, Neu´tro•phil }, n. [L. neuter + Gr. loving.] (Physiol.) One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes. — Neu´tro•phil´ic (#), a. , Neu•troph´i•lous (#), a.

Neurad
Neu´rad, adv. [Gr. nerve + L. a. to.] (Anat.) Toward the neural side; — opposed to haemad.

Neural
Neu´ral, a. [Gr. nerve.] (Anat. & Zoöl.) relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; — opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal. Neural arch (Anat.), the cartilaginous or bony arch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segment of the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinal cord.

Neuralgy
Neu•ral´gy, n. Neuralgia.

Neurapophysial
Neu•rap•o•phys´i•al, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a neurapophysis.

Neurapophysis
Neu•ra•poph´y•sis, n. ; pl. Neurapophyses (#). [NL. See Neuro-, and Apophysis.] (Anat.) (a) One of the two lateral processes or elements which form the neural arch. (b) The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine; spinous process.

Neuration
Neu•ra´tion, n. (Biol.) The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect; nervation.

Neuraxis
Neu•rax´is, n. [ Neuro- + axis.] (Anat.) See Axis cylinder, under Axis.

Neurility
Neu•ril´i•ty, n. [Gr. nerve.] (Physiol.) The special properties and functions of the nerves; that capacity for transmitting a stimulus which belongs to nerves. G. H. Lewes.

Neurine
Neu´rine, n. [Gr. a nerve.] (Physiol. Chem.) A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefaction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl- trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl- ammonium hydroxide. [Written also neurin.]

Neurism
Neu´rism, n. [Gr. nerve.] (Biol.) Nerve force. See Vital force, under Vital.

Neuro-
Neu´ro- . [Gr. ney^ron nerve.] (Anat.) A combining denoting a nerve, of or pertaining to a nerve or the nervous system.

Neuro-central
Neu•ro-cen´tral, a. [ Neuro- + central.] (Anat.) Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as the neurocentral suture. Huxley.

Neurochord
Neu´ro•chord n. , Neu•ro•chor´dal a. (Zoöl.) See Neurocord.

Neurocœle
Neu"ro•cœle, n. [ Neuro- + Gr. koi^los a hollow.] (Anat.) The central canal and ventricles of the spinal cord and brain; the myelencephalic cavity.

Neurocord
Neu´ro•cord, n. [ Neuro- + cord.] (Zoöl.) A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm. — Neu•ro•cor´dal (#), a.

Neuro-epidermal
Neu•ro-ep•i•der´mal, a. [ Neuro- + epidermal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or giving rise to, the central nervous system and epidermis; as the neuroepidermal, or epiblastic, layer of the blastoderm.

Neuroglia
Neu•rog´li•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron ligament + glue.] (Anat.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.

Neurography
Neu•rog´ra•phy, n. [ Neuro- + -graphy.] (Anat.) A description of the nerves. Dunglison.

Neurokeratin
Neu•ro•ker´a•tin, n. [ Neuro- + keratin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin.

Neurological
Neu•ro•log´ic•al, a. Of or pertaining to neurology.

Neurologist
Neu•rol´o•gist, n. One who is versed in neurology; also one skilled in the treatment of nervous diseases.

Neurology
Neu•rol´o•gy, n. [ Neuro- + -logy.] The branch of science which treats of the nervous system.

Neuroma
Neu•ro´ma, n. [NL. See Neuro-, and -oma.] (Med.) A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.

Neuromuscular
Neu•ro•mus´cu•lar, a. [ Neuro- + muscular.] (Physiol.) Nervomuscular.

Neuron
Neu´ron, n. ; pl. Neura (#). [NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve.] (Anat.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro- spinal axis; myelencephalon. B. G. Wilder.

Neuropathic
Neu•ro•path´ic, a. Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or suffering from, nervous disease.

Neuropathy
Neu•rop´a•thy, n. [ Neuro- + Gr.,, to suffer.] (Med.) An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.

Neuropod
Neu´ro•pod, n. [ Neuro- + -pod.] (Zoöl.) A neuropodous animal. G. Rolleston.

Neuropodium
Neu•ro•po´di•um, n. [NL., from Gr. a nerve +, dim. of,, the foot.] (Zoöl.) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.

