English Dictionary: Norrish | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coati \Co*a"ti\ (k[osl]*[aum]"t[esl] or k[osl]*[amac]"t[icr]), n. [From the native name: cf. F. coati.] (Zo[94]l.) A mammal of tropical America of the genus {Nasua}, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose. Note: The red coati ({N. socialis}), called also {coati mondi}, inhabits Mexico and Central America. The brown coati ({N. narica}) is found in Surinam and Brazil. | |
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d8Questionnaire \[d8]Ques`tion`naire"\, n.; pl. {-naires} (F. [?]). [F.] = {Questionary}, above. | |
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Narceine \Nar"ce*ine\, n. [L. narce numbness, torpor, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. narc[82][8b]ne.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also {narceia}. | |
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Narrow \Nar"row\, n.; pl. {Narrows}. A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor. Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous narrow. --Gladstone. | |
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Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zo[94]l.) 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}. | |
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Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[ecr]d"f[icr]sh`), n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also {nerka}. See {Blueback} (b) . (b) The rosefish. (c) A large California labroid food fish ({Trochocopus pulcher}); -- called also {fathead}. (d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under {Drumfish}. | |
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Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zo[94]l.) 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}. | |
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Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[ecr]d"f[icr]sh`), n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also {nerka}. See {Blueback} (b) . (b) The rosefish. (c) A large California labroid food fish ({Trochocopus pulcher}); -- called also {fathead}. (d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under {Drumfish}. | |
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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}. | |
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d8Bonbonni8are \[d8]Bon`bon`ni[8a]re"\, n.; pl. {-ni[8a]res}. [F.] A small fancy box or dish for bonbons. | |
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Norice \Nor"ice\, n. Nurse. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Norse \Norse\, a. [Dan. Norsk, fr. nord north. See {North}.] Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants. | |
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Norse \Norse\, n. The Norse language. | |
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Nourice \Nour"ice\, n. A nurse. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Nourish \Nour"ish\, v. i. 1. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment. Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves. --Bacon. 2. To gain nourishment. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Nourish \Nour"ish\, n. A nurse. [Obs.] --Hoolland. | |
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Nourish \Nour"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nourished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nourishing}.] [OE. norisen, norischen, OF. nurir, nurrir, norir, F. norrir, fr. L. nutrire. Cf. {Nurse}, {Nutriment}, and see {-ish}.] 1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. --Is. xliv. 14. 2. To support; to maintain. Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. --Shak. 3. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. [bd]Nourish their contentions.[b8] --Hooker. 4. To cherish; to comfort. Ye have nourished your hearts. --James v. 5. 5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. --Chaucer. Nourished up in the words of faith. --1 Tim. iv. 6. Syn: To cherish; feed; supply. See {Nurture}. | |
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d8Nuraghe \[d8]Nu*ra"ghe\, n.; It. pl. {-ghi}. Also Nuragh \Nu"ragh\, etc.[It. dial. (Sardinia) nuraghe).] One of the prehistoric towerlike structures found in Sardinia. The so-called nuraghi, conical monuments with truncated summits, 30-60 ft. in height, 35-100 ft. in diameter at the base, constructed sometimes of hewn, and sometimes of unhewn blocks of stone without mortar. They are situated either on isolated eminences or on the slopes of the mountains, seldom on the plains, and usually occur in groups. They generally contain two (in some rare instances three) conically vaulted chambers, one above the other, and a spiral staircase constructed in the thick walls ascends to the upper stories. --Baedeker. | |
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Mink \Mink\, n. [Cf. 2d {Minx}.] (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous mammal of the genus {Putorius}, allied to the weasel. The European mink is {Putorius lutreola}. The common American mink ({P. vison}) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur is highly valued. Called also {minx}, {nurik}, and {vison}. | |
