English Dictionary: noblesse | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yellow \Yel"low\, n. 1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. [bd]A long motley coat guarded with yellow.[b8] --Shak. 2. A yellow pigment. {Cadmium yellow}, {Chrome yellow}, {Indigo yellow}, {King's yellow}, etc. See under {Cadmium}, {Chrome}, etc. {Naples yellow}, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil, porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic lead nitrate, and common salt. {Patent yellow} (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also {Turner's yellow}. | |
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Naples yellow \Na"ples yel"low\ See under {Yellow}. | |
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Napless \Nap"less\, a. Without nap; threadbare. --Shak. | |
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Navals \Na"vals\, n.pl. Naval affairs. [Obs.] | |
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2. The central part or point of anything; the middle. Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. --Milton. 3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. {Navel gall}, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. --Johnson. {Navel point}. (Her.) Same as {Nombril}. | |
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Navel-string \Na"vel-string`\, n. The umbilical cord. | |
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Nebulization \Neb`u*li*za"tion\, n. (Med.) The act or process of nebulizing; atomization. | |
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Nebulize \Neb"u*lize\, v. t. [See {Nebula}.] To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to atomize. | |
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Nebulizer \Neb"u*li`zer\, n. An atomizer. | |
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Nebulose \Neb"u*lose`\, a. Nebulous; cloudy. --Derham. | |
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Nebulosity \Neb`u*los"i*ty\, n. [L. nebulositas: cf. F. n[82]bulosit[82]] 1. The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; hazeness; mistiness; nebulousness. The nebulosity . . . of the mother idiom. --I. Disraeli. 2. (Astron.) (a) The stuff of which a nebula is formed. (b) A nebula. | |
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Nebulous \Neb"u*lous\, a. [L. nebulosus: cf. F. n[82]buleux. See {Nebula}.] 1. Cloudy; hazy; misty. 2. (Astron.) Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike. -- {Neb"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Neb"u*lous*ness}, n. | |
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{Blazing star}, {Double star}, {Multiple star}, {Shooting star}, etc. See under {Blazing}, {Double}, etc. {Nebulous star} (Astron.), a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. {Star anise} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so called from its star-shaped capsules. {Star apple} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order ({Sapotace[91]}) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family. {Star conner}, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne. {Star coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to {Astr[91]a}, {Orbicella}, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa. {Star cucumber}. (Bot.) See under {Cucumber}. {Star flower}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Ornithogalum}; star-of-Bethlehem. (b) See {Starwort} (b) . (c) An American plant of the genus {Trientalis} ({Trientalis Americana}). --Gray. {Star fort} (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles; -- whence the name. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun. {Star grass}. (Bot.) (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta}) having star-shaped yellow flowers. (b) The colicroot. See {Colicroot}. {Star hyacinth} (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla} ({S. autumnalis}); -- called also {star-headed hyacinth}. {Star jelly} (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants ({Nostoc commune}, {N. edule}, etc.). See {Nostoc}. {Star lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stellion}. {Star-of-Bethlehem} (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant ({Ornithogalum umbellatum}) having a small white starlike flower. {Star-of-the-earth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Plantago} ({P. coronopus}), growing upon the seashore. {Star polygon} (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. {Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster. {Star showers}. See {Shooting star}, under {Shooting}. {Star thistle} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with radiating spines. {Star wheel} (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines. {Star worm} (Zo[94]l.), a gephyrean. {Temporary star} (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly, shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears. These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods. {Variable star} (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes irregularly; -- called {periodical star} when its changes occur at fixed periods. {Water star grass} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms. | |
