Webster's Dictionary 1913

568

Neigh (2)

Neigh, n. The cry of a horse; a whinny.

569

Neighbor

Neigh″bor (nā″bẽr), n. [OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgebūr; neáh nigh + gebūr a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. nāhgibūr. See Nigh, and Boor.] [Spelt also neighb...

570

Neighbor (2)

Neigh″bor, a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. “The neighbor cities.” Jer. l. 40. “The neighbor room.” Shak.

571

Neighbor (3)

Neigh″bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Neighbored (?); p. pr. & vb. nNeighboring.] 1. To adjoin; to border on; to be near to.Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys.2. ...

572

Neighbor (4)

Neigh″bor, v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near.A copse that neighbors by. Shak.

573

Neighborhood

Neigh″bor‐hood (?), n. [Written also neighbourhood.] 1. The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.Then the prison and the pala...

574

Neighboring

Neigh″bor‐ing, a. Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.

575

Neighborliness

Neigh″bor‐li‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being neighborly.

576

Neighborly

Neigh″bor‐ly, a. [Also written neighbourly.] Appropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly. — adv. In a neighb...

577

Neighborship

Neigh″bor‐ship, n. The state of being neighbors. J. Bailie.

578

Neishout

‖Neis″hout (?), n. [From D. niezen to sneeze + hout wood.] (Bot.) The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing...

579

Neither

Nei″ther (nē″t͡hẽr or nī″–; 277), a. [OE. neither, nother, nouther, AS. nāwðer, nāhwæðer; nā never, not + hwæðer whether. The word has followed the form of either. See No, and W...

580

Neither (2)

Nei″ther, conj. Not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or more coördinate clauses of which those that follow begin with nor.Fight neither with small nor great,...

581

Nelumbo

‖Ne‐lum″bo (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N. speciosa. [Written also Nelumbium.]

582

Nemaline

Nem″a‐line (nĕm″ȧ‐līn), a. [L. nema thread, Gr. νη̑μα, fr. νέειν to spin.] (Min.) Having the form of threads; fibrous.

583

Nemalite

Nem″a‐lite (?), n. [Gr. � thread + -lite: cf. F. némalite.] (Min.) A fibrous variety of brucite.

584

Nematelmia

‖Nem′a‐tel″mi‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.

585

Nemathecium

‖Nem′a‐the″ci‐um (? or �), n.; pl.Nemathecia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. νη̑μα a thread + � a box.] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algæ, consisting of an externa...

586

Nemathelminthes

{ ‖Nem′a‐thel‐min″thes (?), ‖Nem′a‐tel‐min″thes (?) }, n. pl. [NL. See Nemato-, and Helminthes.] (Zoöl.) An ordr of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundw...

587

Nemato-

Nem″a‐to– (?). A combining form from Gr. νη̑μα, νήματοσ, a thread.

588

Nematoblast

Nem″a‐to‐blast (?), n. [Nemato- + -blast.] (Biol.) A spermatocyte or spermoblast.

589

Nematocalyx

‖Nem′a‐to‐ca″lyx (?), n.; pl.Nematocalyces (#), E. -calyxes (#). [NL. See Nemato-, and Calyx.] (Zoöl.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the fa...

590

Nematocera

‖Nem′a‐toc″e‐ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. νη̑μα, νήματοσ, a thread + κέρασ horn.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennæ, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane ...

591

Nematocyst

Nem″a‐to‐cyst (?), n. [Nemato- + cyst.] (Zoöl.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso.

592

Nematode

Nem″a‐tode (?), a. & n.(Zoöl.) Same as Nematoid.

593

Nematogene

Nem″a‐to‐gene (?), n. [Nemato- + root of Gr. γίγνεσθαι to be born.] (Zoöl.) One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; — opposed t...

594

Nematognath

Nem′a‐tog″nath (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Nematognathi.