English Dictionary: necrotizing enterocolitis | by the DICT Development Group |
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Nacarat \Nac"a*rat\, n. [F. nacarat, fr. Sp. or Pg. nacarado, fr. n[a0]car mother-of-pearl. See {Nacre}.] 1. A pale red color, with a cast of orange. --Ure. 2. Fine linen or crape dyed of this color. --Ure. | |
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Dog \Dog\ (d[ocr]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({C. familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.) 2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch. What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? -- 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. ) 3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.] 4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius). 5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron. 6. (Mech.) (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them. (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill. (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool. Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog. It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox, a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; -- also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as, dog Latin. {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14. {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him. {Dog ape} (Zo[94]l.), a male ape. {Dog cabbage}, [or] {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum Cynocrambe}). {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}. {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.] {Dog flea} (Zo[94]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis}) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and {Aphaniptera}. {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same genus as wheat. {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy. {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina}) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath. {Dog louse} (Zo[94]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. {H[91]matopinus piliferus}; another species is {Trichodectes latus}. {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning. {Dog salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia}, and {hone}. {Dog shark}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dogfish}. {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal. {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary. {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass. {Dog whelk} (Zo[94]l.), any species of univalve shells of the family {Nassid[91]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of England. {To give, [or] throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as useless. [bd]Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.[b8] --Shak. {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pilot \Pi"lot\, n. [F. pilote, prob. from D. peillood plummet, sounding lead; peilen, pegelen, to sound, measure (fr. D. & G. peil, pegel, a sort of measure, water mark) + lood lead, akin to E. lead. The pilot, then, is the lead man, i. e., he who throws the lead. See {Pail}, and {Lead} a metal.] 1. (Naut.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees. 3. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course. 4. An instrument for detecting the compass error. 5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.] {Pilot balloon}, a small balloon sent up in advance of a large one, to show the direction and force of the wind. {Pilot bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; -- so called because its presence indicates to mariners their approach to these islands. --Crabb. (b) The black-bellied plover. [Local, U.S.] {Pilot boat}, a strong, fast-sailing boat used to carry and receive pilots as they board and leave vessels. {Pilot bread}, ship biscuit. {Pilot cloth}, a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats. {Pilot engine}, a locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear. {Pilot fish}. (Zo[94]l) (a) A pelagic carangoid fish ({Naucrates ductor}); -- so named because it is often seen in company with a shark, swimming near a ship, on account of which sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot to the shark. (b) The rudder fish ({Seriola zonata}). {Pilot jack}, a flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a pilot. {Pilot jacket}, a pea jacket. {Pilot nut} (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole. --Waddell. {Pilot snake} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large North American snake ({Coluber obsoleus}). It is lustrous black, with white edges to some of the scales. Called also {mountain black snake}. (b) The pine snake. {Pilot whale}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Blackfish}, 1. | |
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Nazarite \Naz"a*rite\, n. A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively. | |
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Nazariteship \Naz"a*rite*ship\, n. The state of a Nazarite. | |
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Nazaritic \Naz`a*rit"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites. | |
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Nazaritism \Naz"a*ri*tism\ (?; 277), n. The vow and practice of a Nazarite. | |
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Nazirite \Naz"i*rite\, n. A Nazarite. | |
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Sweetbread \Sweet"bread`\, n. 1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called {neck, [or] throat, sweetbread}, the latter {belly sweetbread}. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See {Pancreas}, and {Thymus}. 2. (Anat.) The pancreas. | |
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Nicker tree \Nick"er tree`\ (Bot.) The plant producing nicker nuts. [Written also {neckar tree} and {nickar tree}.] | |
