NOPE
NOPE, noun A provincial name for the bullfinch or red tail.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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NOR
NOR, conjunction, connective [ne and or.]1. A word that denies ro renders negative the second or subsequent part of a proposition, or a proposition following another negative pr...
NORMAL
NOR'MAL, adjective [Latin a square, a rule.]1. According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle.2. According to a rule or principle.3. Relating to rudiments o...
NORMAN
NOR'MAN, noun In seamen's language, a short wooden bar to be thrust into a hole of the windlass, on which to fasten the cable.NOR'MAN, noun [north-man or nord-man.] A Norwegian,...
NORROY
NOR'ROY, noun [north and roy, north king.] The title of the third of the three kings at arms or provincial heralds.
NORTH
NORTH, noun [I know not the origin of this word, nor its primary sense. It may have been applied first to the pole star, or to the wind, like Boreas.] One of the cardinal points...
NORTHEAST
NORTHE'AST, noun The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each.NORTHE'AST, adjective Pertaining to the northeast or proceeding from that point; as a north...
NORTHERLY
NORTH'ERLY, adjective Being towards the north, or nearer towards the north than to any other cardinal point. [We use this word and northern with considerable latitude.]NORTH'ERL...
NORTHERN
NORTH'ERN, adjective1. Being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.2. In a direction towards the north, or a point near it; as, to steer a northern course.
NORTHERNLY
NORTH'ERNLY, adverb Toward the north. [Not used.]
NORTHING
NORTH'ING, noun1. The motion or distance of a planet from the equator northward.As the tides of the sea obey the southing and northing of the sea--2. Course or distance northwar...
NORTHWARD
NORTH'WARD, adjective Being towards the north, or nearer to the north than to the east and west points.NORTH'WARD, adverb Towards the north, or towards a point nearer to the nor...
NORTHWEST
NORTHWEST', noun The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each.NORTHWEST', adjective1. Pertaining to the point between the north and west; b...
NORTHWESTERN
NORTHWEST'ERN, adjective Pertaining to or being in the northwest, or in a direction to the northwest; as a northwestern course.NORTH'-WIND, noun The wind that blows from the north.
NORWEGIAN
NORWE'GIAN, adjective Belonging to Norway.NORWE'GIAN, noun A native of Norway.
NOSE
NOSE, noun1. The prominent part of the face which is the organ of smell, consisting of two similar cavities called nostrils. The nose serves also to modulate the voice in speaki...
NOSE-FISH
NO'SE-FISH, noun A fish of the lether-mouthed kind, with a flat blunt snout; called also broad-snout.
NOSE-SMART
NO'SE-SMART, noun A plant, nasturtium; cresses.
NOSEBLEED
NO'SEBLEED, noun1. A hemorrhage or bleeding at the nose.2. A plant of the genus Achillea.
NOSED
NO'SED, adjective1. Having a nose; as in long-nosed.2. Having sagacity.
NOSEGAY
NO'SEGAY, noun A bunch of flowers used to regale the sense of smelling.As on the nosegay in her breast reclined.
NOSELESS
NO'SELESS, adjective Destitute of a nose.
NOSETHRIL
NOSETHRIL. [See Nostril.]
NOSLE
NOS'LE, noun [from nose.] A little nose; the extremity of a thing; as the nosle of a bellows. [See Nozzle.]
NOSOLOGICAL
NOSOLOG'ICAL, adjective [See Nosology.] Pertaining to nosology, or a systematic classification of diseases.
NOSOLOGIST
NOSOL'OGIST, noun One who classifies diseases, arranges them in order and gives them suitable names.
NOSOLOGY
NOSOL'OGY, noun [Gr. disease, and discourse.]1. A treatise on diseases, or a systematic arrangement or classification of diseases with names and definitions, according to the di...