Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter N - Page 29
Numbering (p. pr & vb. n.) of Number.
Number (v. t.) 編號，給……號碼；計入，算作[（+among/ as/ with）] To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.
If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. -- Gen. xiii. 16.
Number (v. t.) To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
He was numbered with the transgressors. -- Is. liii. 12.
Number (v. t.) To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.
Number (v. t.) To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.
Thy tears can not number the dead. -- Campbell.
Numbering machine, A machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.
Syn: To count; enumerate; calculate; tell.
Number (n.) The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" [syn: number, figure].
Number (n.) A concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence."
Number (n.) A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit].
Number (n.) The number is used in calling a particular telephone; "he has an unlisted number" [syn: phone number, telephone number, number].
Number (n.) A symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" [syn: numeral, number].
Number (n.) One of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room" [syn: issue, number].
Number (n.) A select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die".
Number (n.) A numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" [syn: number, identification number].
Number (n.) A clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe."
Number (n.) The grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number".
Number (n.) An item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number."
Number (v.) (v. i.) 總數達到，共計 [L] [Q]；計入，算作 [（+among/ as/ with）] Add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number, add up, come, amount].
Number (v.) Give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis."
Number (v.) Enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" [syn: number, list].
Number (v.) Put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" [syn: count, number].
Number (v.) Determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate].
Number (v.) Place a limit on the number of [syn: number, keep down].
Number, () A collection of units.
Number, () In pleading, numbers must be stated truly, when alleged in the recital of a record, written instrument, or express contract. Lawes' PI. 48; 4 T. R. 314; Cro. Car. 262; Dougl. 669; 2 Bl. Rep. 1104. But in other cases, it is not in general requisite that they should be truly stated, because they are not required to be strictly proved. If, for example, in an action of trespass the plaintiff proves the wrongful taking away of any part of the goods duly described in his declaration, he is entitled to recover pro tanto. Bac. Ab. Trespass, I 2 Lawes' PI. 48.
Number, () And sometimes, when the subject to be described is supposed to comprehend a multiplicity of particulars, a general description is sufficient. A declaration in trover alleging the conversion of "a library of books"' without stating their number, titles, or quality, was held 'to be sufficiently certain; 3 Bulst. 31; Carth. 110; Bac. Ab. Trover, F 1; and in an action for the loss of goods, by burning the plaintiff's house, the articles may be described by the simple denomination of "goods" or "divers goods." 1 Keb. 825; Plowd. 85, 118, 123; Cro. Eliz. 837; 1 H. Bl. 284.
Numberer (n.) One who numbers.
Numberful (a.) Numerous. [Obs.]
Numberless (a.) Innumerable; countless.
Numberless (a.) Too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands" [syn: countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable].
Numberous (a.) Numerous. [Obs.] -- Drant.
Numbers (n.) pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.
Numbers (n.) The fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt [syn: Numbers, Book of Numbers].
Numbers (n.) An illegal daily lottery [syn: numbers pool, numbers game, numbers racket, numbers].
Numbers (n.) [scientific computation] Output of a computation that may not be significant results but at least indicate that the program is running. May be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc. Making numbers means running a program because output ? any output, not necessarily meaningful output ? is needed as a demonstration of progress. See pretty pictures, { math-out, social science number.
Numbers, () (Scientific computation) Output from a computation that may not be significant but at least indicates that the program is running. Numbers may be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc. "Making numbers" means running a program because output - any output, not necessarily meaningful output - is needed as a demonstration of progress.
See pretty pictures, math-out, social science number. [{Jargon File] (1995-01-13)
Numbfish (n.) (Zool.) The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.
Compare: Torpedo
Torpedo, (n.; pl. Torpedoes.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.
Note: The common European torpedo ({Torpedo vulgaris) and the American species ({Torpedo occidentalis) are the best known.
Torpedo, (n.; pl. Torpedoes.) An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up; a mine[4]. Specifically:
Torpedo, (n.; pl. Torpedoes.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so designed that they will explode when touched or approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore; now called marine mine. [obsolete]
Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! -- Adm.
David Glasgow Farragut (At the battle of Mobile Bay, 1864).
Torpedo, (n.; pl. Torpedoes.) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.
Torpedo, (n.; pl. Torpedoes.) (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called land mine. [Obsolete]
Torpedo, (n.; pl. Torpedoes.) (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
Torpedo, (n.; pl. Torpedoes.) An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.
Torpedo, (n.; pl. Torpedoes.) A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
Torpedo, (n.; pl. Torpedoes.) An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
Fish torpedo, A spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped, self-propelling submarine torpedo.
Spar torpedo, A canister or other vessel containing an explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
Torpedo boat, A vessel adapted for carrying, launching, operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with tubes for launching torpedoes.
