English Dictionary: nullity | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nail \Nail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nailing}.] [AS. n[91]glian. See {Nail}, n.] 1. To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams. He is now dead, and nailed in his chest. --Chaucer. 2. To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold. --Dryden. 3. To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap. When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at once how I nailed them. --Goldsmith. 4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Crabb. {To nail} {a lie [or] an assertion}, etc., to detect and expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an expression probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of money to the counter. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nail-headed \Nail"-head`ed\, a. Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail. {Nail-headed characters}, arrowheaded or cuneiform characters. See under {Arrowheaded}. {Nail-headed molding} (Arch.), an ornament consisting of a series of low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of large nails; -- called also {nail-head molding}, or {nail-head}. It is the same as the simplest form of dogtooth. See {Dogtooth}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Neeld \Neeld\, Neele \Neele\, n. [See {Needle}.] A needle. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Koodoo \Koo"doo\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large South African antelope ({Strepsiceros kudu}). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also {nellut}. [Written also {kudu}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nihility \Ni*hil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. nihilit[82]. See {Nihilism}.] Nothingness; a state of being nothing. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nill \Nill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nilling}.] [AS. nilan, nyllan; ne not + willan to will. See {No}, and {Will}.] Not to will; to refuse; to reject. [Obs.] Certes, said he, I nill thine offered grace. --Spenser. | |
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Nilt \Nilt\ [Contr. fr. ne wilt.] Wilt not. [Obs.] | |
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Nolde \Nol"de\ [Contr. fr. ne wolde.] Would not. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Nolleity \Nol*le"i*ty\, n. [L. nolle to be unwilling.] The state of being unwilling; nolition. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nolt \Nolt\, n. sing. & pl. Neat cattle. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Nould \Nould\ [Contr. fr. ne would.] Would not. [Obs.] [bd]By those who nould repent.[b8] --Fairfax. | |
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Nulled \Nulled\, a. Turned so as to resemble nulls. {Nulled work} (Cabinetwork), ornamental turned work resembling nulls or beads strung on a rod. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nullity \Nul"li*ty\, n.; pl. {Nullities}. [LL. nullitias, fr. L. nullus none: cf. F. nullit[82] . See {Null}.] 1. The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force. 2. (Law) Nonexistence; as, a decree of nullity of marriage is a decree that no legal marriage exists. 3. That which is null. Was it not absurd to say that the convention was supreme in the state, and yet a nullity ? --Macaulay. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Nilwood, IL (town, FIPS 53039) Location: 39.39954 N, 89.80732 W Population (1990): 238 (95 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62672 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Nulato, AK (city, FIPS 56350) Location: 64.70762 N, 158.22361 W Population (1990): 359 (117 housing units) Area: 120.4 sq km (land), 16.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99765 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Nehiloth only in the title of Ps. 5. It is probably derived from a root meaning "to bore," "perforate," and hence denotes perforated wind instruments of all kinds. The psalm may be thus regarded as addressed to the conductor of the temple choir which played on flutes and such-like instruments. |