Webster's Dictionary 1913

1621

Norfolk dumpling

Norfolk dumpling. (Eng.) (a) A kind of boiled dumpling made in Norfolk. (b) A native or inhabitant of Norfolk.

1622

Norfolk jacket

Norfolk jacket. A kind of loose-fitting plaited jacket, having a loose belt.

1623

Norfolk plover

Norfolk plover. The stone curlew.

1624

Norfolk spaniel

Norfolk spaniel. One of a breed of field spaniels similar to the clumbers, but shorter in body and of a liver-and-white or black-and-white color.

1625

Noria

No″ri‐a (?), n. [Sp., from Ar. nā'�ra.] A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is ra...

1626

Norian

No″ri‐an (?), a. [From norite.] (Geol.) Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks. T. S. Hunt.

1627

Norice

Nor″ice (?), n. Nurse. Chaucer.

1628

Norie

No″rie (?), n.(Zoöl.) The cormorant.

1629

Norimon

Nor″i‐mon (?), n.; pl.Norimons (�). A Japanese covered litter, carried by men. B. Taylor.

1630

Norite

No″rite (?), n. [F., fr. Norvège Norway.] (Min.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.

1631

Norium

No″ri‐um (?), n.(Chem.) A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in zircon.

1632

Norland

Nor″land (?), n. [For Northland.] 1. The land in the north; north country.2. = Norlander.

1633

Norlander

Nor″land‐er, n. A northener; a person from the north country.

1634

Norm

Norm (?), n. [L. norma a rule. See Normal, a.]1. A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.2. (Biol.) A typical, structural unit; a type. Agassiz.

1635

Norma

Nor″ma (?), n. 1. A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard. J. S. Mill.2. A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.3. A templet or gauge.

1636

Normal

Nor″mal (nôr″mal), a. [L. normalis, fr. norma rule, pattern, carpenter's square; prob. akin to noscere to know; cf. Gr. γνώριμοσ well known, γνώμων gnomon, also, carpenter's squ...

1637

Normal (2)

Nor″mal (nôr″mal), n. [Cf. F. normale, ligne normale. See Normal, a.] 1. (Geom.) Any perpendicular.2. (Geom.) A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface...

1638

Normalcy

Nor″mal‐cy (?), n. The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy.

1639

Normalization

Nor′mal‐i‐za″tion (?), n. Reduction to a standard or normal state.

1640

Normally

Nor″mal‐ly, adv. In a normal manner. Darwin.

1641

Norman

Nor″man (?), n. [F. normand.] (Naut.) A wooden bar, or iron pin. W. C. Russell.

1642

Norman (2)

Nor″man, a. [F. normand, of Scand. origin. See Northman, and cf. Norse.] Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest.Norman styl...

1643

Norman (3)

Nor″man, n. A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman...

1644

Normanism

Nor″man‐ism (?), n. A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans. M. Arnold.

1645

Norn

{ Norn (?), Nor″na (?) }, n. [Icel. norn, pl. nornir.]1. (Scandinavian Myth.) One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.2. A t...

1646

Noropianic

No‐ro′pi‐an″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid.

1647

Norroy

Nor″roy (?), n. [Lit., north king, fr. F. nord north + roi king.] (Her.) The most northern of the English Kings-at-arms. See King-at-arms, under King.