Webster's Dictionary 1913

1270

Noctilionid

Noc‐til″i‐o‐nid (?), n.(Zoöl.) A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.

1271

Noctiluca

‖Noc′ti‐lu″ca (?), n.; pl.NoctilucÆ (#). [L. noctiluca something that shines by night, fr. nox, noctis, night + lucere to shine, lux light.] 1. (Old Chem.) That which shines at ...

1272

Noctilucin

Noc‐ti‐lu″cin (?), n.(Zoöl.) A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties.

1273

Noctilucine

Noc′ti‐lu″cine (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Noctiluca.

1274

Noctilucous

Noc′ti‐lu″cous (?), a. Shining in the night.

1275

Noctivagant

Noc‐tiv″a‐gant (?), a. [L. nox, noctis, night + vagans, p. pr. of vagari to wander about.] (Zoöl.) Going about in the night; night-wandering.

1276

Noctivagation

Noc‐tiv′a‐ga″tion (?), n. A roving or going about in the night. Gayton.

1277

Noctivagous

Noc‐tiv″a‐gous (?), a. [L. noctivagus; nox, noctis + vagus wandering.] Noctivagant.

1278

Noctograph

Noc″to‐graph (?), n. [L. nox, noctis, night + -graph.] 1. A kind of writing frame for the blind.2. An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beat...

1279

Noctuary

Noc″tu‐a‐ry (?; 135), n. [L. noctu by night.] A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; — distinguished from diary. Addison.

1280

Noctuid

Noc″tu‐id (?), n. [From L. nox, noctis, night.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidæ, or Noctuælitæ, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; — so called be...

1281

Noctule

Noc″tule (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. noctua a night owl, fr. nox, noctis, night.] (Zoöl.) A large European bat (Vespertilio, orNoctulina, altivolans).

1282

Nocturn

Noc″turn (?), n. [F. nocturne, fr. L. nocturnus. See Nocturnal, and cf. Nocturne.] 1. An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.2. One of the portions into wh...

1283

Nocturnal

Noc‐tur″nal (?), a. [L. nocturnalis, nocturnus, fr. nox, noctis, night. See Night, and cf. Nocturn.] 1. Of, pertaining to, done or occuring in, the night; as, nocturnal darkness...

1284

Nocturnal (2)

Noc‐tur″nal, n. An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the stars, etc., at sea. I. Watts.

1285

Nocturnally

Noc‐tur″nal‐ly, adv. By night; nightly.

1286

Nocturne

Noc‐turne″ (?), n. [F. See Nocturn.] (Mus.) A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the noctu...

1287

Nocument

Noc″u‐ment (?), n. [LL. nocumentum, fr. L. nocere to hurt.] Harm; injury; detriment.

1288

Nocuous

Noc″u‐ous (?), a. [L. nocuus, fr. nocere to hurt.] Hurtful; noxious. — Noc″u‐ous‐ly, adv.

1289

Nod

Nod (nŏd), v. i. [OE. nodden; cf. OHG. knōtōn, genuotōn, to shake, and E. nudge.] 1. To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes.2. To incline the...

1290

Nod (2)

Nod, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nodded (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Nodding.] 1. To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to ...

1291

Nod (3)

Nod (?), n. 1. A dropping or bending forward of the upper part or top of anything.Like a drunken sailor on a mast,Ready with every nod to tumble down. Shak.2. A quick or slight ...

1292

Nodal

Nod″al (?), a. Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.Nodal line, Nodal point, in a vibrating plate or cord, that line or point which remains at rest while ...

1293

Nodated

No″da‐ted (?), a. [L. nodatus, p. p. of nodare to make knotty, fr. nodus knot. See Node.] Knotted.Nodated hyperbola(Geom.), a certain curve of the third order having two branche...

1294

Nodation

No‐da″tion (?), n. [L. nodatio knottiness.] Act of making a knot, or state of being knotted.

1295

Nodder

Nod″der (?), n. One who nods; a drowsy person.

1296

Nodding

Nod″ding (?), a. Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.