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   Nairobi
         n 1: the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist
               safaris [syn: {Nairobi}, {capital of Kenya}]

English Dictionary: nerve by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nearby
adv
  1. not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"
adj
  1. close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nerva
n
  1. Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian; adopted Trajan as his successor (30-98)
    Synonym(s): Nerva, Marcus Cocceius Nerva
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nerve
n
  1. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
    Synonym(s): nerve, nervus
  2. the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
    Synonym(s): heart, mettle, nerve, spunk
  3. impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
    Synonym(s): boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek
v
  1. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant [syn: steel, nerve]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nervi
n
  1. Italian architect who pioneered in the use of reinforced concrete (1891-1979)
    Synonym(s): Nervi, Pier Luigi Nervi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nervy
adj
  1. being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]
  2. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"
  3. offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"
    Synonym(s): brash, cheeky, nervy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Nureyev
n
  1. Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)
    Synonym(s): Nureyev, Rudolf Nureyev
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hard \Hard\, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]
      1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
  
                     And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
  
      3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. --Shak.
  
      4. So as to raise difficulties. [bd] The guestion is hard
            set[b8]. --Sir T. Browne.
  
      5. With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with
            force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously;
            energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence,
            rapidly; as, to run hard.
  
      6. Close or near.
  
                     Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. --Acts
                                                                              xviii.7.
  
      {Hard by}, {near by}; close at hand; not far off. [bd]Hard by
            a cottage chimney smokes.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Hard pushed}, {Hard run}, greatly pressed; as, he was hard
            pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.]
  
      {Hard up}, closely pressed by want or necessity; without
            money or resources; as, hard up for amusements. [Slang]
  
      Note: Hard in nautical language is often joined to words of
               command to the helmsman, denoting that the order should
               be carried out with the utmost energy, or that the helm
               should be put, in the direction indicated, to the
               extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard astarboard! Hard
               alee! Hard aweather up! Hard is also often used in
               composition with a participle; as, hard-baked;
               hard-earned; hard-working; hard-won.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nerve \Nerve\, n. [OE. nerfe, F. nerf, L. nervus, akin to Gr.
      [?] sinew, nerve; cf. [?] string, bowstring; perh. akin to E.
      needle. Cf. {Neuralgia}.]
      1. (Anat.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers,
            with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous
            impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the
            animal body.
  
      Note: An ordinary nerve is made up of several bundles of
               nerve fibers, each bundle inclosed in a special sheath
               (the perineurium) and all bound together in a
               connective tissue sheath and framework (the epineurium)
               containing blood vessels and lymphatics.
  
      2. A sinew or a tendon. --Pope.
  
      3. Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control;
            constitutional vigor.
  
                     he led me on to mightiest deeds, Above the nerve of
                     mortal arm.                                       --Milton.
  
      4. Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal
            danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and
            endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
  
      5. Audacity; assurance. [Slang]
  
      6. (Bot.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs
            of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the
            base or the midrib of the leaf.
  
      7. (Zo[94]l.) One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of
            insects.
  
      {Nerve cell} (Anat.), one of the nucleated cells with which
            nerve fibers are connected; a ganglion cell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nerve \Nerve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nerved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Nerving}.]
      To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear
      nerved his arm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nervy \Nerv"y\, a. [Compar. {Nervier}; superl. - {iest}.]
      Strong; sinewy. [bd]His nervy knees.[b8] --Keats.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   nroff /N'rof/   n. [Unix, from "new roff" (see {{troff}})] A
   companion program to the Unix typesetter {{troff}}, accepting
   identical input but preparing output for terminals and line printers.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   nroff
  
      /N'rof/ [Unix, from "new {roff}"] A text formatting language
      and interpreter, companion to the Unix typesetter {troff},
      accepting identical input but preparing output for terminals
      and line printers.   See also {groff}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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