Neuropodous
Neu•rop´o•dous, a. [ Neuro- + -pod + -ous.] (Zoöl.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the neural side, as in most invertebrates; — opposed to haemapodous. G. Rolleston.

Neuropore
Neu´ro•pore, n. [ Neuro- + pore.] (Anat.) An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal.

Neuropter
Neu•rop´ter (nu•rop"ter), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Neuroptera.

Neuroptera
Neu•rop´te•ra (-te•ra), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron nerve + ptero•n a wing, fr. pte•sqai to fly.] (Zoöl.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.

Neuropteral
Neu•rop´ter•al (nu•rop"ter• al), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.

Neuropteran
Neu•rop´ter•an (- an), n. (Zoöl.) A neuropter.

Neuropteris
Neu•rop´te•ris, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a nerve + a kind of fern.] (Paleon.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation.

Neuropterous
Neu•rop´ter•ous, a. (Zoöl.) Neuropteral.

Neurosensiferous
Neu•ro•sen•sif´er•ous, a. [ neuro- + sensiferous.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs.

Neurosis
Neu•ro´sis, n. ; pl. Neuroses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. nerve.] (Med.) A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.

Neuroskeletal
Neu•ro•skel´e•tal, a. Of or pertaining to the neuroskeleton. [R.] Owen.

Neuroskeleton
Neu•ro•skel´e•ton, n. [ Neuro- + skeleton.] (Anat.) The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which are in relation with the nervous axis and locomotion. Owen.

Neurospast
Neu´ro•spast, n. [L. neurospaston, Gr., fr. drawn by strings.] A puppet. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Neurotic
Neu•rot´ic, a. [Gr. nerve.]
1. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as a neurotic disease.
2. Useful in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.

Neurotic
Neu•rot´ic, n.
1. A disease seated in the nerves.
2. (Med.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers. Neurotic as a class include all those poisons whose mains action is upon the brain and spinal cord. They may be divided three orders: ( a) Cerebral neurotics, or those which affect the brain only. ( b) Spinal neurotics, or tetanics, those which affect the spinal cord. ( c) Cerebro-spinal neurotics, or those which affect both brain and spinal cord.

Neurotome
Neu´ro•tome, n. [See Neurotomy.]
1. An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.
2. (Anat.) A neuromere.

Neurotomist
Neu•rot´o•mist, n. One who skilled in or practices neurotomy.

Neurotomy
Neu•rot´o•my, n. [ Neuro- + Gr. to cut.]
1. The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.
2. (Med.) The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes. Dunglison.

Neurula
Neu´ru•la, n. [NL., dim. of Gr. a nerve.] (Zoöl.) An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.

Neuter
Neu´ter, a. [L., fr. n. not + uter whether; akin to E. whether. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neither.]
1. Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [Archaic]
"In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter." South.
2. (Gram.) (a) Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender. (b) Intransitive; as a neuter verb.
3. (Biol.) Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n. , 3.

Neuter
Neu´ter, n.
1. A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.
"The world’s no neuter; it will wound or save." Young.
2. (Gram.) (a) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words. (b) An intransitive verb.
3. (Biol.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

Neutral
Neu´tral, a. [L. neutralis, fr. neuter. See Neuter.]
1. Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.
"The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but constantly takes part one way or the other." Shaftesbury.
2. Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced.
"Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, And neutral some, in her fantastic eye." Sir J. Davies.
3. (Biol.) Neuter. See Neuter, a. , 3.
4. (Chem.) Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; — said of certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with acid, and alkaline. Neutral axis, Neutral surface (Mech.), that line or plane, in a beam under transverse pressure, at which the fibers are neither stretched nor compressed, or where the longitudinal stress is zero. See Axis. — Neutral equilibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that when moved slighty it neither tends to return to its former position not depart more widely from it, as a perfect sphere or cylinder on a horizontal plane. — Neutral salt (Chem.), a salt formed by the complete replacement of the hydrogen in an acid or base; in the former case by a positive or basic, in the latter by a negative or acid, element or radical. — Neutral tint, a bluish gray pigment, used in water colors, made by mixing indigo or other blue some warm color. the shades vary greatly. - - Neutral vowel, the vowel element having an obscure and indefinite quality, such as is commonly taken by the vowel in many unaccented syllables. It is regarded by some as identical with the u in up, and is called also the natural vowel, as unformed by art and effort. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 17.