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Nurse \Nurse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nursing}.] 1. To nourish; to cherish; to foster; as: (a) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant. (b) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon. Sons wont to nurse their parents in old age. --Milton. Him in Egerian groves Aricia bore, And nursed his youth along the marshy shore. --Dryden. 2. To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention. [bd]To nurse the saplings tall.[b8] --Milton. By what hands [has vice] been nursed into so uncontrolled a dominion? --Locke. 3. To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources. 4. To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does. --A. Trollope. {To nurse billiard balls}, to strike them gently and so as to keep them in good position during a series of caroms. | |
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Nurse \Nurse\, n. [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See {Nourish}, and cf. {Nutritious}.] 1. One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm. 2. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like. The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise. --Burke. 3. (Naut.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercari[91] by asexual reproduction. See {Cercaria}, and {Redia}. (b) Either one of the nurse sharks. {Nurse shark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large arctic shark ({Somniosus microcephalus}), having small teeth and feeble jaws; -- called also {sleeper shark}, and {ground shark}. (b) A large shark ({Ginglymostoma cirratum}), native of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal fins situated behind the ventral fins. {To put to nurse}, [or] {To put out to nurse}, to send away to be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse. {Wet nurse}, {Dry nurse}. See {Wet nurse}, and {Dry nurse}, in the Vocabulary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Redia \[d8]Re"di*a\ (r?"d?*?), n.; pl. L. {Redi[91]} (-[emac]), E. {Redias} (-[?]z). [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of redi[91], or else cercari[91] within its own body. Called also {proscolex}, and {nurse}. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nurse \Nurse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nursing}.] 1. To nourish; to cherish; to foster; as: (a) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant. (b) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon. Sons wont to nurse their parents in old age. --Milton. Him in Egerian groves Aricia bore, And nursed his youth along the marshy shore. --Dryden. 2. To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention. [bd]To nurse the saplings tall.[b8] --Milton. By what hands [has vice] been nursed into so uncontrolled a dominion? --Locke. 3. To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources. 4. To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does. --A. Trollope. {To nurse billiard balls}, to strike them gently and so as to keep them in good position during a series of caroms. | |
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Nurse \Nurse\, n. [OE. nourse, nurice, norice, OF. nurrice, norrice, nourrice, F. nourrice, fr. L. nutricia nurse, prop., fem. of nutricius that nourishes; akin to nutrix, -icis, nurse, fr. nutrire to nourish. See {Nourish}, and cf. {Nutritious}.] 1. One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm. 2. One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like. The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise. --Burke. 3. (Naut.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A peculiar larva of certain trematodes which produces cercari[91] by asexual reproduction. See {Cercaria}, and {Redia}. (b) Either one of the nurse sharks. {Nurse shark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large arctic shark ({Somniosus microcephalus}), having small teeth and feeble jaws; -- called also {sleeper shark}, and {ground shark}. (b) A large shark ({Ginglymostoma cirratum}), native of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal fins situated behind the ventral fins. {To put to nurse}, [or] {To put out to nurse}, to send away to be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse. {Wet nurse}, {Dry nurse}. See {Wet nurse}, and {Dry nurse}, in the Vocabulary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Redia \[d8]Re"di*a\ (r?"d?*?), n.; pl. L. {Redi[91]} (-[emac]), E. {Redias} (-[?]z). [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of redi[91], or else cercari[91] within its own body. Called also {proscolex}, and {nurse}. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Narka, KS (city, FIPS 49350) Location: 39.96023 N, 97.42703 W Population (1990): 113 (62 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66960 | |
