Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Naker (2)

Na″ker, n. [OE. nakere, F. nakaire, LL. nacara, Per. naqāret.] A kind of kettledrum. Chaucer.

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Nakoo

‖Na″koo (?), n.(Zoöl.) The gavial. [Written also nako.]

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Nale

Nale (?), n. [A corrupt form arising from the older “at þen ale” at the nale.] Ale; also, an alehouse.Great feasts at the nale. Chaucer.

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Nall

Nall (?), n. [Either fr. Icel. nāl (see Needle); or fr. awl, like newt fr. ewt.] An awl. Tusser.

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Nam

Nam (?). [Contr. fr. ne am.] Am not.

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Nam (2)

Nam, obs.imp. of Nim. Chaucer.

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Namable

Nam″a‐ble (nām″ȧ‐b'l), a. Capable of being named.

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Namation

Na‐ma″tion (?), n. [LL. namare to take; cf. AS. niman to take.] (O. Eng. & Scots Law) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding. Burrill.

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Namaycush

Nam″ay‐cush (?), n.(Zool.) A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw...

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Namby-pamby

Nam″by–pam′by (?), n. [From Ambrose Phillips, in ridicule of the extreme simplicity of some of his verses.] Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. Mac...

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Namby-pamby (2)

Nam″by–pam′by, a. Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid. Thackeray.Namby-pamby madrigals of love. W. Gifford.

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Name

Name (nām), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. namō, L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to l...

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Name (2)

Name (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Named (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Naming.] [AS. namian. See Name, n.] 1. To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; ...

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Nameless

Name″less, a. 1. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. Waller.2. Undistinguished; not noted or famous.A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte...

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Namelessly

Name″less‐ly, adv. In a nameless manner.

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Namely

Name″ly, adv. 1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. Chaucer.The solitariness of man... God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by ma...

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Namer

Nam″er (nām″ẽr), n. One who names, or calls by name.

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Namesake

Name″sake′ (?), n. [For name's sake; i.e., one named for the sake of another's name.] One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard...

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Namo

Na‐mo″ (?), adv. No more. Chaucer.

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Nan

Nan (?), interj. [For anan.] Anan.

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Nandine

Nan″dine (?), n.(Zoöl.) An African carnivore (Nandinia binotata), allied to the civets. It is spotted with black.

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Nandou

{ Nan″dou (?), Nan″du (?), } n. [Braz. nhandu or yandu.] (Zoöl.) Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. See Rhea. [Written also...

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Nanism

Na″nism (?), n. [Gr. � + -ism: cf. F. nanisme.] The condition of being abnormally small in stature; dwarfishness; — opposed to gigantism.

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Nankeen

Nan‐keen″ (?), n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.] 1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought fro...

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Nanny

Nan″ny (?), n. A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name.Nanny goat, a female goat.

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Nannyberry

Nan″ny‐ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) See Sheepberry.

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Nanpie

Nan″pie (?), n.(Zoöl.) The magpie.