Neutral
Neu´tral, n. A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.
"The neutral, as far as commerce extends, becomes a party in the war." R. G. Harper.

Neutralist
Neu´tral•ist, n. A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality. Milman.

Neutrality
Neu•tral´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. neutralite.]
1. The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference.
"Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects." Addison.
2. Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad. [Obs.] Donne.
3. (Chem.) The quality or state of being neutral. See Neutral, a. , 4.
4. (International Law) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.
5. Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states. Armed neutrality, the condition of a neutral power, in time of war, which holds itself ready to resist by force any aggression of either belligerent.

Neutrally
Neu´tral•ly, adv. In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; indifferently.

Neuvaines
Neu•vaines´, n. pl. [F. neuvaine, fr. LL. novena, fr. L. novem. See Noon.] (R.C.Ch.) Prayers offered up for nine successive days.

Neve
Ne•ve´, n. [F., fr. nix, nivis, snow.] (Geol.) The upper part of a glacier, above the limit of perpetual snow. See Glacier.

Never
Nev´er, adv. [AS. nfre; n. not, no + fre ever.]
1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future. Shak.
"Death still draws nearer, never seeming near." Pope.
2. In no degree; not in the least; not.
"Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man’s head, and yet see never the worse." South.
"And he answered him to never a word." Matt. xxvii. 14. Never is much used in composition with present participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing, never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing, etc., retaining its usual signification. Never a deal, not a bit. [Obs.] Chaucer. — Never so, as never before; more than at any other time, or in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; — now often expressed or replaced by ever so.
"Ask me never so much dower and gift." Gen. xxxiv. 12.
"A fear of battery, … though never so well grounded, is no duress." Blackstone.

Nevermore
Nev´er•more, adv. Never again; at no time hereafter. Testament of Love. Tyndale.
"Where springtime of the Hesperides Begins, but endeth nevermore." Longfellow.

Neverthelater
Nev•er•the•lat´er, adv. or conj. Nevertheless. [Obs.]

Nevertheless
Nev•er•the•less´, adv. or conj. [ Never + the (see The by that) + less.] Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet.
"No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness." Heb. xii. 11.
Syn. — However; at least; yet; still. See However.

New, a. [ Compar. Newer superl. Newest.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n. , Dan. & Sw. n. , Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, Gr., Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. rad.263. See Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]
1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one’s possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; — opposed to old, as a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife." Chaucer.
2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as a new year; a new course or direction.
4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as rest and travel made him a new man.
"Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life." Bk. of Com. Prayer.
"Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new." Bacon.
5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous. Addison.
6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
"New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace." Pope.
7. Fresh from anything; newly come.
"New from her sickness to that northern air." Dryden. New birth. See under Birth. — New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian. — New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives. — New land, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time. — New light. (Zoöl.) See Crappie. — New moon. (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible. (b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews. 2 Kings iv. 23. — New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone. — New style. See Style. — New testament. See under Testament. — New world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; — so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.
Syn. — Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.

New, adv. Newly; recently. Chaucer. New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of newly, recently, to quality other words, as in new-born, new-formed, new-found, new- mown. Of new, anew. [Obs.] Chaucer.

New, v. t. & i. To make new; to renew. [Obs.]

New Thought. Any form of belief in mental healing other than (1) Christian Science and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle is affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude. AS a therapeutic doctrine it stands for silent and absent mental treatment, and the theory that all diseases are mental in origin. As a cult it has its unifying idea the inculcation of workable optimism in contrast with the "old thought" of sin, evil, predestination, and pessimistic resignation. The term is essentially synonymous with the term High Thought, used in England.

New Year’s Day
New" Year’s• Day" the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year’s or new year.

New Zealand
New• Zea"land A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand flax. (a) (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb ( Phormium tenax), having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiber itself. — New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub ( Leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea.

Newborn
New´born, a. Recently born. Shak.

Newcome
New´come, a. Recently come.

