English Dictionary: Nepenthes | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nefand \Ne"fand\, Nefandous \Ne*fan"dous\, a. [L. nefandus not to be spoken; ne not + fari to speak.] Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable. [Obs.] [bd]Nefand adominations.[b8] --Sheldon. [bd]Nefandous high treason.[b8] --Cotton Mather. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nefand \Ne"fand\, Nefandous \Ne*fan"dous\, a. [L. nefandus not to be spoken; ne not + fari to speak.] Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable. [Obs.] [bd]Nefand adominations.[b8] --Sheldon. [bd]Nefandous high treason.[b8] --Cotton Mather. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehh[be]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. {Beaker}.] 1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle. 2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. {American pitcher plants}, the species of Sarracenia. See {Sarracenia}. {Australian pitcher plant}, the {Cephalotus follicularis}, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell. {California pitcher plant}, the {Darlingtonia California}. See {Darlingtonia}. {Pitcher plant}, any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of {Nepenthes}. See {Nepenthes}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers. | |
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Nip \Nip\, n. 1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice. 2. A pinch with the nails or teeth. 3. A small cut, or a cutting off the end. 4. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost. 5. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. --Latimer. 6. (Naut.) A short turn in a rope. {Nip and tuck}, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.] | |
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New Point, VA Zip code(s): 23125 | |
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Newfoundland, NJ Zip code(s): 07435 Newfoundland, PA Zip code(s): 18445 | |
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Newpoint, IN (town, FIPS 53478) Location: 39.30890 N, 85.33010 W Population (1990): 296 (113 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |