N NWAD N.0

N — NATIVELY NWAD N.1

N is the fourteenth letter of the English Alphabet, and an articulation formed by placing the end of the tongue against the root of the upper teeth. It is an imperfect mute or semi-vowel, and a nasal letter; the articulation being accompanied with a sound through the nose. It has one sound only, and after m is silent or nearly so, as in hymn and condemn. N, among the ancients, was a numeral letter signifying 900, and with a stroke over it, 9000. Among the lawyers, N. L. stood for non liquet, the case is not clear. In commerce, No. Is an abbreviation of the French nombre, and stands for number. N.S. stands for New Style. NWAD N.1

NAB, n. The summit of a mountain or rock. NWAD NAB.1

NAB, v.t. To catch suddenly; to seize by a sudden grasp or thrust; a word little used and only in low language. NWAD NAB.2

NABOB, n. NWAD NABOB.1

1. A deputy or prince in India, subordinate to the Subahs; hence, NWAD NABOB.2

2. A man of great wealth. NWAD NABOB.3

NACKER. [See Naker.] NWAD NACKER.1

NACREOUS, a. [See Naker.] Having a pearly luster. NWAD NACREOUS.1

NACRITE, n. [See Naker.] A rare mineral, called also talckite, consisting of scaly parts; glimmering, pearly, friable, with a greasy feel; the color, a greenish white. NWAD NACRITE.1

NADIR, n. NWAD NADIR.1

1. Natara, to be like, proportional, corresponding to, opposite. NWAD NADIR.2

2. That point of the heavens or lower hemisphere directly opposite to the zenith; the point directly under the place where we stand. NWAD NADIR.3

NADLE-STEIN, n. Needle-stone; rutile. NWAD NADLE-STEIN.1

NAEVE, n. A spot. NWAD NAEVE.1

NAFE, n. A kind of tufted sea-fowl. NWAD NAFE.1

NAFF, n. A kind of tufted sea-fowl. NWAD NAFF.1

NAG, n. NWAD NAG.1

1. A small horse; a horse in general, or rather a sprightly horse. NWAD NAG.2

2. A paramour; in contempt. NWAD NAG.3

NAID, n. To flow NWAD NAID.1

NAIAD, n. To flow. NWAD NAIAD.1

1. In mythology, a water nymph; a deity that presides over rivers and springs. NWAD NAIAD.2

NAIL, n. If the word was originally applied to a claw or talon, the primary sense may be to catch, or it may be a shoot. NWAD NAIL.1

1. The claw or talon of a fowl or other animal. NWAD NAIL.2

2. The horny substance growing at the end of the human fingers and toes. NWAD NAIL.3

3. A small pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, to be driven into a board or other piece of timber, and serving to fasten it to other timber. The larger kinds of instruments of this sort are called spikes; and a long thin kind with a flattish head, is called a brad. NWAD NAIL.4

4. A stud or boss; a short nail with a large broad head. NWAD NAIL.5

5. A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the 16th of a yard. NWAD NAIL.6

6. On the nail, in hand; immediately; without delay or time of credit; as, to pay money on the nail. NWAD NAIL.7

7. To hit the nail on the head, to hit or touch the exact point. NWAD NAIL.8

NAIL, v.t. NWAD NAIL.9

1. To fasten with nails; to unite, close or make compact with nails. NWAD NAIL.10

2. To stud with nails. NWAD NAIL.11

3. To stop the vent of a cannon; to spike. NWAD NAIL.12

NAILED, pp. Fastened with nails; studded. NWAD NAILED.1

NAILER, n. One whose occupation is to make nails. NWAD NAILER.1

NAILERY, n. A manufactory where nails are made. NWAD NAILERY.1

NAILING, ppr. Fastening with nails; studding. NWAD NAILING.1

NAIVELY, adv. With native or unaffected simplicity. NWAD NAIVELY.1

NAIVETE, n. Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness. NWAD NAIVETE.1

NAIVTY, n. Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness. NWAD NAIVTY.1

