English Dictionary: Nosferatu | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Naseberry \Nase"ber`ry\, n. [Sp. nispero medlar and naseberry tree, fr. L. mespilus. See {Medlar}.] (Bot.) A tropical fruit. See {Sapodilla}. [Written also {nisberry}.] | |
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Sapodilla \Sap`o*dil"la\, n. [Sp. zapote, sapotillo, zapotillo, Mexican cochit-zapotl. Cf. {Sapota}.] (Bot.) A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree ({Achras Sapota}); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also {sapadillo}, {sappadillo}, {sappodilla}, and {zapotilla}.] {Sapodilla plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Achras Sapota}. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also {naseberry}. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Naseberry \Nase"ber`ry\, n. [Sp. nispero medlar and naseberry tree, fr. L. mespilus. See {Medlar}.] (Bot.) A tropical fruit. See {Sapodilla}. [Written also {nisberry}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sapodilla \Sap`o*dil"la\, n. [Sp. zapote, sapotillo, zapotillo, Mexican cochit-zapotl. Cf. {Sapota}.] (Bot.) A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree ({Achras Sapota}); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also {sapadillo}, {sappadillo}, {sappodilla}, and {zapotilla}.] {Sapodilla plum} (Bot.), the fruit of {Achras Sapota}. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also {naseberry}. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts. | |
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Nasiform \Nas"i*form\, a. [L. nasus nose + -form. See {Nose}, and cf. {Nariform}.] Having the shape of a nose. | |
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Nasofrontal \Na`so*fron"tal\, a. [Naso- + frontal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose and the front of the head; as, the embryonic nasofrontal process which forms the anterior boundary of the mouth. | |
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Nasopharyngeal \Na`so*phar`yn*ge"al\ (? [or] [?]), a. [Naso- + pharyngeal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Neck \Neck\, n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.] 1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk. 2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal; as: (a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd. (b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts. (c) (Mus.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board. 3. (Mech.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft. 4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root. {Neck and crop}, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.] {Neck and neck} (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side. {Neck of a capital}. (Arch.) See {Gorgerin}. {Neck of a cascabel} (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the base of the breech. {Neck of a gun}, the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle. {Neck of a tooth} (Anat.), the constriction between the root and the crown. {Neck or nothing} (Fig.), at all risks. {Neck verse}. (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, [bd]Miserere mei,[b8] etc. --Sir W. Scott. (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth. These words, [bd]bread and cheese,[b8] were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing [bd]broad and cause,[b8] being presently put to death. --Fuller. {Neck yoke}. (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses. (b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's shoulders. {On the neck of}, immediately after; following closely. [bd]Commiting one sin on the neck of another.[b8] --W. Perkins. {Stiff neck}, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy. [bd]I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck.[b8] --Deut. xxxi. 27. {To break the neck of}, to destroy the main force of. [bd]What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause.[b8] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Neighbor \Neigh"bor\ (n[amac]"b[etil]r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS. ne[a0]hgeb[umac]r; ne[a0]h nigh + geb[umac]r a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. n[be]hgib[umac]r. See {Nigh}, and {Boor}.] [Spelt also {neighbour}.] 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. --Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. --Shak. 2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. --Shak. 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? --Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as [bd]stranger;[b8] makes every man my neighbor. --South. | |
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Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. [bd]The neighbor cities.[b8] --Jer. l. 40. [bd]The neighbor room.[b8] --Shak. | |
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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. | |
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Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.] A copse that neighbors by. --Shak. | |
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Neighbor \Neigh"bor\ (n[amac]"b[etil]r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS. ne[a0]hgeb[umac]r; ne[a0]h nigh + geb[umac]r a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. n[be]hgib[umac]r. See {Nigh}, and {Boor}.] [Spelt also {neighbour}.] 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. --Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. --Shak. 2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. --Shak. 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? --Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as [bd]stranger;[b8] makes every man my neighbor. --South. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. [bd]The neighbor cities.[b8] --Jer. l. 40. [bd]The neighbor room.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
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Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.] A copse that neighbors by. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Neighbor \Neigh"bor\ (n[amac]"b[etil]r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS. ne[a0]hgeb[umac]r; ne[a0]h nigh + geb[umac]r a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. n[be]hgib[umac]r. See {Nigh}, and {Boor}.] [Spelt also {neighbour}.] 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. --Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. --Shak. 2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. --Shak. 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? --Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as [bd]stranger;[b8] makes every man my neighbor. --South. | |