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Necrotic \Ne*crot"ic\, a. (Med.) Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterized by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Negritic \Ne*grit"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; composed of negroes. --Keary. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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Negro \Ne"gro\, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black. {Negro bug} (Zo[94]l.), 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} (Zo[94]l.), a black dipterous fly ({Psila ros[91]}) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also {carrot fly}. {Negro head} (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath. {Negro monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the moor monkey. | |
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Negrohead \Ne"gro*head`\, n. An inferior commercial variety of India rubber made up into round masses. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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News-writer \News"-writ`er\, n. One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters. --Macaulay. | |
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Nicker tree \Nick"er tree`\ (Bot.) The plant producing nicker nuts. [Written also {neckar tree} and {nickar tree}.] | |
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Nickar nut \Nick"ar nut`\, Nickar tree \Nick"ar tree`\ (Bot.) Same as {Nicker nut}, {Nicker tree}. | |
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Nicker tree \Nick"er tree`\ (Bot.) The plant producing nicker nuts. [Written also {neckar tree} and {nickar tree}.] | |
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Nickar nut \Nick"ar nut`\, Nickar tree \Nick"ar tree`\ (Bot.) Same as {Nicker nut}, {Nicker tree}. | |
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Nicker tree \Nick"er tree`\ (Bot.) The plant producing nicker nuts. [Written also {neckar tree} and {nickar tree}.] | |
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Niggard \Nig"gard\, n. [Icel. hn[94]ggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne[a0]w.] A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. --Chaucer. A penurious niggard of his wealth. --Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. --Pope. | |
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Niggard \Nig"gard\, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. | |
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Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Niggardise \Nig"gard*ise\, n. Niggardliness. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Niggardish \Nig"gard*ish\, a. Somewhat niggard. | |
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Niggardliness \Nig"gard*li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess. Niggardliness is not good husbandry. --Addison. | |
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Niggardly \Nig"gard*ly\, a. Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard. Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. --Bp. Hall. Syn: Avarcious; covetous; parsimonious; sparing; miserly; penurios; sordid; stingy. See {Avaricious}. | |
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Niggardly \Nig"gard*ly\, adv. In a niggard manner. | |
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Niggardness \Nig"gard*ness\, n. Niggardliness. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Niggardous \Nig"gard*ous\, a. Niggardly. [Obs.] Covetous gathering and niggardous keeping. --Sir T. More. | |
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Niggardship \Nig"gard*ship\, n. Niggardliness. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. | |
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Niggardy \Nig"gard*y\, n. Niggardliness. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Niggerhead \Nig"ger*head`\, n. A strong black chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form; negro head. | |
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Nigritic \Ni*grit"ic\, a. (Ethnol.) Pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, negroes, or of the Negritos, Papuans, and the Melanesian races; negritic. | |
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Nigritude \Nig"ri*tude\, n. [L. nigritudo, fr. niger black.] Blackness; the state of being black. --Lamb. | |
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Shake \Shake\, n. 1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation. The great soldier's honor was composed Of thicker stuff, which could endure a shake. --Herbert. Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand. --Addison. 2. A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly. --Gwilt. 3. A fissure in rock or earth. 4. (Mus.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill. 5. (Naut.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart. --Totten. 6. A shook of staves and headings. --Knight. 7. (Zo[94]l.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground. [Prov. Eng.] {No great shakes}, of no great importance. [Slang] --Byron. {The shakes}, the fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Nazareth, PA (borough, FIPS 52808) Location: 40.73989 N, 75.31301 W Population (1990): 5713 (2546 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18064 Nazareth, TX (city, FIPS 50496) Location: 34.54143 N, 102.10366 W Population (1990): 293 (107 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79063 | |
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New Cordell, OK (city, FIPS 51250) Location: 35.29752 N, 98.98104 W Population (1990): 2903 (1487 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
news reader articles posted to {Usenet}. Articles may be stored in a local (or {NFS}-mounted) {spool} directory, or retrieved via {NNTP}. Examples are {rn}, {GNUS}, and {nn}. (1996-04-09) | |
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NSRD {National Software Reuse Directory} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Nazareth separated, generally supposed to be the Greek form of the Hebrew _netser_, a "shoot" or "sprout." Some, however, think that the name of the city must be connected with the name of the hill behind it, from which one of the finest prospects in Palestine is obtained, and accordingly they derive it from the Hebrew _notserah_, i.e., one guarding or watching, thus designating the hill which overlooks and thus guards an extensive region. This city is not mentioned in the Old Testament. It was the home of Joseph and Mary (Luke 2:39), and here the angel announced to the Virgin the birth of the Messiah (1:26-28). Here Jesus grew up from his infancy to manhood (4:16); and here he began his public ministry in the synagogue (Matt. 13:54), at which the people were so offended that they sought to cast him down from the precipice whereon their city was built (Luke 4:29). Twice they expelled him from their borders (4:16-29; Matt. 13:54-58); and he finally retired from the city, where he did not many mighty works because of their unbelief (Matt. 13:58), and took up his residence in Capernaum. Nazareth is situated among the southern ridges of Lebanon, on the steep slope of a hill, about 14 miles from the Sea of Galilee and about 6 west from Mount Tabor. It is identified with the modern village en-Nazirah, of six or ten thousand inhabitants. It lies "as in a hollow cup" lower down upon the hill than the ancient city. The main road for traffic between Egypt and the interior of Asia passed by Nazareth near the foot of Tabor, and thence northward to Damascus. It is supposed from the words of Nathanael in John 1:46 that the city of Nazareth was held in great disrepute, either because, it is said, the people of Galilee were a rude and less cultivated class, and were largely influenced by the Gentiles who mingled with them, or because of their lower type of moral and religious character. But there seems to be no sufficient reason for these suppositions. The Jews believed that, according to Micah 5:2, the birth of the Messiah would take place at Bethlehem, and nowhere else. Nathanael held the same opinion as his countrymen, and believed that the great "good" which they were all expecting could not come from Nazareth. This is probably what Nathanael meant. Moreover, there does not seem to be any evidence that the inhabitants of Galilee were in any respect inferior, or that a Galilean was held in contempt, in the time of our Lord. (See Dr. Merrill's Galilee in the Time of Christ.) The population of this city (now about 10,000) in the time of Christ probably amounted to 15,000 or 20,000 souls. "The so-called 'Holy House' is a cave under the Latin church, which appears to have been originally a tank. The 'brow of the hill', site of the attempted precipitation, is probably the northern cliff: the traditional site has been shown since the middle ages at some distance to the south. None of the traditional sites are traceable very early, and they have no authority. The name Nazareth perhaps means 'a watch tower' (now en-Nasrah), but is connected in the New Testament with Netzer, 'a branch' (Isa. 4:2; Jer. 23:5; Zech. 3:8; 6:12; Matt. 2:23), Nazarene being quite a different word from Nazarite." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Nazarite (Heb. form Nazirite), the name of such Israelites as took on them the vow prescribed in Num. 6:2-21. The word denotes generally one who is separated from others and consecrated to God. Although there is no mention of any Nazarite before Samson, yet it is evident that they existed before the time of Moses. The vow of a Nazarite involved these three things, (1) abstinence from wine and strong drink, (2) refraining from cutting the hair off the head during the whole period of the continuance of the vow, and (3) the avoidance of contact with the dead. When the period of the continuance of the vow came to an end, the Nazarite had to present himself at the door of the sanctuary with (1) a he lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering, (2) a ewe lamb of the first year for a sin-offering, and (3) a ram for a peace-offering. After these sacrifices were offered by the priest, the Nazarite cut off his hair at the door and threw it into the fire under the peace-offering. For some reason, probably in the midst of his work at Corinth, Paul took on himself the Nazarite vow. This could only be terminated by his going up to Jerusalem to offer up the hair which till then was to be left uncut. But it seems to have been allowable for persons at a distance to cut the hair, which was to be brought up to Jerusalem, where the ceremony was completed. This Paul did at Cenchrea just before setting out on his voyage into Syria (Acts 18:18). On another occasion (Acts 21:23-26), at the feast of Pentecost, Paul took on himself again the Nazarite vow. "The ceremonies involved took a longer time than Paul had at his disposal, but the law permitted a man to share the vow if he could find companions who had gone through the prescribed ceremonies, and who permitted him to join their company. This permission was commonly granted if the new comer paid all the fees required from the whole company (fee to the Levite for cutting the hair and fees for sacrifices), and finished the vow along with the others. Four Jewish Christians were performing the vow, and would admit Paul to their company, provided he paid their expenses. Paul consented, paid the charges, and when the last seven days of the vow began he went with them to live in the temple, giving the usual notice to the priests that he had joined in regular fashion, was a sharer with the four men, and that his vow would end with theirs. Nazarites retired to the temple during the last period of seven days, because they could be secure there against any accidental defilement" (Lindsay's Acts). As to the duration of a Nazarite's vow, every one was left at liberty to fix his own time. There is mention made in Scripture of only three who were Nazarites for life, Samson, Samuel, and John the Baptist (Judg. 13:4, 5; 1 Sam. 1:11; Luke 1:15). In its ordinary form, however, the Nazarite's vow lasted only thirty, and at most one hundred, days. (See {RECHABITES}.) This institution was a symbol of a life devoted to God and separated from all sin, a holy life. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Nazareth, separated; crowned; sanctified | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Nazarite, one chosen or set apart |