Torpedo nettings, Nettings made of chains or bars, which can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against torpedoes.
Numbfish (n.) Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges [syn: electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo].
Numbless (n. pl.) See Nombles.
Numbness (n.) 無感覺，麻木；驚呆 [U] The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.
Numbness (n.) Partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction.
Numbness (n.) The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally [syn: apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness].
Numerable (a.) 可數的；可計算的 Capable of being numbered or counted.
Numerable (a.) That can be counted; "countable sins"; "numerable assets" [syn: countable, denumerable, enumerable, numerable].
Numeral (n.) [C] 數字；【文】數詞 A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc.
Numeral (n.) A word expressing a number.
Numeral (a.) 數的；示數的 Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.
A long train of numeral progressions. -- Locke.
Numeral (a.) Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.
Numeral (a.) Of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective" [syn: numeral, numerical, numeric].
Numeral (n.) A symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" [syn: numeral, number].
Numerally (adv.) 數字上，用數表示地 According to number; in number; numerically.
Numerary (a.) 數目的 Belonging to a certain number; counting as one of a collection or body.
A supernumerary canon, when he obtains a prebend, becomes a numerary canon. -- Ayliffe.
Numerated (imp. & p. p.) of Numerate
Numerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Numerate
Numerate (v. t.) (Arith.) 讀（數）；數；列舉 To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.
Numerate (a.) 識數的；會計算的 Able to understand and use numbers [ant: innumerate].
Numerate (v.) Determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate].
Numerate (v.) Read out loud as words written numbers.
Numeration (n.) 計算；數字的讀法 The act or art of numbering.
Numeration is but still the adding of one unit more, and giving to the whole a new name or sign. -- Locke.
Numeration (n.) The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals. The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method. -- Davies & Peck.
Note: For convenience in reading, numbers are usually separated by commas into periods of three figures each, as 1,155,465; in continental Europe, periods are used for a similar division. According to what is called the "English" system, the billion is a million of millions, a trillion a million of billions, and each higher denomination is a million times the one preceding.
According to the system of the French and other Continental nations and also that of the United States, the billion is a thousand millions, and each higher denomination is a thousand times the preceding.
Numeration (n.) Naming numbers.
Numeration (n.) The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally].
Numerative (a.) Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system. -- Eng. Cyc.
Numerator (n.) 【數】分子；計算者；計算器 One who numbers.
Numerator (n.) (Math.) The term in a fraction which indicates the number of fractional units that are taken.
Note: In a vulgar fraction the numerator is written above a line; thus, in the fraction 5/9 (five ninths) 5 is the numerator; in a decimal fraction it is the number which follows the decimal point. See Fraction. Numeric
Numerator (n.) The dividend of a fraction.
Numeric (n.) (Math.) 數，數字 Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. The term also includes any imaginary expression like m + n[root]-1, where m and n are real numerics.
Numeric (n.) Alt. of Numerical.
Numerical (a.) 數字的；以數字表示的；數值的 Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement.
Note: Numerical, as opposed to algebraical, is used to denote a value irrespective of its sign; thus, -5 is numerically greater than -3, though algebraically less.
Numerical (a.) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body. [Obs.] -- South.
Would to God that all my fellow brethren, which with me bemoan the loss of their books, . . . might rejoice for the recovery thereof, though not the same numerical volumes. -- Fuller.
Numerical (a.) Relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers; as, tests for rating numerical aptitude. Contrasted with verbal.
Syn: mathematical.
Numerical equation (Alg.), An equation which has all the quantities except the unknown expressed in numbers; -- distinguished from literal equation.
Numerical value, Of an equation or expression, that deduced by substituting numbers for the letters, and reducing.
Numeric (a.) Of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective" [syn: numeral, numerical, numeric].
Numeric (a.) Measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the numerical superiority of the enemy" [syn: numeric, numerical].
Numerical (a.) Measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the numerical superiority of the enemy" [syn: numeric, numerical].
Numerical (a.) Of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective" [syn: numeral, numerical, numeric].
Numerical (a.) Relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers; "tests for rating numerical aptitude"; "a mathematical whiz" [syn: numerical, mathematical] [ant: verbal].
Numerically (adv.) 數字上，用數表示地 In a numerical manner; in numbers; with respect to number, or sameness in number; as, a thing is numerically the same, or numerically different.
Numerically (adv.) In number; with regard to numbers; "in ten years' time the Oxbridge mathematicians, scientists, and engineers will not be much more significant numerically than the Oxbridge medical schools are now."
Numerist (n.) One who deals in numbers. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Numero (n.) Number; -- often abbrev. No.
Numerosity (n.) The state of being numerous; numerousness. [Obs.]
Numerosity (n.) Rhythm; harmony; flow. [Obs.]
The numerosity of the sentence pleased the ear. -- S. Parr.