NAKED, a. Open, discovered, to strip. NWAD NAKED.1

1. Not covered; bare; having no clothes on; as a naked body or a naked limb. NWAD NAKED.2

2. Unarmed; defenseless; open; exposed; having no means of defense or protection against an enemys attack, or against other injury. NWAD NAKED.3

Behold my bosom naked to your swords. NWAD NAKED.4

3. Open to view; not concealed; manifest. Hebrews 4:13. NWAD NAKED.5

4. Destitute of worldly goods. Job 1:21. NWAD NAKED.6

5. Exposed to shame and disgrace. Exodus 32:25. NWAD NAKED.7

6. Guilty and exposed to divine wrath. Revelation 3:17. NWAD NAKED.8

7. Plain; evident; undisguised; as the naked truth. NWAD NAKED.9

8. Mere; bare; simple; wanting the necessary additions. God requires of man something besides the naked belief of his being and his word. NWAD NAKED.10

9. Not inclosed in a pod or case; as naked seeds of a plant. NWAD NAKED.11

10. Without leaves, fulcres or arms; as a naked stem or trunk. NWAD NAKED.12

11. Not assisted by glasses; as the naked eye. NWAD NAKED.13

NAKEDLY, adv. NWAD NAKEDLY.1

1. Without covering. NWAD NAKEDLY.2

2. Simply ;barely ;merely; in the abstract. NWAD NAKEDLY.3

3. Evidently. NWAD NAKEDLY.4

NAKEDNESS, n. NWAD NAKEDNESS.1

1. Want of covering or clothing; nudity; bareness. NWAD NAKEDNESS.2

2. Want of means of defense. NWAD NAKEDNESS.3

Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land are ye come. Genesis 42:9. NWAD NAKEDNESS.4

3. Plainness; openness to view. NWAD NAKEDNESS.5

To uncover nakedness, in Scripture, is to have incestuous or unlawful commerce with a female. NWAD NAKEDNESS.6

NAKER, n. Mother of pearl; the white substance which constitutes the interior surface of a shell producing a pearl. NWAD NAKER.1

NALL, n. An awl, such as collar-makers or shoe-makers use. NWAD NALL.1

NAME, n. NWAD NAME.1

1. That by which a thing is called; the sound or combination of sounds used to express an idea, or any material substance, quality or act; an appellation attached to a thing by customary use, by which it may be vocally distinguished from other things. A name may be attached to an individual only, and is then proper or appropriate, as John, Thomas, London, Paris; or it may be attached to a species, genus, or class of things, as sheep, goat, horse, tree, animal, which are called common names, specific or generic. NWAD NAME.2

2. The letters or characters written or engraved, expressing the sounds by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. NWAD NAME.3

3. A person. NWAD NAME.4

They list with women each degenerate name. NWAD NAME.5

4. Reputation; character; that which is commonly said of a person; as a good name; a bad name. NWAD NAME.6

5. Renown; fame; honor; celebrity; eminence; praise; distinction. NWAD NAME.7

What men of name resort to him? NWAD NAME.8

6. Remembrance; memory. NWAD NAME.9

The Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. Deuteronomy 29:20. NWAD NAME.10

7. Appearance only; sound only; not reality; as a friend in name. Revelation 3:1. NWAD NAME.11

8. Authority; behalf; part; as in the name of the people. When a man speaks or acts in the name of another, he does it by their authority or in their behalf, as their representative. NWAD NAME.12

9. Assumed character of another. NWAD NAME.13

Had forged a treason in my patrons name. NWAD NAME.14

10. In Scripture, the name of God signifies his titles, his attributes, his will or purpose, his honor and glory, his word, his grace, his wisdom, power and goodness, his worship or service, or God himself. NWAD NAME.15

11. Issue; posterity that preserves the name. Deuteronomy 25:6. NWAD NAME.16

12. In grammar, a noun. NWAD NAME.17

To call names, to apply opprobrious names; to call by reproachful appellations. NWAD NAME.18

To take the name of God in vain, to swear falsely or profanely, or to use the name of God with levity or contempt. Exodus 20:7. NWAD NAME.19

To know by name, to honor by a particular friendship or familiarity. Exodus 33:12, 17. NWAD NAME.20

