Noon adjective No. See the Note under No. [ Obsolete]

Noon noun [ Anglo-Saxon n...n , orig., the ninth hour, from Latin nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones ) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See Nine , and confer Nones , Nunchion .]
1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

2. Hence, the highest point; culmination.

In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed.

Motley.

High noon , the exact meridian; midday. -- Noon of night , midnight. [ Poetic] Dryden.

Noon adjective Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. Young.

Noon intransitive verb To take rest and refreshment at noon.

Noon-flower noun (Botany) The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday.

Noonday noun Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon.

Noonday adjective Of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat. " Noonday walks." Addison.

Nooning noun A rest at noon; a repast at noon.

Noonshun noun [ Obsolete] See Nunchion . Nares.

Noonstead noun The position of the sun at noon. [ Obsolete] Drayton.

Noontide noun [ From noon + tide time; confer Anglo-Saxon n...ntīd the ninth hour.] The time of noon; midday.

Noose noun [ Prob. from Old French nous , nom. sing. or acc. plural of nou knot, French n...ud , Latin nodus . Confer Node .] A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

Noose transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Noosed ; present participle & verbal noun Noosing .] To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.

Noot See lst Not . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Nopal noun [ Mexican nopalli .] (Botany) A cactaceous plant ( Nopalea cochinellifera ), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceæ .

Nopalry noun ; plural Nopalries A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.

Nope noun (Zoology) A bullfinch. [ Prov. Eng.]

Nor conj. [ Middle English nor , contr. from nother . See Neither .] A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither , or not , in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either ). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither , and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor .

Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, nor scrip for your journey.

Matt. x. 9, 10.

Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt.

Matt. vi. 20.

I love him not, nor fear him.

Shak.

Where neither party is nor true, nor kind.

Shak.

Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there.

Dryden.

Norbertine noun See Premonstrant .

Norfolk noun Short for Norfolk Jacket .

Norfolk dumpling (Eng.) (a) A kind of boiled dumpling made in Norfolk. (b) A native or inhabitant of Norfolk.

Norfolk jacket A kind of loose-fitting plaited jacket, having a loose belt.

Norfolk plover The stone curlew.

Norfolk spaniel One of a breed of field spaniels similar to the clumbers, but shorter in body and of a liver-and-white or black-and-white color.

Noria noun [ Spanish , from Arabic nā'...ra .] A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel.

Norian adjective [ From norite .] (Geol.) Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks. T. S. Hunt.

Norice noun Nurse. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Norie noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoology) The cormorant. [ Prov. Eng.]

Norimon noun ; plural Norimons A Japanese covered litter, carried by men. B. Taylor.

Norite noun [ French, from Nor vège Norway .] (Min.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.

Norium noun [ New Latin ] (Chemistry) A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in zircon.

Norland noun [ For Northland .]
1. The land in the north; north country. [ Chiefly Poetic]

2. = Norlander . [ Scot. & Eng.]

Norlander noun A northener; a person from the north country.

Norm noun [ Latin norma a rule. See Normal , adjective ]

1. A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.

2. (Biol.) A typical, structural unit; a type. Agassiz.

Norma noun [ Latin ]
1. A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard. J. S. Mill.

2. A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.

3. A templet or gauge.

Normal adjective [ Latin normalis , from norma rule, pattern, carpenter's square; probably akin to noscere to know; confer Greek ... well known, ... gnomon, also, carpenter's square: confer French normal . See Known , and confer Abnormal , Enormous .]

1. According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.

Deviations from the normal type.

Hallam.

2. (Geom.) According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.

3. (Chemistry) Standard; original; exact; typical. Specifically: (a) (Quantitative Analysis) Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight. (b) (Chemistry) Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively S(OH) ₆ , and N(OH) ₅ . (c) (Organ. Chem.) Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Confer Iso- .

Normal equations (Method of Least Squares) , a set of equations of the first degree equal in number to the number of unknown quantities, and derived from the observations by a specified process. The solution of the normal equations gives the most probable values of the unknown quantities. -- Normal group (Geol.) , a group of rocks taken as a standard. Lyell. -- Normal place (of a planet or comet) (Astron.) , the apparent place in the heavens of a planet or comet at a specified time, the place having been determined by a considerable number of observations, extending perhaps over many days, and so combined that the accidental errors of observation have largely balanced each other. -- Normal school , a school whose methods of instruction are to serve as a model for imitation; an institution for the training of teachers.

Syn. -- Normal , Regular , Ordinary . Regular and ordinary are popular terms of well-known signification; normal has now a more specific sense, arising out of its use in science. A thing is normal , or in its normal state, when strictly conformed to those principles of its constitution which mark its species or to the standard of a healthy and natural condition. It is abnormal when it departs from those principles.

Normal noun [ Confer French normale , ligne normale . See Normal , adjective ]
1. (Geom.) Any perpendicular.

2. (Geom.) A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.

» The term normal is also used to denote the distance along the normal line from the curve to the axis of abscissas or to the center of curvature.

Normalcy noun The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy . [ R.]

Normalization noun Reduction to a standard or normal state.

Normally adverb In a normal manner. Darwin.

Norman noun [ French normand .] (Nautical) A wooden bar, or iron pin. W. C. Russell.

Norman adjective [ French normand , of Scand. origin. See Northman , and confer Norse .] Of or pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman language; the Norman conquest.

Norman style (Architecture) , a style of architecture which arose in the tenth century, characterized by great massiveness, simplicity, and strength, with the use of the semicircular arch, heavy round columns, and a great variety of ornaments, among which the zigzag and spiral or cable-formed ornaments were prominent.

Norman noun A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered England, under William the Conqueror.

Normanism noun A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans. M. Arnold.

Norn, Norna noun [ Icelandic norn , plural nornir .]

1. (Scandinavian Myth.) One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.

2. A tutelary deity; a genius.

Noropianic adjective [ Etymology uncertain.] (Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid.

Norroy noun [ Lit., north king, from French nord north + roi king.] (Her.) The most northern of the English Kings-at-arms. See King-at-arms , under King .

Norse adjective [ Danish Norsk , from nord north. See North .] Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.

Norse noun The Norse language.

Norseman noun ; plural Norsemen One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman.