Webster's Dictionary 1913

1324

Noie

Noie (?), v. t. To annoy. See Noy.

1325

Noier

Noi″er (?), n. An annoyer. Tusser.

1326

Noil

Noil (?), n. [Prob. fr. Prov. E. oil, ile, ail, a beard of grain (OE. eil, AS. egl) combined with the indef. article, an oil becoming a noil.] A short or waste piece or knot of ...

1327

Noils

Noils (?), n. pl. Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.

1328

Noint

Noint (?), v. t. To anoint. Sir T. North.

1329

Noious

Noi″ous (?), a. Annoying; troublesome.

1330

Noise

Noise (?), n. [F. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See Nausea.] 1. Sound of any kind.The heavens turn about in a most rapid moti...

1331

Noise (2)

Noise, v. i. To sound; to make a noise. Milton.

1332

Noise (3)

Noise, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Noised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Noising.] 1. To spread by rumor or report.All these sayings were noised abroad. Luke i. 65.2. To disturb with noise. Dryden.

1333

Noiseful

Noise″ful (?), a. Loud; clamorous. Dryden.

1334

Noiseless

Noise″less, a. Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time.So noiseless would I live. Dryden.— Noise″less‐ly, adv. — Noise″less...

1335

Noisette

Noi‐sette″ (?), n.(Bot.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise ...

1336

Noisily

Nois″i‐ly (?), adv. In a noisy manner.

1337

Noisiness

Nois″i‐ness, n. The state or quality of being noisy.

1338

Noisome

Noi″some (?), a. [For noysome, fr. noy for annoy. See Annoy.] 1. Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous; unwholesome; insalubrious; destructive; as, noisome effluvia. “Noisome ...

1339

Noisy

Nois″y (?), a. [Compar.Noisier (?); superl.Noisiest.] [From Noise.] 1. Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.2. Fu...

1340

Nol-pros

Nol′–pros″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.-prossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.-prossing.] To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.

1341

Nol. pros.

Nol. pros. An abbrev. of Nolle prosequi.

1342

Nolde

Nol″de (?). [Contr. fr. ne wolde.] Would not. Chaucer.

1343

Nole

Nole (?), n. [See Noll.] The head. Shak.

1344

Noli-me-tangere

‖No″li–me–tan″ge‐re (?), n. 1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. — See Impatiens. (b) The ...

1345

Nolition

No‐li″tion (?), n. [L. nolle not to will, to be unwilling; ne + velle to will, to be willing.] Adverse action of will; unwillingness; — opposed to volition.A nolition and a dire...

1346

Noll

Noll (?), n. [OE. nol, AS. hnoll top; akin to OHG. hnol top, head.] The head; the noddle.

1347

Nolle prosequi

‖Nol″le pros″e‐qui (?). (Law) Will not prosecute; — an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either...

1348

Nolleity

Nol‐le″i‐ty (?), n. [L. nolle to be unwilling.] The state of being unwilling; nolition.

1349

Nolo contendere

‖No″lo con‐ten″de‐re (?). (Law) A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of guilty.

1350

Nolt

Nolt (?), n. sing. & pl. Neat cattle.