Christian name, the name a person receives by baptism, as distinguished from surname. NWAD NAME.21

NAME, v.t. to call, to name, to invoke. NWAD NAME.22

1. To set or give to any person or thing a sound or combination of sounds by which it may be known and distinguished; to call; to give an appellation to. NWAD NAME.23

She named the child Ichabod. 1 Samuel 4:21. NWAD NAME.24

Thus was the building left Ridiculous, and the work confusion named. NWAD NAME.25

2. To mention by name; to utter or pronounce the sound or sounds by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. NWAD NAME.26

Neither use thyself to the naming of the Holy One. NWAD NAME.27

3. To nominate; to designate for any purpose by name. NWAD NAME.28

Thou shalt anoint to me him whom I name to thee. 1 Samuel 16:3. NWAD NAME.29

4. To entitle. NWAD NAME.30

To name the name of Christ, to make profession of faith in him. 2 Timothy 2:19. NWAD NAME.31

NAMED, pp. Called; denominated; designated by name. NWAD NAMED.1

NAMELESS, a. NWAD NAMELESS.1

1. Without a name; not distinguished by an appellation; as a nameless star. NWAD NAMELESS.2

2. He or that whose name is not known or mentioned. NWAD NAMELESS.3

NAMELY, adv. To mention by name; particularly. NWAD NAMELY.1

For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of divining in dreams; that several such divinations have been made, none can question. NWAD NAMELY.2

NAMER, n. One that names or calls by name. NWAD NAMER.1

NAMESAKE, n. One that has the same name as another. NWAD NAMESAKE.1

NAMING, ppr. Calling; nominating; mentioning. NWAD NAMING.1

NAN, a Welsh word signifying what, used as an interrogative. [This word has been extensively used within my memory by the common people of New England.] NWAD NAN.1

NANKEEN, n. [Nankin a Chinese word.] A species of cotton cloth of a firm texture, from China, now imitated by the manufacturers in Great Britain. NWAD NANKEEN.1

NAP, n. To lean, that is, to nod. NWAD NAP.1

1. A short sleep or slumber. NWAD NAP.2

NAP, v.i. NWAD NAP.3

1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy. NWAD NAP.4

2. To be in a careless, secure state. NWAD NAP.5

NAP, n. NWAD NAP.6

1. The woolly or villous substance on the surface of cloth. NWAD NAP.7

2. The downy or soft hairy substance on plants. NWAD NAP.8

3. A knop. NWAD NAP.9

NAPE, n. A knob; to be hard or callous, whence a callus. NWAD NAPE.1

1. The prominent joint of the neck behind. NWAD NAPE.2

NAPERY, n. Linen for the table; table cloths or linen cloth in general. NWAD NAPERY.1

NAPHEW, n. [a turnep; a knob] A plant. NWAD NAPHEW.1

NAPHTHA, n. [from nafata, to push out, as pustules, to throw out, to boil, to be angry. In Ambaric, neft or nepht, from this sense, signifies a gun or musket.] NWAD NAPHTHA.1

1. An inflammable mineral substance of the bituminous kind, of a light brown or yellowish color, sharp taste, and incapable of decomposition. By long keeping it hardens into a substance resembling vegetable resin, and becomes black. It is as inflammable as ether. It is said to issue from the earth at Baku, in Persia, and to be received into cisterns. NWAD NAPHTHA.2

2. Naphtha consists of carbon and hydrogen. NWAD NAPHTHA.3

NAPHTHALINE, n. A peculiar crystalizable substance, deposited from naphtha distilled from coal tar, consisting of hydrogen and carbon. NWAD NAPHTHALINE.1

NAPKIN, n. [nape, cloth; of which napkin is a diminutive.] NWAD NAPKIN.1

1. A cloth used for wiping the hands; a towel. NWAD NAPKIN.2

2. A handkerchief. NWAD NAPKIN.3

NAPLESS, a. Without nap; threadbare. NWAD NAPLESS.1

NAPPAL, n. Soap rock. NWAD NAPPAL.1

NAPPINESS, n. NWAD NAPPINESS.1

1. The quality of being sleepy or inclined to take naps. NWAD NAPPINESS.2

2. The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap; as on cloth. NWAD NAPPINESS.3

NAPPY, frothy; spumy; as nappy beer. NWAD NAPPY.1

NAPTAKING, a. Taking naps. NWAD NAPTAKING.1

NAPTAKING, n. A taking by surprise, as when one is not on his guard; unexpected onset when one is unprepared. NWAD NAPTAKING.2

NARCISSUS, n. In botany, the daffodil, a genus of plants of several species. They are of the bulbous rooted tribe, perennial in root, but with annual leaves and flower stalks. NWAD NARCISSUS.1

NARCOTIC, n. A medicine which stupefies the senses and renders insensible to pain; hence, a medicine which induces sleep; a soporific; and opiate. NWAD NARCOTIC.1

NARCOTICALLY, adv. By producing torpor or drowsiness. NWAD NARCOTICALLY.1

NARCOTICNESS, n. The quality of inducing sleep or removing pain. NWAD NARCOTICNESS.1

NARCOTINE, n. The pure narcotic principle of opium. NWAD NARCOTINE.1

NARD, n. NWAD NARD.1

1. A plant usually called spikenard, spica nardi; highly valued by the ancients, both as an article of luxury and of medicine. It is an odorous or aromatic plant. NWAD NARD.2

2. An unguent prepared from the plant. NWAD NARD.3

NARDINE, a. Pertaining to nard; having the qualities of spikenard. NWAD NARDINE.1

NARE, n. The nostril. NWAD NARE.1

NARRABLE, a. That may be related, told, or narrated. NWAD NARRABLE.1

NARRATE, v.t. NWAD NARRATE.1

1. To tell, rehearse or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of any event or transaction, or any series of incidents. NWAD NARRATE.2

2. To write, as the particulars of a story or history, We never say, to narrate a sentence, a sermon or an oration, but we narrate a story, or the particular events which have fallen under our observation, or which we have heard related. NWAD NARRATE.3

NARRATED, pp. Related; told. NWAD NARRATED.1

NARRATING, ppr. Relating; telling; reciting. NWAD NARRATING.1

NARRATION, n. NWAD NARRATION.1

1. The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital. NWAD NARRATION.2

2. Relation; story; history; the relation in words or writing, of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events. NWAD NARRATION.3

3. In oratory, that part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject. NWAD NARRATION.4

NARRATIVE, a. NWAD NARRATIVE.1

1. Relating the particulars of an event or transaction; giving a particular or continued account. NWAD NARRATIVE.2

2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling. NWAD NARRATIVE.3

But wise through time and narrative with age. NWAD NARRATIVE.4

NARRATIVE, n. The recital of a story, or a continued account of the particulars of an event or transaction; story. NWAD NARRATIVE.5

Cynthio was much taken with my narrative. NWAD NARRATIVE.6

NARRATIVELY, adv. By way of narration, story, or recital. NWAD NARRATIVELY.1

NARRATOR, n. One that narrates; one that relates a series of events or transactions. NWAD NARRATOR.1

NARRATORY, a. Giving an account of events. NWAD NARRATORY.1

NARROW, a. I suspect this word and near to be contracted by the loss of g, nig, narrow, strait; nigiaw, to narrow; for the D. has naauw, narrow, close, G. with a prefix. In this case, the word belongs to the root of nigh; to approach. NWAD NARROW.1

1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow sea; a narrow hem or border. It is only or chiefly applied to the surface of flat or level bodies. NWAD NARROW.2

2. Of little extent; very limited; as a narrow space or compass. NWAD NARROW.3

3. Covetous; not liberal or bountiful; as a narrow heart. NWAD NARROW.4

4. Contracted; of confined views or sentiments; very limited. NWAD NARROW.5

The greatest understanding is narrow. NWAD NARROW.6

In this sense and the former, it is often prefixed to mind or soul, etc.; as narrow-minded; narrow-souled; narrow-hearted. NWAD NARROW.7

