English Dictionary: nie zu Hause | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Asp \Asp\ ([adot]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe, F. aspic.] (Zo[94]l.) A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the {Naja haje}. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to {Vipera aspis} of southern Europe. See {Haje}. | |
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Haye \Ha"ye\, n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zo[94]l.) The Egyptian asp or cobra ({Naja haje}.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called {Cleopatra's snake} or {asp}. See {Asp}. | |
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Nassa \Nas"sa\, n.; pl. E. {Nassas}, L. {Nass[92]}. [From L. nassa a kind of basket, in allusion to the reticulation of some species.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera {Nassa}, {Tritia}, and other allied genera of the family {Nassid[91]}; a dog whelk. See Illust. under {Gastropoda}. -- {nas"soid}, a. | |
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Nauseous \Nau"seous\ (?; 277), a. [L. nauseosus.] Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine. -- {Nau"seous*ly}, adv. -- {Nau"seous*ness}, n. The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. --Dryden. | |
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Yoke \Yoke\ (y[omac]k), n. [OE. yok, [yogh]oc, AS. geoc; akin to D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth. juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr. yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. [?], Skr. yui. [root]109, 280. Cf. {Join}, {Jougs}, {Joust}, {Jugular}, {Subjugate}, {Syzygy}, {Yuga}, {Zeugma}.] 1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together. A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke. --Pope. Note: The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by thongs about the horns. 2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape. Specifically: (a) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke. (b) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence. (c) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of {Bell}. (d) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships. (e) (Mach.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts. (f) (Arch.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain. (g) (Dressmaking) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt. 3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection. Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . . Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock. --Chaucer. This yoke of marriage from us both remove. --Dryden. 4. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service. Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak. My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. --Matt. xi. 30. 5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together. I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them. --Luke xiv. 19. 6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen. [Obs.] --Gardner. 7. A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Neck yoke}, {Pig yoke}. See under {Neck}, and {Pig}. {Yoke elm} (Bot.), the European hornbeam ({Carpinus Betulus}), a small tree with tough white wood, often used for making yokes for cattle. | |
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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]: | |
Negoce \Ne*goce"\, n. [F. n[82]goce. See {Negotiate}.] Business; occupation. [Obs.] --Bentley. | |
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Negus \Ne"gus\, n. A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice; -- so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus. | |
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Neozoic \Ne`o*zo"ic\, a. [Neo- + Gr. [?] life.] (Geol.) More recent than the Paleozoic, -- that is, including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. | |
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Urethane \U*reth"ane\, n. [F. ur[82]thane. See {Urea}; {Ether}.] (Org. Chem.) A white crystalline substance, {NH2.COOC2H5}, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate or by heating urea nitrate and ethyl alcohol. It is used as a hypnotic, antipyretic, and antispasmodic. Hence, any ester of carbamic acid. | |
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Urethane \U*reth"ane\, n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, {NH2.CO.OC2H5}, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type. | |
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Niggish \Nig"gish\, a. [See {Niggard}.] Niggardly. [Obs.] | |
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Nocake \No"cake\, n. [Corrupted fr. Indian nookhik meal. --Palfrey.] Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food by the Northern American Indians. | |
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Nocuous \Noc"u*ous\, a. [L. nocuus, fr. nocere to hurt.] Hurtful; noxious. [R.] -- {Noc"u*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] | |
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Nose \Nose\, n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa, Icel. n[94]s, Sw. n[84]sa, Dan. n[84]se, Lith. nosis, Russ. nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[be]s[be], n[be]s. [?] Cf. {Nasal}, {Nasturtium}, {Naze}, {Nostril}, {Nozzle}.] 1. (Anat.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See {Nostril}, and {Olfactory organ} under {Olfactory}. 2. The power of smelling; hence, scent. We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. --Collier. 3. A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle. {Nose bit} (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end. {Nose hammer} (Mach.), a frontal hammer. {Nose hole} (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process. {Nose key} (Carp.), a fox wedge. {Nose leaf} (Zo[94]l.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies greatly in size and form. {Nose of wax}, fig., a person who is pliant and easily influenced. [bd]A nose of wax to be turned every way.[b8] --Massinger {Nose piece}, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached. {To hold}, {put}, [or] {bring one's nose to the grindstone}. See under {Grindstone}. {To lead by the nose}, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a beast. --Shak. {To put one's nose out of joint}, to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. [Slang] {To thrust one's nose into}, to meddle officiously in. {To wipe one's nose of}, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang] | |
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Nosegay \Nose"gay`\, n. [Nose + gay in the sense of a gay or showy thing.] A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy. --Pope. | |
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Noxious \Nox"ious\, a. [L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf. {Nuisance}, {Necromancy}.] 1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples. Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. --Swift. 2. Guilty; criminal. [R.] Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. --Abp. Bramhall. Syn: Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See {Noisome}. -- {Nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Nox"ious*ness}, n. | |
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d8Tschego \[d8]Tsche"go\, n. [From a native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also {tscheigo}, {tschiego}, {nschego}, {nscheigo}. | |
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d8Tschego \[d8]Tsche"go\, n. [From a native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also {tscheigo}, {tschiego}, {nschego}, {nscheigo}. | |
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Nisey \Ni"sey\, n.; pl. {Nyseys}. A simpleton. [Obs.] | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Newsqueak A {concurrent} {applicative} language with {synchronous} channels. ["Newsqueak: A Language for Communicating with Mice", R. Pike CSTR143, Bell Labs (March 1989)]. ["The Implementation of Newsqueak", Rob Pike, Soft Prac & Exp 20(7):649-659 (July 1990)]. |