English Dictionary: Nairobi | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hard \Hard\, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.] 1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. --Dryden. My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. --Shak. 2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard. 3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. --Shak. 4. So as to raise difficulties. [bd] The guestion is hard set[b8]. --Sir T. Browne. 5. With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard. 6. Close or near. Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. --Acts xviii.7. {Hard by}, {near by}; close at hand; not far off. [bd]Hard by a cottage chimney smokes.[b8] --Milton. {Hard pushed}, {Hard run}, greatly pressed; as, he was hard pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.] {Hard up}, closely pressed by want or necessity; without money or resources; as, hard up for amusements. [Slang] Note: Hard in nautical language is often joined to words of command to the helmsman, denoting that the order should be carried out with the utmost energy, or that the helm should be put, in the direction indicated, to the extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard astarboard! Hard alee! Hard aweather up! Hard is also often used in composition with a participle; as, hard-baked; hard-earned; hard-working; hard-won. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nerve \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. Note: 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. (Zo[94]l.) 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nerve \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nervy \Nerv"y\, a. [Compar. {Nervier}; superl. - {iest}.] Strong; sinewy. [bd]His nervy knees.[b8] --Keats. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
nroff /N'rof/ n. [Unix, from "new roff" (see {{troff}})] A companion program to the Unix typesetter {{troff}}, accepting identical input but preparing output for terminals and line printers. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
nroff /N'rof/ [Unix, from "new {roff}"] A text formatting language and interpreter, companion to the Unix typesetter {troff}, accepting identical input but preparing output for terminals and line printers. See also {groff}. [{Jargon File}] |