5. Near; within a small distance. NWAD NARROW.8

6. Close; near; accurate; scrutinizing; as a narrow search; narrow inspection. NWAD NARROW.9

7. Near; barely sufficient to avoid evil; as a narrow escape. NWAD NARROW.10

NARROW, n. A strait; a narrow passage through a mountain, or a narrow channel of water between one sea or lake and another; a sound. It is usually in the plural, but sometimes in the singular. NWAD NARROW.11

NARROWS, n. A strait; a narrow passage through a mountain, or a narrow channel of water between one sea or lake and another; a sound. It is usually in the plural, but sometimes in the singular. NWAD NARROWS.1

NARROW, v.t. NWAD NARROW.1

1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract. NWAD NARROW.2

A government, by alienating the affections of the people, may be said to narrow its bottom. NWAD NARROW.3

2. To contract in extent; as, to narrow ones influence; to narrow the faculties or capacity. NWAD NARROW.4

3. To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to limit; to confine; as, to narrow our views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. NWAD NARROW.5

4. In knitting, to contract the size of a stocking by taking two stitches into one. NWAD NARROW.6

NARROW, v.i. NWAD NARROW.7

1. To become less broad; to contract in breadth. At that place, the sea narrows into a strait. NWAD NARROW.8

2. In horsemanship, a horse is said to narrow, when he does not take ground enough, or bear out enough to the one hand or the other. NWAD NARROW.9

3. To contract the size of a stocking by taking two stitches into one. NWAD NARROW.10

NARROWED, pp. Contracted; made less wide. NWAD NARROWED.1

NARROWING, ppr. Contracting; making less broad. NWAD NARROWING.1

NARROWINGS, n. The part of a stocking which is narrowed. NWAD NARROWINGS.1

NARROWLY, adv. NWAD NARROWLY.1

1. With little breadth. NWAD NARROWLY.2

2. Contractedly; without much extent. NWAD NARROWLY.3

3. Closely; accurately; with minute scrutiny; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly. NWAD NARROWLY.4

4. Nearly; within a little; by a small distance; as, he narrowly escaped. NWAD NARROWLY.5

5. Sparingly. NWAD NARROWLY.6

NARROWNESS, n. NWAD NARROWNESS.1

1. Smallness of breadth or distance from side to side; as the narrowness of cloth, of a street or highway, of a stream or sea. NWAD NARROWNESS.2

2. Smallness of extent; contractedness; as the narrowness of capacity or comprehension; narrowness of knowledge or attainments. NWAD NARROWNESS.3

3. Smallness of estate or means of living; poverty; as the narrowness of fortune or of circumstances. NWAD NARROWNESS.4

4. Contractedness; penuriousness; covetousness; as narrowness of heart. NWAD NARROWNESS.5

5. Illiberality; want of generous, enlarged or charitable views or sentiments; as narrowness of mind or views. NWAD NARROWNESS.6

NARWAL, n. The Monodon monoceros, a cetaceous animal found in the northern seas, which grows to twenty feet in length. The spiracle of this animal is on the anterior part of the skull. When young it has two teeth or horns, but when old it has but one, which projects from the upper jaw and is spiral. From this circumstance of its having one horn only, it has obtained the name of the sea unicorn, or unicorn fish. NWAD NARWAL.1

NAS, for ne has, has not. NWAD NAS.1

NASAL, a. Pertaining to the nose; formed or affected by the nose; as a nasal sound; a nasal letter. NWAD NASAL.1

NASAL, n. NWAD NASAL.2

1. A letter whose sound is affected by the nose. NWAD NASAL.3

2. A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. NWAD NASAL.4

NASCAL, n. NWAD NASCAL.1

1. A kind of medicated pessary. NWAD NASCAL.2

2. Pessary made of wool or cotton, to raise the nose when compressed. NWAD NASCAL.3

NASCENT, a. [to be born] beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being. NWAD NASCENT.1

NASEBERRY, n. The naseberry tree is a species of the genus Sloanea. NWAD NASEBERRY.1