Numerosity (n.) A large number [syn: numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity].
Numerous (a.) 許多的，很多的；為數眾多的 Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army ; numerous objections.
Such and so numerous was their chivalry. -- Milton.
Numerous (a.) Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical. [Obs.]
Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips, in prose or numerous verse. -- Milton. -- Nu"mer*ous*ly, adv. -- Nu"mer*ous*ness, n.
Numerous (a.) Amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times"; "the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion" [syn: numerous, legion(p)].
Numidian (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Numidia in Northern Africa.
Numidian crane. (Zool.) See Demoiselle, 2. Numididae
Numidian (a.) Of or relating to ancient Numidia or its people or culture.
Numidian (n.) An inhabitant of ancient Numidia.
Numinous (a.) Evincing the presence of a deity; as, a numinous wood; the most numinous moment in the Mass.
Numinous (a.) Same as supernatural. Numismati
Numinous (a.) Evincing the presence of a deity; "a numinous wood"; "the most numinous moment in the Mass."
Numinous (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of a numen.
Numinous (a.) Having a mysterious, holy, or spiritual quality. (n.) - numinousness.
Numinous (a.) Supernatural, mysterious.
Numinous (a.) Filled with a sense of the presence of divinity : Holy.
Numinous (a.) Appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense : Spiritual.
Numismatic (a.) Alt. of Numismatical.
Numismatical (a.) 錢幣的；徽章的；錢幣學（者）的 Of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of coins or medals.
Numismatics (n.) （用作單數）貨幣學；古幣的收集（或研究） The science of coins and medals.
Numismatics (n.) The collection and study of money (and coins in particular) [syn: numismatics, numismatology, coin collecting, coin collection].
Numismatist (n.) One skilled in numismatics; a numismatologist.
Numismatologist (n.) One versed in numismatology; usually called a numismatist.
Numismatography (n.) A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals.
Numismatologist (n.) 錢幣學家；錢幣收藏家 One versed in numismatology ; usually called a numismatist.
Numismatology (n.) 貨幣學 The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.
Numismatology (n.) The collection and study of money (and coins in particular) [syn: numismatics, numismatology, coin collecting, coin collection].
Nummary (a.) 貨幣的；金錢的 Of or relating to coins or money.
Nummular (a.) Alt. of Nummulary.
Nummulary (a.) 貨幣的 Of or pertaining to coin or money; pecuniary; as, the nummulary talent.
Nummulary (a.) (Pathol.) Having the appearance or form of a coin. "Nummular sputa." -- Sir T. Watson.
Nummulation (n.) (Physiol.) The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.
Nummulite (n.) (Paleon.) A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera.
Nummulite (n.) Large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period.
Nummulites (n.) (Paleon.) 貨幣蟲屬；錢幣蟲屬 A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally.
Compare: Palaeontology
Palaeontology (n.) 古生物學 The branch of archeology that studies fossil organisms and related remains.
Syn: paleontology, fossilology.
Compare: Fossilology
Fossilology (n.) 化石學；古生物學 The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains [syn: paleontology, palaeontology, fossilology].
Compare: Fossil
Fossil (a.) 化石的，成化石的；守舊的，陳腐的 Characteristic of a fossil.
Fossil (n.) [C] 頑固不化的人；守舊的事物 Someone whose style is out of fashion [syn: dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil].
Fossil (n.) [C] 化石 The remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil.
Compare: Palaeontology
Palaeontology (n.) The branch of archeology that studies fossil organisms and related remains.
Syn: paleontology, fossilology.
Palaeontology (n.) The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains [syn: paleontology, palaeontology, fossilology].
Nummulitic (a.) Of, like, composed of, containing, nummulites; as, nummulitic beds.
Numps (n.) A dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] -- Bp. Parker.
Numskull (n.) A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. [Also spelled numbskull.] [Colloq.]
They have talked like numskulls. -- Arbuthnot.
Numskull (n.) A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead].
Numskulled (a.) Stupid; doltish. [Colloq.]
Nun (n.) The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.
Nun (n.) 修女，尼姑 [C] A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration. -- Wordsworth.
Nun (n.) (Zool.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
Nun (n.) (Zool.) The smew.
Nun (n.) (Zool.) The European blue titmouse.
Gray nuns (R. C. Ch.), The members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as Sisters of Charity of Montreal.
Nun buoy. See under Buoy.
Nun (n.) The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.
Nun (n.) A woman religious
Nun (n.) A buoy resembling a cone [syn: conical buoy, nun, nun buoy].
Nun (n.) The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Nun, () Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).
