NATIVENESS — NECKLACE

NATIVENESS — NECKLACE NWAD NATIVENESS.1

NATIVENESS, n. State of being produced by nature. NWAD NATIVENESS.1

NATIVITY, n. NWAD NATIVITY.1

1. Birth; the coming into life or the world. The feast of Christmas is observed in memory of Christs nativity. NWAD NATIVITY.2

2. Time, place and manner of birth; as, to calculate ones nativity. NWAD NATIVITY.3

3. State or place of being produced. NWAD NATIVITY.4

These, in their dark nativity, the deep Shall yield us pregnant with infernal flame. NWAD NATIVITY.5

NATKA, n. A bird, a species of shrike. NWAD NATKA.1

NATROLITE, n. A variety of mesotype or zeolite, so called by Klaproth on account of the great quantity of soda it contains. NWAD NATROLITE.1

NATRON, n. Native carbonate of soda, or mineral alkali. [See Niter] NWAD NATRON.1

NATURAL, a. [to be born or produced] NWAD NATURAL.1

1. Pertaining to nature; produced or effected by nature, or by the laws of growth, formation or motion impressed on bodies or beings by divine power. Thus we speak of the natural growth of animals or plants; the natural motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition; the natural heat of the body; natural color; natural beauty. In this sense, natural is opposed to artificial or acquired. NWAD NATURAL.2

2. According to the stated course of things. Poverty and shame are the natural consequences of certain vices. NWAD NATURAL.3

3. Not forced; not far fetched; such as is dictated by nature. The gestures of the orator are natural. NWAD NATURAL.4

4. According to the life; as a natural representation of the face. NWAD NATURAL.5

5. Consonant to nature. NWAD NATURAL.6

Fire and warmth go together, and so seem to carry with them as natural an evidence as self-evident truths themselves. NWAD NATURAL.7

6. Derived from nature, as opposed to habitual. The love of pleasure is natural; the love of study is usually habitual or acquired. NWAD NATURAL.8

7. Discoverable by reason; not revealed; as natural religion. NWAD NATURAL.9

8. Produced or coming in the ordinary course of things, or the progress or animals and vegetables; as a natural death; opposed to violent or premature. NWAD NATURAL.10

9. Tender; affectionate by nature. NWAD NATURAL.11

10. Unaffected; unassumed; according to truth and reality. NWAD NATURAL.12

What can be more natural than the circumstances of the behavior of those women who had lost heir husbands on this fatal day? NWAD NATURAL.13

11. Illegitimate; born out of wedlock; as a natural son. NWAD NATURAL.14

12. Native; vernacular; as ones natural language. NWAD NATURAL.15

13. Derived from the study of the works or nature; as natural knowledge. NWAD NATURAL.16

14. A natural note, in music, is that which is according to the usual order of the scale; opposed to flat and sharp notes, which are called artificial. NWAD NATURAL.17

Natural history, in its most extensive sense, is the description of whatever is created, or of the whole universe, including the heavens and the earth, and all the productions of the earth. But more generally, natural history is limited to a description of the earth and its productions, including zoology, botany, geology, mineralogy, meteorology, etc. NWAD NATURAL.18

Natural philosophy, the science of material natural bodies, of their properties, powers and motions. It is distinguished from intellectual and moral philosophy, which respect the mind or understanding of man and the qualities of actions. Natural philosophy comprehends mechanics, hydrostatics, optics, astronomy, chimistry, magnetism, eletricity, galvanism, etc. NWAD NATURAL.19

NATURAL, n. NWAD NATURAL.20

1. An idiot; one born without the usual powers of reason or understanding. This is probably elliptical for natural fool. NWAD NATURAL.21

2. A native; an original inhabitant. NWAD NATURAL.22

3. Gift of nature; natural quality. NWAD NATURAL.23

NATURALISM, n. Mere state of nature. NWAD NATURALISM.1

NATURALIST, n. One that studies natural history and philosophy or physics; one that is versed in natural history or philosophy. It is more generally applied to one that is versed in natural history. NWAD NATURALIST.1

NATURALIZATION, n. [See Naturalize.] The act of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen. Naturalization in Great Britain is only by act of parliament. In the United States, it is by act of Congress, vesting certain tribunals with the power. NWAD NATURALIZATION.1

NATURALIZE, v.t. [from natural, nature.] NWAD NATURALIZE.1

1. To confer on an alien the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen; to adopt foreigners into a nation or state, and place them in the condition of natural born subjects. NWAD NATURALIZE.2

2. To make natural; to render easy and familiar by custom and habit; as, custom naturalizes labor or study. NWAD NATURALIZE.3

3. To adapt; to make suitable; to acclimate; as, to naturalize one to a climate. NWAD NATURALIZE.4

4. To receive or adopt as native, natural or vernacular; to make our own; as, to naturalize foreign words. NWAD NATURALIZE.5

5. To accustom; to habituate; as, to naturalize the vine to a cold climate. NWAD NATURALIZE.6

NATURALIZED, pp. Invested with the privileges of natives; rendered easy and familiar; adapted to a climate; acclimated; received as native. NWAD NATURALIZED.1

NATURALIZING, ppr. Vesting with the rights of native subjects; making easy; acclimating; adopting. NWAD NATURALIZING.1

NATURALLY, adv. NWAD NATURALLY.1

1. According to nature; by the force or impulse of nature; not by art or habit. We are naturally prone to evil. NWAD NATURALLY.2

2. According to nature; without affectation; with just representation; according to life. NWAD NATURALLY.3

3. According to the usual course of things; as, the effect or consequence naturally follows. NWAD NATURALLY.4

4. Spontaneously; without art or cultivation. Every plant must have grown naturally in some place or other. NWAD NATURALLY.5

NATURALNESS, n. NWAD NATURALNESS.1

1. The state of being given or produced by nature; as the naturalness of desire. NWAD NATURALNESS.2

2. Conformity to nature, or to truth and reality; not affectation; as the naturalness of the eyebrows. NWAD NATURALNESS.3

NATURALS, n. plu. Among physicians, whatever belongs naturally to an animal; opposed to non-naturals. [It may perhaps be sometimes used in the singular.] NWAD NATURALS.1

NATURE, n. [L. from nature, born, produced,] NWAD NATURE.1

1. In a general sense, whatever is made or produced; a word that comprehends all the works of God; the universe. Of a phoenix we say, there is no such thing in nature. NWAD NATURE.2

And look through nature up to natures God. NWAD NATURE.3

2. By a metonymy of the effect for the cause, nature is used for the agent, creator, author, producer of things, or for the powers that produce them. By the expression, trees and fossils are produced by nature, we mean, they are formed or produced by certain inherent powers in matter, or we mean that they are produced by God, the Creator, the Author of whatever is made or produced. The opinion that things are produced by inherent powers of matter, independent of a supreme intelligent author, is atheism. But generally men mean by nature, thus used, the Author of created things, or the operation of his power. NWAD NATURE.4

3. The essence, essential qualities or attributes of a thing, which constitute it what it is; as the nature of the soul; the nature of blood; the nature of a fluid; the nature of plants, or of a metal; the nature of a circle or an angle. When we speak of the nature of man, we understand the peculiar constitution of his body or mind, or the qualities of the species which distinguish him from other animals. When we speak of the nature of a man, or an individual of the race, we mean his particular qualities or constitution; either the peculiar temperament of his body, or the affections of his mind, his natural appetites, passions, disposition or temper. So of irrational animals. NWAD NATURE.5

4. The established or regular course of things; as when we say, an event is not according to nature, or it is out of the order of nature. NWAD NATURE.6

5. A law or principle of action or motion in a natural body. A stone by nature falls, or inclines to fall. NWAD NATURE.7

6. Constitution aggregate powers of a body, especially a living one. We say, nature is strong or weak; nature is almost exhausted. NWAD NATURE.8

7. The constitution and appearances of things. NWAD NATURE.9

The works, whether of poets, painters, moralists or historians, which are built upon general nature, live forever. NWAD NATURE.10

8. Natural affection or reverence. NWAD NATURE.11

Have we not seen, the murdering son ascend his parents bed through violated nature force his way? NWAD NATURE.12

9. System of created things. NWAD NATURE.13

He binding nature fast in fate, Left conscience free and will. NWAD NATURE.14

10. Sort; species; kind; particular character. NWAD NATURE.15

A dispute of this nature caused mischief to a king and an archbishop. NWAD NATURE.16

11. Sentiments r images conformed to nature, or to truth and reality. NWAD NATURE.17

Only nature can please those tastes which are unprejudiced and refined. NWAD NATURE.18

12. Birth. No man is noble by nature. NWAD NATURE.19

NATURE, v.t. To endow with natural qualities. [Not in use] NWAD NATURE.20

NATURIST, n. One who ascribes every thing t nature. NWAD NATURIST.1

NATURITY, n. The quality or state of being produced by nature. [A very bad word and not used.] NWAD NATURITY.1

NAUFRAGE, n. [L. A ship, and to break, See Wreck, which is from the same root, break] Shipwreck. [Not in use] NWAD NAUFRAGE.1

NAUFRAGOUS, a. Causing shipwreck. [Little used] NWAD NAUFRAGOUS.1

NAUGHT, n. Nothing. NWAD NAUGHT.1

Doth Job serve God for naught? Job 1:9. NWAD NAUGHT.2

Thou sellest thy people for naught. Psalm 44:12. NWAD NAUGHT.3

To set at naught, to slight, to disregard or despise. NWAD NAUGHT.4

Ye have set at naught all my counsel. Proverbs 1:25. NWAD NAUGHT.5

NAUGHT, adv. In no degree NWAD NAUGHT.6

To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied. NWAD NAUGHT.7

NAUGHT, a. Bad; worthless; of no value or account. NWAD NAUGHT.8

Things naught and things indifferent. NWAD NAUGHT.9

It is naught, it is naught, says the buyer. Proverbs 20:14. NWAD NAUGHT.10

NAUGHTILY, adv. nautily. Wickedly; corruptly. NWAD NAUGHTILY.1

NAUGHTINESS, n. Nautiness. NWAD NAUGHTINESS.1

1. Badness; wickedness; evil principle or purpose. NWAD NAUGHTINESS.2

I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thy heart. 1 Samuel 17:28. NWAD NAUGHTINESS.3

2. Slight wickedness of children; perverseness; mischievousness. NWAD NAUGHTINESS.4

a. Nauty. NWAD NAUGHTINESS.5

1. Wicked; corrupt. NWAD NAUGHTINESS.6

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. Proverbs 6:12. NWAD NAUGHTINESS.7

2. Bad; worthless. NWAD NAUGHTINESS.8

The other basket had very naughty figs. Jeremiah 24:2. NWAD NAUGHTINESS.9

3. Mischievous; perverse; froward; as a naughty child. It is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children. NWAD NAUGHTINESS.10

NAULAGE, n. The freight of passengers in a ship. NWAD NAULAGE.1

NAUMACHY, n. NWAD NAUMACHY.1

1. Among the ancient Romans, a show or spectacle representing a sea-fight. NWAD NAUMACHY.2

2. The place where these shows were exhibited. NWAD NAUMACHY.3

NAUSEA, n. Originally and properly, sea-sickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach, accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; loathing; squeamishness of the stomach. NWAD NAUSEA.1

NAUSEATE, v.t. NWAD NAUSEATE.1

1. To lothe; to reject with disgust. NWAD NAUSEATE.2

The patient nauseates and lothes wholesome foods. NWAD NAUSEATE.3

Old age, with silent pace, comes creeping on, Nauseates the praise which in her youth she won. NWAD NAUSEATE.4

2. To affect with disgust. NWAD NAUSEATE.5

NAUSEOUS, a. Lothesome; disgustful; disgusting; regarded with abhorrence; as a nauseous drug or medicine. NWAD NAUSEOUS.1

NAUSEOUSLY, adv. Lothesomely; disgustfully. NWAD NAUSEOUSLY.1

NAUSEOUSNESS, n. Lothesomeness; quality of exciting disgust; as the nauseousness of a drug or medicine. NWAD NAUSEOUSNESS.1

The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. NWAD NAUSEOUSNESS.2

NAUTIC, a. [L. A seaman, a ship, See Navy.] Pertaining to seamen or navigation; as nautical skill; a nautical almanack. NWAD NAUTIC.1

NAUTICAL, a. [L. A seaman, a ship, See Navy.] Pertaining to seamen or navigation; as nautical skill; a nautical almanack. NWAD NAUTICAL.1

NAUTILITE, n. A fossil nautilus. NWAD NAUTILITE.1

NAUTILUS, n. [L., Gr. A ship] A genus of marine animals, whose shell consists of one spiral valve divided into several apartments by partitions. There are many species. This animal, when it sails, extends two of its arms, and between these supports a membrane that serves as a sail. With two other arms it rows or steers. NWAD NAUTILUS.1

Learn of the little nautilus to sail. NWAD NAUTILUS.2

NAVAL, a. [L. Gr. A ship] NWAD NAVAL.1

1. Consisting of ships; as a naval force or armament. NWAD NAVAL.2

2. Pertaining to ships; as naval stores. NWAD NAVAL.3

NAVALS, n. Naval affairs. [Not used] NWAD NAVALS.1

NAVARCH, n. In ancient Greece, the commander of a fleet. NWAD NAVARCH.1

NAVARCHY, n. [from L. And admiral.] Knowledge of managing ships. NWAD NAVARCHY.1

NAVE, n. NWAD NAVE.1

1. The thick piece of timber in the center of a wheel, in which the spokes are inserted; called also the hob. NWAD NAVE.2

2. The middle or body of a church extending from the balluster or rail of the door, to the chief choir. NWAD NAVE.3

NAVEL, n. The center of the lower part of the abdomen, or the point where the umbilical cord passes out of the fetus. The umbilical cord is a collection of vessels by which the fetus of an animal communicates with the parent by means of the placenta, to which it is attached. NWAD NAVEL.1

NAVEL-GALL, n. A bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. NWAD NAVEL-GALL.1

NAVEL-STRING, n. The umbilical cord. [See Navel.] NWAD NAVEL-STRING.1

NAVEL-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Cotyledon. It has the appearance of houseleek. NWAD NAVEL-WORT.1

NAVEW, n. A plant of the genus Brassica. It has a spindle-shaped root, less than the turnep. NWAD NAVEW.1

NAVICULAR, a. [L., a little ship] NWAD NAVICULAR.1

1. Relating to small ships or boats. NWAD NAVICULAR.2

2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform. The navicular bone is the scaphoid bone of the wrist. NWAD NAVICULAR.3

NAVIGABLE, a. [L. From navigo, to sail, from navis, a ship] To pass on water in ships; to sail. NWAD NAVIGABLE.1

The Phoenicians navigated to the extremities of the Western ocean. NWAD NAVIGABLE.2

NAVIGATE, v.t. NWAD NAVIGATE.1

1. To pass over in ships; to sail on; as to navigate the Atlantic. NWAD NAVIGATE.2

2. To steer, direct or manage in sailing; as, to navigate a ship. NWAD NAVIGATE.3

NAVIGATED, pp. Steered or managed in passing on the water; passed over in sailing. NWAD NAVIGATED.1

NAVIGATION, ppr. Passing on or over in sailing; steering and managing in sailing. NWAD NAVIGATION.1

NAVIGATION, n. NWAD NAVIGATION.2

1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels. NWAD NAVIGATION.3

2. The art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another. This art comprehends not only the management of the sails, but the directing and measuring of the course of ships by the laws of geometry, or by astronomical principles and observations. NWAD NAVIGATION.4

3. Ships in general. NWAD NAVIGATION.5

Aerial navigation, the sailing or floating in the air by means of balloons. NWAD NAVIGATION.6

Inland navigation, the passing of boats or small vessels on rivers, lakes or canals, in the interior of a country; conveyance by boats or vessels in the interior of a country. NWAD NAVIGATION.7

NAVIGATOR, n. One that navigates or sails; chiefly, one who directs the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation. We say, a bold navigator, an experienced navigator, an able navigator. NWAD NAVIGATOR.1

NAVY, n. [Gr. From to swim. To swim then is to move up and down.] NWAD NAVY.1

1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. NWAD NAVY.2

The navy of Hiram brought gold from Ophir. 1 Kings 10:11. NWAD NAVY.3

2. The whole of the ships of war belonging to a nation or king. The navy of Great Britain is the defense of the kingdom and its commerce. This is the usual acceptation of the word. NWAD NAVY.4

NAWL, n. An awl. [Not in use] NWAD NAWL.1

NAY, adv. [a contracted word, to deny] NWAD NAY.1

1. No; a word that expresses negation. NWAD NAY.2

I tell you nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3, 5. NWAD NAY.3

2. It expresses also refusal. NWAD NAY.4

He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay. NWAD NAY.5

[In these senses it is now rarely used; no being substituted.] NWAD NAY.6

3. Not only so; not this alone; intimating that something is to be added y way of amplification. He requested an answer; nay, he urged it. NWAD NAY.7

NAY, n. Denial, refusal. NWAD NAY.8

NAY, v.t. To refuse. [Not in use] NWAD NAY.9

NAYWARD, n. Tendency to denial. [Not used] NWAD NAYWARD.1

NAYWORD, n. A by-word; a proverbial reproach; a watch-word. NWAD NAYWORD.1

NAZARENEn. An inhabitant of Nazareth; one of the early converts to Christianity; in contempt. Acts 24:5. NWAD NAZARENE.1

NAZARITE, n. A jew who professed extraordinary purity of life and devotion. NWAD NAZARITE.1

NAZARITISM, n. The doctrines of practice of the Nazarites. NWAD NAZARITISM.1

NE, not, is obsolete. We find it in early English writers, prefixed to other words; as nill, for ne will, will not; nas, for ne has, has not; nis for ne is, is not. NWAD NE.1

NEAF, n. The fist. NWAD NEAF.1

NEAL, v.t. To temper and reduce to a due consistence by heat. But neal is now rarely used. [See Anneal.] NWAD NEAL.1

NEAL, v.i. To be tempered by heat. [Little used] [See Anneal.] NWAD NEAL.2

NEAP, n. [This word may belong to the root of neb, nib; nose] The tongue or pole of a cart, sled or wagon. NWAD NEAP.1

NEAP, a. [to incline, to fall] The neap tides are those which happen in the middle of the second and fourth quarters of the moon. They are low tides, and opposed to spring tides. NWAD NEAP.2

NEAP, n. Low water. [Little used.] NWAD NEAP.3

NEAPED, BENEAPED, a. Left aground. A ship is said to be neaped, when left aground, particularly on the height of a spring tide, so that she will not float till the return of the next spring tide. NWAD NEAPED.1

NEAPOLITAN, a. Belonging to Naples, in Italy. NWAD NEAPOLITAN.1

NEAPOLITAN, n. An inhabitant or native of the kingdom of Naples. NWAD NEAPOLITAN.2

NEAP-TIDE, n. Low tide. [See Neap.] NWAD NEAP-TIDE.1

NEAR, a. [This seems to be a contracted word, from nigher, the comparative of neh, nih or nieh; strait, narrow; to narrow] NWAD NEAR.1

1. Nigh; not far distant in place, time or degree. Regularly, near should be followed by to, but this is often omitted. We say, a house stands near a river; a friend sits near me; the man fell and was near destruction. NWAD NEAR.2

And Jacob went near to Isaac his father. Genesis 27:22. NWAD NEAR.3

Now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Romans 13:11. NWAD NEAR.4

2. Closely related by blood. NWAD NEAR.5

She is thy fathers near kinswoman. Leviticus 18:12. NWAD NEAR.6

3. Not distant in affection, support or assistance; present; ready; willing to aid. NWAD NEAR.7

Call upon the Lord, while he is near. Isaiah 55:6. NWAD NEAR.8

4. Intimate; united in close ties of affection or confidence; as a near friend. NWAD NEAR.9

5. Dear; affecting ones interest or feelings; as a near concern. NWAD NEAR.10

My nearest life. NWAD NEAR.11

6. Close; parsimonious. NWAD NEAR.12

7. Close; not loose, free or rambling; as a version near the original. NWAD NEAR.13

8. Next to one; opposed to off; as the near horse or ox in a team. NWAD NEAR.14

NEAR, adv. Almost; within a little. It is near twelve o’clock. The payment of such a sum would go near to ruin him. NWAD NEAR.15

NEAR, v.t. To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land; a seamans phrase. NWAD NEAR.16

NEAREST, a. Shortest; most direct; as the nearest way to London. So we use nearer for shorter. [The use of these words is not correct, but very common.] NWAD NEAREST.1

NEARLY, adv. NWAD NEARLY.1

1. At no great distance; not remotely. NWAD NEARLY.2

2. Closely; as two persons nearly related or allied. NWAD NEARLY.3

3. Intimately; pressingly; with a close relation to ones interest or happiness. It nearly concerns us to preserve peace with our neighbor. NWAD NEARLY.4

4. Almost; within a little. The fact is nearly demonstrated. NWAD NEARLY.5

5. In a parsimonious or niggardly manner. NWAD NEARLY.6

NEARNESS, n. NWAD NEARNESS.1

1. Closeness; small distance. The nearness of a place to a market enhances the value of lands. NWAD NEARNESS.2

2. Close alliance by blood; propinquity; as the nearness of brothers and sisters, parents and children. NWAD NEARNESS.3

3. Close union by affection; intimacy of friendship. NWAD NEARNESS.4

4. Parsimony; closeness in expenses. NWAD NEARNESS.5

NEAT, n. [Neat coincides with the root of need in elements, and if connected with it, the sense is a herd or collection, from crowding, pressing; but this is doubtful.] NWAD NEAT.1