NASICORNOUS, a. Having a horn growing on the nose. NWAD NASICORNOUS.1

NASTILY, adv. NWAD NASTILY.1

1. In a nasty manner; filthily; dirtily. NWAD NASTILY.2

2. Obscenely. NWAD NASTILY.3

NASTINESS, n. NWAD NASTINESS.1

1. Extreme filthiness; dirtiness; filth. NWAD NASTINESS.2

2. Obscenity; ribaldry. NWAD NASTINESS.3

NASTURTION, n. A plant of the genus Tropaeolum; Indian cresses. NWAD NASTURTION.1

NASTY, a. NWAD NASTY.1

1. Disgustingly filthy; very dirty, foul or defiled; nauseous. NWAD NASTY.2

2. Obscene. NWAD NASTY.3

NASUS, n. A fresh water fish, about nine inches in length, resembling the chub. It is found in the Danube, Rhine and other large rivers of Germany. NWAD NASUS.1

NATAL, a. Pertaining to birth. The natal day is the day of birth or nativity. So we say, natal hour; natal place. NWAD NATAL.1

NATALITIAL, a. Pertaining to ones birth or birth day, or consecrated to ones activity. NWAD NATALITIAL.1

NATALITIOUS, a. Pertaining to ones birth or birth day, or consecrated to ones nativity. NWAD NATALITIOUS.1

NATANT, a. In botany, swimming; floating on the surface of water; as the leaf of an aquatic plant. NWAD NATANT.1

NATATION, n. A swimming; the act of floating on the water NWAD NATATION.1

NATATORY, a. Enabling to swim. NWAD NATATORY.1

NATCH, n. The part of an ox between the loins, near the rump. NWAD NATCH.1

NATHLESS, adv. Nevertheless; not the less; notwithstanding. NWAD NATHLESS.1

NATHMORE, adv. Not the more; never the more. NWAD NATHMORE.1

NATION, n. [to be born] NWAD NATION.1

1. A body of people inhabiting the same country, or united under the same sovereign or government; as the English nation; the French nation. It often happens that many nations are subject to one government; in which case, the word nation usually denotes a body of people speaking the same language, or a body that has formerly been under a distinct government, but has been conquered, or incorporated with a larger nation. Thus the empire of Russia comprehends many nations, as did formerly the Roman and Persian empires. Nation, as its etymology imports, originally denoted a family or race of men descended from a common progenitor, like tribe, but by emigration, conquest and intermixture of men of different families, this distinction is in most countries lost. NWAD NATION.2

2. A great number, by way of emphasis. NWAD NATION.3

NATIONAL, a. NWAD NATIONAL.1

1. Pertaining to a nation; as national customs, dress or language. NWAD NATIONAL.2

2. Public; general; common to a nation; as a national calamity. NWAD NATIONAL.3

3. Attached or unduly attached to ones own country. The writer manifested much national prejudice. He was too national to be impartial. NWAD NATIONAL.4

NATIONALITY, n. National character; also, the quality of being national, or strongly attached to ones own nation. NWAD NATIONALITY.1

NATIONALIZE, v.t. To make national; to give to one the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar attachments which belong to citizens of the same nation. NWAD NATIONALIZE.1

NATIONALLY, adv. In regard to the nation; as a whole nation. NWAD NATIONALLY.1

The jews-bing nationally espoused to God by covenant. NWAD NATIONALLY.2

NATIVE, a. NWAD NATIVE.1

1. Produced by nature; original; born with the being; natural; not acquired; as native genius; native affections; a native talent or disposition; native cheerfulness; native simplicity. NWAD NATIVE.2

2. Produced by nature; not factitious or artificial; as native ore; native color. NWAD NATIVE.3

3. Conferred by birth; as native rights and privileges. NWAD NATIVE.4

4. Pertaining to the place of birth; as native soil; native country; native graves. NWAD NATIVE.5

5. Original; that of which any thing is made; as man’s native dust. NWAD NATIVE.6

6. Born with; congenial. NWAD NATIVE.7

NATIVE, n. NWAD NATIVE.8

1. One born in any place is said to be a native of that place, whether country, city or town. NWAD NATIVE.9

2. Offspring. NWAD NATIVE.10

NATIVELY, adv. By birth, naturally; originally. NWAD NATIVELY.1