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Narrows, KY Zip code(s): 42358 Narrows, VA (town, FIPS 54904) Location: 37.33138 N, 80.80909 W Population (1990): 2082 (929 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24124 | |
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New Ross, IN (town, FIPS 53550) Location: 39.96386 N, 86.71367 W Population (1990): 331 (129 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47968 | |
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New Russia, NY Zip code(s): 12964 | |
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New York, NY (city, FIPS 51000) Location: 40.66980 N, 73.94385 W Population (1990): 7322564 (2992169 housing units) Area: 800.2 sq km (land), 350.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10001, 10002, 10003, 10005, 10006, 10007, 10009, 10010, 10011, 10012, 10013, 10014, 10016, 10017, 10018, 10019, 10020, 10021, 10022, 10023, 10024, 10025, 10026, 10027, 10028, 10029, 10030, 10031, 10032, 10033, 10034, 10035, 10036, 10037, 10038, 10039, 10040, 10044, 10128, 10280 | |
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Newark, AR (city, FIPS 49010) Location: 35.70534 N, 91.44286 W Population (1990): 1159 (486 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72562 Newark, CA (city, FIPS 50916) Location: 37.51927 N, 122.03050 W Population (1990): 37861 (12284 housing units) Area: 36.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94560 Newark, DE (city, FIPS 50670) Location: 39.67660 N, 75.75770 W Population (1990): 25098 (7860 housing units) Area: 22.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19702, 19711, 19713 Newark, IL (village, FIPS 52103) Location: 41.53714 N, 88.58070 W Population (1990): 840 (309 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60541 Newark, MD Zip code(s): 21841 Newark, MO (town, FIPS 51662) Location: 39.99444 N, 91.97308 W Population (1990): 82 (63 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63458 Newark, NJ (city, FIPS 51000) Location: 40.72410 N, 74.17324 W Population (1990): 275221 (102473 housing units) Area: 61.7 sq km (land), 5.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07102, 07103, 07104, 07105, 07106, 07107, 07108, 07112, 07114 Newark, NY (village, FIPS 49891) Location: 43.04190 N, 77.09429 W Population (1990): 9849 (3955 housing units) Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14513 Newark, OH (city, FIPS 54040) Location: 40.06766 N, 82.42337 W Population (1990): 44389 (18967 housing units) Area: 46.7 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43055 Newark, TX (city, FIPS 50772) Location: 32.99489 N, 97.47079 W Population (1990): 651 (273 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76071 | |
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Norco, CA (city, FIPS 51560) Location: 33.92546 N, 117.55120 W Population (1990): 23302 (5785 housing units) Area: 35.5 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 91760 Norco, LA (CDP, FIPS 55525) Location: 30.00172 N, 90.40957 W Population (1990): 3385 (1371 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70079 | |
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Norge, OK (town, FIPS 52450) Location: 34.98786 N, 97.99568 W Population (1990): 97 (37 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Norris, IL (village, FIPS 53390) Location: 40.62555 N, 90.03166 W Population (1990): 212 (105 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Norris, MT Zip code(s): 59745 Norris, SC (town, FIPS 50515) Location: 34.76479 N, 82.75233 W Population (1990): 884 (367 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Norris, SD Zip code(s): 57560 Norris, TN (city, FIPS 53600) Location: 36.21310 N, 84.06103 W Population (1990): 1303 (622 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Norwich, CT (city, FIPS 56200) Location: 41.55018 N, 72.08795 W Population (1990): 37391 (16472 housing units) Area: 73.4 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06360 Norwich, KS (city, FIPS 51600) Location: 37.45673 N, 97.84550 W Population (1990): 455 (208 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67118 Norwich, ND Zip code(s): 58768 Norwich, NY (city, FIPS 53979) Location: 42.53497 N, 75.52369 W Population (1990): 7613 (3502 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13815 Norwich, OH (village, FIPS 57372) Location: 39.98470 N, 81.79260 W Population (1990): 133 (53 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43767 Norwich, VT Zip code(s): 05055 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NERECO NEtwork REmote COmmunications. {CSP} with extensions to allow asymmetrical and {asynchronous} communications and fault handling. It is implemented on a network of {Sun}s. ["A Concurrent Programming Support for Distributed Systems", G. Spezzano et al, in Computing Systems vol 3, pp.423-447, U Cal Press, 1990]. (1994-11-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NRZ {Non Return to Zero} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NRZI {Non Return to Zero Inverted} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Nereus a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutation (Rom. 16:15). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Nereus, same as Ner |