1. Cattle of the bovine genus, as bulls, oxen and cows. In America, this word is used in composition, as in neats tongue, neats foot oil, and tautologically in neat cattle. NWAD NEAT.2

2. A single cow. NWAD NEAT.3

NEAT, a. [L. to shine, to be clean, fair or fine; pure, to purify, to winnow.] NWAD NEAT.4

1. Very clean; free from foul or extraneous matter; as neat clothes. The vessels are kept neat; the woman keeps her house very neat. NWAD NEAT.5

2. Pure; free from impure words and phrases; as a neat style. NWAD NEAT.6

3. Cleanly; preserving neatness; as a neat woman. NWAD NEAT.7

4. Pure; unadulterated; as neat wine. NWAD NEAT.8

5. Free from tawdry appendages and well adjusted; as a neat dress. NWAD NEAT.9

6. Clear of the cask, case, bag, box, etc.; as neat weight. It is usually written net or nett. NWAD NEAT.10

NEATHERD, n. A person who has the care of cattle; a cow-keeper. NWAD NEATHERD.1

NEATLY, adv. NWAD NEATLY.1

1. With neatness; in a neat manner; in a cleanly manner; as a garment neatly washed. NWAD NEATLY.2

2. With good taste; without tawdry ornaments; as a lady neatly dressed. NWAD NEATLY.3

3. Nicely; handsomely; as a vessel neatly gilt. NWAD NEATLY.4

NEATNESS, n. NWAD NEATNESS.1

1. Exact cleanliness; entire freedom from foul matter; as the neatness of a floor or of a garment. NWAD NEATNESS.2

2. Purity; freedom from ill chosen words; as the neatness of style. NWAD NEATNESS.3

3. Freedom from useless or tawdry ornaments; with good adjustment of the several parts; as the neatness of a dress. NWAD NEATNESS.4

NEATRESS, n. [from neat, cattle] A female who takes care of cattle. [Not used in the United States] NWAD NEATRESS.1

NEB, n. [G. In the different dialects, it signifies a bill, beak, the nose, or the face, from extending or shooting. It is also written nib.] The nose; the beak of a fowl; the bill; the mouth. NWAD NEB.1

NEBULAB, n. [fog, mist; Probably the primary sense is thick or mixed.] NWAD NEBULAB.1

1. A dark spot, a film in the eye, or a slight opacity of the cornea. NWAD NEBULAB.2

2. In astronomy, a cluster of fixed stars, not distinguishable from each other or scarcely visible to the naked eye, and exhibiting a dim hazy light, appearing like dusky specks or clouds through the telescope. NWAD NEBULAB.3

NEBULE, n. [fog, mist; Probably the primary sense is thick or mixed.] NWAD NEBULE.1

1. A dark spot, a film in the eye, or a slight opacity of the cornea. NWAD NEBULE.2

NEBULOSITY, n. [from nebulous.] The state of being cloudy or hazy. NWAD NEBULOSITY.1

NEBULOUS, a. NWAD NEBULOUS.1

1. Cloudy; hazy. NWAD NEBULOUS.2

2. Resembling a small cloud or collection of vapors. NWAD NEBULOUS.3

NECESSARIAN, n. [See Necessary.] An advocate for the doctrine of philosophical necessity; more properly necessitarian. NWAD NECESSARIAN.1

NECESSARIES, n. plu. [from necessary] Things necessary for some purpose; as the necessaries of life. NWAD NECESSARIES.1

NECESSARILY, adv. NWAD NECESSARILY.1

1. By necessity; in such a manner that it cannot be otherwise. Truth is necessarily opposite to falsehood. A square is necessarily different from a circle. NWAD NECESSARILY.2

2. Indispensably. Most men are necessarily occupied in procuring their subsistence. NWAD NECESSARILY.3

3. By unavoidable consequence. Certain inferences necessarily result from particular premises. NWAD NECESSARILY.4

NECESSARINESS, n. The state of being necessary. NWAD NECESSARINESS.1

NECESSARY, a. NWAD NECESSARY.1

1. That must be; that cannot be otherwise; indispensably requisite. It is necessary that every effect should have a cause. NWAD NECESSARY.2