Newcomer
New´com•er, n. One who has lately come.

Newel
New´el, n. [From New. Cf. Novel.] A novelty; a new thing. [Obs.] Spenser.

Newel
New´el, n. [OF. nual, F. noyau sone, of fruit, noyau d’escaler newel, fr. L. nucalis like a nut, fr. nux, nucis, nut. Cf Nowel the inner wall of a mold, Nucleus..] (Arch.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow.

Newfangled
New´fan•gled, a.
1. Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty. "A newfangled nomenclature." Sir W. Hamilton.
2. Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new theories or fashions. "Newfangled teachers." 1 Tim. vi. (heading). "Newfangled men." Latimer.

Newfangledness
New´fan•gled•ness, n. Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form.

Newfangleness
New´fan•gle•ness, n. [OE. newefanglenes. See Fangle.] Newfangledness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"Proud newfangleness in their apparel." Robynson (More’s Utopia).

Newfangly
New´fan•gly, adv. In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Newfashioned
New•fash´ioned, a. Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion.

Newfoundland
New´found•land (?, often ), n.
1. An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity.
2. A Newfoundland dog. Tennyson. Newfoundland dog (Zoöl.), a breed of large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.

Newing
New´ing, n. [From New, v. t.] Yeast; barm. [Prov. Eng.]

Newly
New´ly, adv.
1. Lately; recently.
"He rubbed it o’er with newly gathered mint." Dryden.
2. Anew; afresh; freshly.
"And the refined mind doth newly fashion Into a fairer form." Spenser.

Newmarket
New´mar•ket, n. [From Newmarket, England.] A long, closely fitting cloak.

New-model
New•-mod´el, v. t. To remodel.

Newness
New´ness, n. The quality or state of being new; as the newness of a system; the newness of a scene; newness of life.

News (n&uamc;z), n [From New; cf. F. nounelles. News is plural in form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]
1. A report of recent occurrences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tidings; recent intelligence.
"Evil news rides post, while good news baits." Milton.
2. Something strange or newly happened.
"It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich." L’Estrange.
3. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.]
"There cometh a news thither with his horse." Pepys.

News-book
News´-book, n. A newspaper. [Obs.]

Newsboy
News´boy, n. A boy who distributes or sells newspapers.

News-letter
News´-let•ter, n. A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news. This was the name given to the earliest English newspapers.

Newsman
News´man, n. ; pl. Newsmen .
1. One who brings news. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. A man who distributes or sells newspapers.

Newsmonger
News´mon•ger, n. One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and telling news.

Newspaper
News´pa•per, n. A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.

Newsroom
News´room, n. A room where news is collected and disseminated, or periodicals sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines, etc.

News-vnder
News´-vnd•er, n. A seller of newspapers.

News-writer
News´-writ•er, n. One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters. Macaulay.

Newsy
News´y, a. Full of news; abounding in information as to current events. [Colloq.]

Newt, n. [OE. ewt, evete, AS. efete, with n prefixed, an ewt being understood as a newt. Cf. Eft.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt ( Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt ( Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species.

New-year
New´-year, a. Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as New-year gifts or odes.

Nexible
Nex´i•ble, a. [L. nexibilis, from nectere, nexum, to bind.] That may be knit together. [R.]

Next (nekst), a. , superl. of Nigh. [AS. nehst, niehst, nyhst, superl. of neáh nigh. See Nigh.]
1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening. Chaucer.
"Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat the rest." Dryden.
"Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way." Bunyan.
2. Nearest in time; as the next day or hour.
3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.
"None could tell whose turn should be the next." Gay.
4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as the next heir was an infant.
"The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen." Ruth ii. 20. Next is usually followed by to before an object, but to is sometimes omitted. In such cases next in considered by many grammarians as a preposition. Next friend (Law), one who represents an infant, a married woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a suit at law.

Next, adv. In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as this man follows next.

Nexus
Nex´us, n. [L.] Connection; tie.
"Man is doubtless one by some subtile nexus … extending from the new-born infant to the superannuated dotard." De Quincey.

Nez Perces
Nez" Per•ces", pl. ; sing. Nez Perce . [F., pierced noses.] (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians, mostly inhabiting Idaho.