Nun, same as Non
Nunavut (n.) 努納福特 是加拿大13個一級行政區中三個地方（Territory）中的一個，也是加拿大所有的一級行政區之中最晚成立的一個，是在1999年時由原本西北地區的東部分割而出。努納福特的首府為伊魁特（Iqaluit），是個位於巴芬島（Baffin Island）上的城市。
努納福特境內約有85%的人口屬於加拿大位於北極圈內地區的原住民因努伊特人，因此是個在原住民權利爭取運動中產生的行政區。最早是在1976年時由加拿大因努伊特團結組織（Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami）開始與聯邦政府爭取，並且在1982年時透過公投獲得支持，1993年時國會簽署《努納福特法案》（Nunavut Act）與《努納福特領土聲明協議法案》（Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act）確立行政區的建立，並且在1999年時正式成立具有原住民自治性質的獨立行政區劃。 Is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act[8] and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, [9] though the boundaries had been contemplatively drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map since the incorporation of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1949.
Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada, and most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland). The capital Iqaluit (formerly "Frobisher Bay"), on Baffin Island in the east, was chosen by the 1995 capital plebiscite. Other major communities include the regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay. Nunavut also includes Ellesmere Island to the far north, as well as the eastern and southern portions of Victoria Island in the west and Akimiski Island in James Bay far to the southeast of the rest of the territory. It is Canada's only geo-political region that is not connected to the rest of North America by highway. [10]
Nunavut is the largest in area and the second-least populous of Canada's provinces and territories. One of the world's most remote, sparsely settled regions, it has a population of 35,944, [1] mostly Inuit, spread over an area of just over 1,750,000 km2 (680,000 sq mi), or slightly smaller than Mexico. Nunavut is also home to the world's northernmost permanently inhabited place, Alert. [11] A weather station farther down Ellesmere Island, Eureka, has the lowest average annual temperature of any Canadian weather station. [12]
Nunavut (n.) An Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago; "Nunavut is the homeland of the Inuit people."
Nunchion (n.) A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon. [Written also noonshun.] -- Hudibras.
Nunciate (n.) One who announces; a messenger; a nuncio. [Obs.] -- Hoole.
Nunciature (n.) The office of a nuncio. -- Clarendon.
Nuncios (n. pl. ) of Nuncio.
Nuncio (n.) A messenger. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Nuncio (n.) The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.
Nuncii (n. pl. ) of Nuncius.
Nuncius (n.) A messenger.
Nuncius (n.) The information communicated.
Nuncupate (v. t.) To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally.
In whose presence did St. Peter nuncupate it? -- Barrow.
Nuncupate (v. t.) To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book. [Obs.] -- Evelyn.
Nuncupation (n.) The act of nuncupating. [Obs.]
Nuncupative (a.) Publicly or solemnly declaratory. [Obs.]
Nuncupative (a.) Nominal; existing only in name. [Obs.]
Nuncupative (a.) Oral; not written.
Nuncupative will or Nuncupative testament, a will or testament made by word of mouth only, before witnesses, as by a soldier or seaman, and depending on oral testimony for proof. --Blackstone.
Nuncupatory (a.) Nuncupative; oral.
Nundinal (n.) A nundinal letter.
Nundinal, Nundinary (a.) Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day.
Nundinal letter, among the Romans, one of the first eight letters of the alphabet, which were repeated successively from the first to the last day of the year. One of these always expressed the market day, which returned every nine days (every eight days by our reckoning).
Nundinal, (n.) A nundinal letter. Nundinal
Nundinal (a.) Alt. of Nundinary.
Nundinary (a.) Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day.
Nundinal letter, among the Romans, one of the first eight letters of the alphabet, which were repeated successively from the first to the last day of the year. One of these always expressed the market day, which returned every nine days (every eight days by our reckoning).
Nundinate (v. i.) To buy and sell at fairs or markets. [Obs.]
Nundination (n.) Traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling. [Obs.]
Common nundination of pardons. -- Abp. Bramhall.
Nunnation (n.) (Arabic Gram.) The pronunciation of n at the end of words.
Nunneries (n. pl. ) of Nunnery.
Nunnery (n.) A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.
Nunnish (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a nun; characteristic of a nun. -- Nun"nish*ness, n.
Nup (n.) Same as Nupson. [Obs.]
Nuphar (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf. Nymphaea.
Nupson (n.) A simpleton; a fool. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Nuptial (a.) 【文】婚姻的，結婚的；婚禮的 [B] Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies.
Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. -- Milton.
Nuptials (n. pl. ) of Nuptial.
Nuptial (n.) 【文】婚禮 [P1] Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural.
Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. -- Shak.
Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials. -- Prescott.
Nuptial (a.) Of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows" [syn: bridal, nuptial, spousal].
Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey.
I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather. -- W. Howitt. Nuraghe
Nurled (imp. & p. p.) of Nurl.
Nurling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nurl.
Nurl (v. t.) To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl.
Nurse (n.) One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise. -- Burke.
Nurse (n.) (Naut.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.