Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Narrower

Nar″row‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More.

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Narrowing

Nar″row‐ing, n. 1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent.2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.

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Narrowly

Nar″row‐ly, adv. [AS. nearulice.] 1. With little breadth; in a narrow manner.2. Without much extent; contractedly.3. With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly...

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Narrowness

Nar″row‐ness, n. [AS. nearunes.] The condition or quality of being narrow.

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Nart

Nart (?). [For ne art.] Art not. Chaucer.

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Narthex

‖Nar″thex (?), n. [L., giant fennel, Gr. νάρθηξ.] 1. (Bot.) A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.2. (Arch.) The portico in front of ancie...

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Narwal

Nar″wal (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Narwhal.

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Narwe

Nar″we (när″we), a. Narrow. Chaucer.

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Narwhal

Nar″whal (–hwȧl), n. [Sw. or Dan. narvhal; akin to Icel. nāhvalr, and E. whale. the first syllable is perh. from Icel. nār corpse, dead body, in allusion to the whitish color it...

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Nas

Nas (näz). [For ne was.] Was not. Chaucer.

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Nas (2)

Nas. [Contr. fr. ne has.] Has not. Spenser.

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Nasal

Na″sal (nā″zal), a. [F., from L. nasus the nose. See Nose.] 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose.2. (Phon.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, ...

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Nasal (2)

Na″sal, n. 1. An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.2. (Med.) A medicine that operates through the nose; a...

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Nasality

Na‐sal″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. nasalité.] The quality or state of being nasal.

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Nasalization

Na′sal‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.

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Nasalize

Na″sal‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nasalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Nasalizing (?).] To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.

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Nasalize (2)

Na″sal‐ize, v. t. To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak through the nose.

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Nasally

Na″sal‐ly, adv. In a nasal manner; by the nose.

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Nascal

Nas″cal (năs″kal), n. [F. nascale.] (Med.) A kind of pessary of medicated wool or cotton, formerly used.

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Nascency

Nas″cen‐cy (–sen‐sy̆), n. [L. nascentia. See Nascent.] State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.

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Nascent

Nas″cent (–sent), a. [L. nascens, -entis, p. pr. nasci to be born. See Nation, and cf. Naissant.] 1. Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; com...

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Naseberry

Nase″ber′ry (nāz″bĕr‐ry̆), n. [Sp. nispero medlar and naseberry tree, fr. L. mespilus. See Medlar.] (Bot.) A tropical fruit. See Sapodilla. [Written also nisberry.]

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Nash

Nash (năsh), a. Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly. Halliwell.

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Nasicornous

Nas′i‐cor″nous (?), a. [L. nasus nose + cornu horn: cf. F. nasicorne.] (Zoöl.) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros.

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Nasiform

Nas″i‐form (?), a. [L. nasus nose + -form. See Nose, and cf. Nariform.] Having the shape of a nose.

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Nasion

‖Na‐si‐on (?), n. [NL., fr. L. nasus nose.] (Anat.) The middle point of the nasofrontal suture.

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Naso-

Na″so– (�). [L. nasus nose.] (Anat.) A combining form denoting pertaining to, or connected with, the nose; as, nasofrontal.