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Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. [bd]The neighbor cities.[b8] --Jer. l. 40. [bd]The neighbor room.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
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Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.] A copse that neighbors by. --Shak. | |
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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. | |
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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; vicinaty; proximity. Usage: {Neighborhood}, {Vicinity}. Neigborhood is Anglo-Saxon, and vicinity is Latin. Vicinity does not commonly denote so close a connection as neighborhood. A neigborhood is a more immediately 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. | |
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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. | |
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Neighboring \Neigh"bor*ing\, a. Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries. | |
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Neighborliness \Neigh"bor*li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being neighborly. | |
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Neighborly \Neigh"bor*ly\, a. [Also written neighbourly.] Apropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly. -- adv. In a neigborly manner. Judge if this be neighborly dealing. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Neighborship \Neigh"bor*ship\, n. The state of being neighbors. [R.] --J. Bailie. | |
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Neighbor \Neigh"bor\ (n[amac]"b[etil]r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS. ne[a0]hgeb[umac]r; ne[a0]h nigh + geb[umac]r a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. n[be]hgib[umac]r. See {Nigh}, and {Boor}.] [Spelt also {neighbour}.] 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. --Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. --Shak. 2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. --Shak. 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? --Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as [bd]stranger;[b8] makes every man my neighbor. --South. | |
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d8Nez Perc82s \[d8]Nez" Per`c[82]s"\, pl.; sing. {Nez Perc[90]}. [F., pierced noses.] (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians, mostly inhabiting Idaho. | |
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Naseberry \Nase"ber`ry\, n. [Sp. nispero medlar and naseberry tree, fr. L. mespilus. See {Medlar}.] (Bot.) A tropical fruit. See {Sapodilla}. [Written also {nisberry}.] | |
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Note: In legal proceedings, this word is used to indicate that any order, etc., shall take effect at a given time, unless before that time the order, etc., in modified, or something else is done to prevent its taking effect. Continuance nisi is a conditional continuance of the case till the next term of the court, unless otherwise disposed of in the mean time. {Nisi prius} (Law), unless before; -- a phrase applied to terms of court, held generally by a single judge, with a jury, for the trial of civil causes. The term originated in a legal fiction. An issue of fact being made up, it is, according to the English practice, appointed by the entry on the record, or written proceedings, to be tried by a jury from the county of which the proceedings are dated, at Westminster, unless before the day appointed (nisi prius) the judges shall have come to the county in question (which they always do) and there try the cause. See {In banc}, under {Banc}. | |
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Nuciferous \Nu*cif"er*ous\, a. [L. nux, nucis, nut + -ferous.] Bearing, or producing, nuts. | |
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Nuciform \Nu"ci*form\, a. [L. nux, nucis, nut + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a nut; nut-shaped. | |
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Nutcracker \Nut"crack`er\, n. 1. An instrument for cracking nuts. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European bird ({Nucifraga caryocatactes}), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects. (b) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker ({Picicorvus Columbianus}) of Western North America. | |
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Nashport, OH Zip code(s): 43830 | |
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Neuse Forest, NC (CDP, FIPS 46280) Location: 34.96360 N, 76.94508 W Population (1990): 1110 (409 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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New Oxford, PA (borough, FIPS 53920) Location: 39.86222 N, 77.05571 W Population (1990): 1617 (662 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17350 | |
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New Springfield, OH Zip code(s): 44443 | |
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Nez Perce County, ID (county, FIPS 69) Location: 46.33121 N, 116.74628 W Population (1990): 33754 (14463 housing units) Area: 2199.2 sq km (land), 18.9 sq km (water) | |
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Nezperce, ID (city, FIPS 57250) Location: 46.23359 N, 116.23877 W Population (1990): 453 (210 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83543 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
newsfroup // n. [Usenet] Silly synonym for {newsgroup}, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's talk.bizarre, and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare {hing}, {grilf}, {pr0n} and {filk}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
NUXI problem /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ n. Refers to the problem of transferring data between machines with differing byte-order. The string `UNIX' might look like `NUXI' on a machine with a different `byte sex' (e.g., when transferring data from a {little-endian} to a {big-endian}, or vice-versa). See also {middle-endian}, {swab}, and {bytesexual}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
newsfroup originally a typo but now in regular use on {Usenet}'s {news:talk.bizarre} and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare {hing}, {grilf}, and {filk}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Nexpert Object An {expert system}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
NUXI problem /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing {byte order}. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a {little-endian} to a {big-endian}, or vice-versa). See also {middle-endian}, {swab}, and {bytesexual}. [{Jargon File}] (2001-06-12) |