2. Indispensable; requisite; essential; that cannot be otherwise without preventing the purpose intended. Air is necessary to support animal life; food is necessary to nourish the body; holiness is a necessary qualification for happiness; health is necessary to the enjoyment of pleasure; subjection to law is necessary to the safety of persons and property. NWAD NECESSARY.3

3. Unavoidable; as a necessary inference or consequence from facts or arguments. NWAD NECESSARY.4

4. Acting from necessity or compulsion; opposed to free. Whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed. NWAD NECESSARY.5

NECESSARY, n. A privy. NWAD NECESSARY.6

NECESSITARIAN, NECESSARIAN, n. One who maintains the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things. NWAD NECESSITARIAN.1

NECESSITATE, v.t. To make necessary or indispensable; to render unavoidable; to compel. NWAD NECESSITATE.1

The marquis of Newcastle, being pressed on both sides, was necessitated to draw all his army into York. NWAD NECESSITATE.2

Sickness might necessitate his removal from court. NWAD NECESSITATE.3

NECESSITATED, pp. Made necessary, indispensable or unavoidable. NWAD NECESSITATED.1

NECESSITATING, ppr. Making necessary or indispensable. NWAD NECESSITATING.1

NECESSITATION, n. The act of making necessary; compulsion. [Little used] NWAD NECESSITATION.1

NECESSITIED, a. In a state of want. [Not in use.] NWAD NECESSITIED.1

NECESSITOUS, a. NWAD NECESSITOUS.1

1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. NWAD NECESSITOUS.2

There are multitudes of necessitous heirs and penurious parents. NWAD NECESSITOUS.3

2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; as necessitous circumstances. NWAD NECESSITOUS.4

NECESSITOUSNESS, n. Extreme poverty or destitution of the means of living; pressing want. NWAD NECESSITOUSNESS.1

NECESSITUDE, n. Necessitousness; want. [Not used.] NWAD NECESSITUDE.1

NECESSITY, n. NWAD NECESSITY.1

1. That which must be and cannot be otherwise, or the cause of that which cannot be otherwise. It is of necessity that a thing cannot be and not be at the same time. It is of necessity that two contradictory propositions cannot both be true. NWAD NECESSITY.2

2. Irresistible power; compulsive force, physical or moral. If mans actions are determined by causes beyond his control, he acts from necessity, and is not a free agent. Necessity compelled the general to act on the defensive. NWAD NECESSITY.3

3. Indispensableness; the state of being requisite. The necessity of funds to support public credit, no man questions. The necessity of economy in domestic concerns is admitted. No man can plead necessity in excuse for crimes. NWAD NECESSITY.4

4. Extreme indigence; pinching poverty; pressing need. NWAD NECESSITY.5

The cause of all the distractions in his court or army proceeded from the extreme poverty and necessity his majesty was in. NWAD NECESSITY.6

5. Unavoidableness; inevitableness; as the necessity of a consequence from certain premises. NWAD NECESSITY.7

6. In the plural, things requisite for a purpose. NWAD NECESSITY.8

These should be hors for necessities, Not for delights. NWAD NECESSITY.9

NECK, n. [G. This word is properly the nape or vertebrae of the neck behind, and is so rendered in other languages, L. that is a knob or mass.] NWAD NECK.1

1. The part of an animals body which is between the head and the trunk, and connects them. In man and many other animals, this part is more slender than the trunk; hence, NWAD NECK.2

2. A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts; as the neck of land between Boston and Roxbury. NWAD NECK.3

3. The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort; or of a plant, as a gourd; or of any instrument, as a guitar. NWAD NECK.4

A stiff neck, in Scripture, denotes obstinacy in sin. NWAD NECK.5

On the neck, immediately after; following closely. NWAD NECK.6

First by committing one sin on the neck of another. NWAD NECK.7

[This phrase is not much used. We more frequently say, on the heels.] NWAD NECK.8

To break the neck of an affair, to hinder, or to do the principal thing to prevent. NWAD NECK.9

To harden the neck, to grow obstinate; to be more and more perverse and rebellious. Nehemiah 9:16-17, 29. NWAD NECK.10

NECKBEEF, n. The coarse flesh of the neck of cattle, sold at a low price. NWAD NECKBEEF.1

As cheap as neckbeef. NWAD NECKBEEF.2