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Nebulous \Neb"u*lous\, a. [L. nebulosus: cf. F. n[82]buleux. See {Nebula}.] 1. Cloudy; hazy; misty. 2. (Astron.) Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike. -- {Neb"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Neb"u*lous*ness}, n. | |
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Nebulous \Neb"u*lous\, a. [L. nebulosus: cf. F. n[82]buleux. See {Nebula}.] 1. Cloudy; hazy; misty. 2. (Astron.) Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike. -- {Neb"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Neb"u*lous*ness}, n. | |
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Neoplasm \Ne"o*plasm\, n. [See {Neoplasia}.] (Physiol. & Med.) A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action. | |
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Neoplastic \Ne`o*plas"tic\, a. (Physiol. & Med.) Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia. | |
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Neoplasty \Ne"o*plas`ty\, n. [See {Neoplasia}.] (Physiol. & Med.) Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty. | |
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Nepaulese \Nep`au*lese"\ (? [or] ?), a. Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern Hindostan. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Nepaul. | |
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Nephalism \Neph"a*lism\, n. [Gr. [?] soberness, fr. [?] sober, [?] to drink no wine: cf. F. n[82]phalisme.] Total abstinence from spirituous liquor. | |
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Nephalist \Neph"a*list\, n. [Cf. F. n[82]phaliste.] One who advocates or practices nephalism. | |
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Niblick \Nib"lick\, n. A kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes, ruts, etc. | |
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Nobili's rings \No"bi*li's rings\ [After Leopoldo Nobili, an Italian physicist who first described them in 1826.] (Physics) Colored rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate. | |
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Nobless \No*bless"\, Noblesse \No*blesse"\ (?; 277), n. [F. noblesse. See {Noble}.] 1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson. 2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. --Dryden. | |
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Nobless \No*bless"\, Noblesse \No*blesse"\ (?; 277), n. [F. noblesse. See {Noble}.] 1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson. 2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. --Dryden. | |
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Noble \No"ble\, a. [Compar. {Nobler}; superl. {Noblest}.] [F. noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, fr. noscere to know. See {know}.] 1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong To nobler poets for a nobler song. --Dryden. 2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice. 3. Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage. Note: Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded. {Noble metals} (Chem.), silver, gold, and platinum; -- so called from their freedom from oxidation and permanence in air. Copper, mercury, aluminium, palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes included. Syn: Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted; superior; sublime; great; eminent; illustrious; renowned; stately; splendid; magnificent; grand; magnanimous; generous; liberal; free. | |
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Nopal \No"pal\, n. [Mexican nopalli.] (Bot.) A cactaceous plant ({Nopalea cochinellifera}), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of {Cactace[91]}. | |
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d8Nouveau riche \[d8]Nou`veau" riche"\, m., d8Nouvelle riche \[d8]Nou`velle" riche"\, f.; pl. m. {Noveaux riches}, f. {Nouvelles riches}. [F.] A person newly rich. | |
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Novel \Nov"el\, a. [OF. novel, nuvel, F. nouvel, nouveau, L. novellus, dim. of novus new. See {New}.] Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising. Note: In civil law, the novel or new constitutions are those which are supplemental to the code, and posterior in time to the other books. These contained new decrees of successive emperors. {Novel assignment} (Law), a new assignment or specification of a suit. Syn: New; recent; modern; fresh; strange; uncommon; rare; unusual. Usage: {Novel}, {New} . Everything at its first occurrence is new; that is novel which is so much out of the ordinary course as to strike us with surprise. That is a new sight which is beheld for the first time; that is a novel sight which either was never seen before or is seen but seldom. We have daily new inventions, but a novel one supposes some very peculiar means of attaining its end. Novel theories are regarded with distrust, as likely to prove more ingenious than sound. | |
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Novelism \Nov"el*ism\, n. Innovation. [Obs.] | |
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Novelist \Nov"el*ist\, n. 1. An innovator; an asserter of novelty. [Obs.] --Cudworth. 2. [Cf. F. nouvelliste, It. novellista.] A writer of news. [Obs.] --Tatler (178). 3. [Cf. F. nouvelliste.] A writer of a novel or novels. | |
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Novelize \Nov"el*ize\, v. i. To innovate. [Obs.] | |
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Novelize \Nov"el*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Novelized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Novelizing}.] 1. To innovate. [Obs.] 2. To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction. [bd]To novelize history.[b8] --Sir J. Herschel. | |
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Novelize \Nov"el*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Novelized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Novelizing}.] 1. To innovate. [Obs.] 2. To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction. [bd]To novelize history.[b8] --Sir J. Herschel. | |
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Novelize \Nov"el*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Novelized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Novelizing}.] 1. To innovate. [Obs.] 2. To put into the form of novels; to represent by fiction. [bd]To novelize history.[b8] --Sir J. Herschel. | |
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Nubilose \Nu"bi*lose`\, Nubilous \Nu"bi*lous\, a. [L. nubilosus, nubilus, fr. nubes cloud.] Cloudy. [R.] | |
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Nubilose \Nu"bi*lose`\, Nubilous \Nu"bi*lous\, a. [L. nubilosus, nubilus, fr. nubes cloud.] Cloudy. [R.] | |
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Naples, FL (city, FIPS 47625) Location: 26.14470 N, 81.79469 W Population (1990): 19505 (15312 housing units) Area: 28.4 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33940, 33942, 33961, 33962, 33963, 33964, 33999 Naples, ID Zip code(s): 83847 Naples, IL (town, FIPS 51661) Location: 39.75393 N, 90.60798 W Population (1990): 130 (63 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62665 Naples, ME Zip code(s): 04055 Naples, NY (village, FIPS 49429) Location: 42.61688 N, 77.40190 W Population (1990): 1237 (492 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14512 Naples, SD (town, FIPS 44620) Location: 44.77133 N, 97.51261 W Population (1990): 35 (17 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Naples, TX (town, FIPS 50316) Location: 33.20361 N, 94.67770 W Population (1990): 1508 (693 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75568 Naples, UT (city, FIPS 53560) Location: 40.42985 N, 109.49100 W Population (1990): 1334 (445 housing units) Area: 17.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Naples Manor, FL (CDP, FIPS 47650) Location: 26.07221 N, 81.72148 W Population (1990): 4574 (2001 housing units) Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Naples Park, FL (CDP, FIPS 47675) Location: 26.26335 N, 81.81557 W Population (1990): 8002 (5162 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
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Naval Academy, MD (CDP, FIPS 55050) Location: 38.98578 N, 76.48907 W Population (1990): 5420 (362 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21402 | |
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Neville Island, PA Zip code(s): 15225 | |
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New Palestine, IN (town, FIPS 53352) Location: 39.72109 N, 85.89158 W Population (1990): 671 (277 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46163 | |
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Noble County, IN (county, FIPS 113) Location: 41.39619 N, 85.41733 W Population (1990): 37877 (15516 housing units) Area: 1064.8 sq km (land), 16.8 sq km (water) Noble County, OH (county, FIPS 121) Location: 39.76692 N, 81.45328 W Population (1990): 11336 (4998 housing units) Area: 1033.5 sq km (land), 14.5 sq km (water) Noble County, OK (county, FIPS 103) Location: 36.38865 N, 97.23760 W Population (1990): 11045 (4894 housing units) Area: 1895.8 sq km (land), 27.3 sq km (water) | |
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Nobles County, MN (county, FIPS 105) Location: 43.67250 N, 95.75732 W Population (1990): 20098 (8094 housing units) Area: 1853.0 sq km (land), 17.9 sq km (water) | |
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Noblestown, PA Zip code(s): 15071 | |
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Noblesville, IN (city, FIPS 54180) Location: 40.05663 N, 86.03169 W Population (1990): 17655 (7128 housing units) Area: 22.4 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46060 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Neapolis new city, a town in Thrace at which Paul first landed in Europe (Acts 16:11). It was the sea-port of the inland town of Philippi, which was distant about 10 miles. From this port Paul embarked on his last journey to Jerusalem (Acts 20:6). It is identified with the modern Turco-Grecian Kavalla. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Neapolis, the new city |