Nutting
Nut″ting (?), n. The act of gathering nuts.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Nutty
Nut″ty (?), a. 1. Abounding in nuts.2. Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine.
Nux vomica
Nux′ vom″i‐ca (?). [NL., fr. L. nux a nut + vomere to vomit.] The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From...
Nuzzle
Nuz″zle (nŭz″z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nuzzled (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Nuzzling (?).] [See Noursle.]1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.The people had been nuzzled in idola...
Nuzzle (2)
Nuz″zle (nŭz″z'l), v. i. [Dim. fr. nose. See Nozzle.]1. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swineSheathed, unaware, the tusk in ...
Ny
Ny (?). [Contr. fr. ne I.] Not I; nor I.
Ny (2)
{ Ny, Nye (?) }, a. & adv. Nigh. Chaucer.
Nyas
Ny″as (?), n. See Nias.
Nyctalopia
‖Nyc′ta‐lo″pi‐a (nĭk′tȧ‐lō″pĭ‐ȧ), n. [L. nyctalopia, fr. nyctalops a nyctalops, Gr. νυκτάλωψ. Gr. νυκτάλωψ meant, a person affected either with day blindness or with night blind...
Nyctalops
Nyc″ta‐lops (?), n. [L., from Gr. νυκτάλωψ.] One afflicted with nyctalopia.
Nyctalopy
Nyc″ta‐lo′py (?), n. Same as Nyctalopia.
Nycthemeron
Nyc‐the″me‐ron (?), n. [Gr. �; νύξ, νυκτόσ, night + � day.] The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours.
Nyctibune
Nyc″ti‐bune (?), n.(Zoöl.) A South American bird of the genus Nyctibius, allied to the goatsuckers.
Nyctitropic
Nyc′ti‐trop″ic (?), a. [From Gr. νύξ, νυκτόσ, night + � turning.] (Bot.) Turning or bending at night into special positions.☞ Nyctitropic movements of plants usually consist in ...
Nyctitropism
Nyc‐tit″ro‐pism (?), n.(Plant Physiol.) The tendency of certain plant organs, as leaves, to assume special “sleeping” positions or make curvatures under the influence of darknes...
Nyctophile
Nyc″to‐phile (?), n. [Gr. νύξ, νυκτόσ, night + � to love.] (Zoöl.) Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.
Nye (2)
Nye (?), n. [Prob. fr. F. nid nest, brood, L. nidus nest. See Nest, and cf. Eye brood, Nide.] A brood or flock of pheasants.
Nyentek
‖Ny‐en″tek (?), n.(Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across...
Nylghau
{ Nyl″ghau, Nyl″gau } (?), n. [Hind. & Per. nīlgāw, prop., a blue cow; Per. nīl blue + gāw cow. See Lilac, and Cow the animal.] (Zoöl.) A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus, orP...
Nymph
Nymph (nĭmf), n. [L. nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr. νύμφη: cf. F. nymphe. Cf. Nuptial.]1. (Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters.Where wer...
Nympha
‖Nym″pha (?), n.; pl.Nymphæ (#). [L. See Nymph a goddess.] 1. (Zoöl.) Same as Nymph, 3.2. pl.(Anat.) Two folds of mucous membrane, within the labia, at the opening of the vulva.
Nymphæa
‖Nym‐phæ″a (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus.☞ Re...
Nymphal
Nymph″al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.
Nymphales
‖Nym‐pha″les (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; — called also brush-footed butterf...
Nymphean
Nym‐phe″an (?), a. [Gr. �. See Nymph.] Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, nymphs; inhabited by nymphs; as, a nymphean cave.
Nymphet
Nymph″et (?), n. A little or young nymph. “The nymphets sporting there.” Drayton.
Nymphic
{ Nymph″ic (?), Nymph″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to nymphs.