Noonshun Noon"shun noun [ Obsolete] See Nunchion . Nares.

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

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

Noose 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 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 Noot See lst Not . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Nopal No"pal 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 No"pal·ry noun ; plural Nopalries A plantation of the nopal for raising the cochineal insect.

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

Nor 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 Nor"bert·ine noun See Premonstrant .

Norfolk Nor"folk noun Short for Norfolk Jacket .

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

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

Norfolk plover Norfolk plover The stone curlew.

Norfolk spaniel 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 No"ri·a 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 No"ri·an adjective [ From norite .] (Geol.) Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks. T. S. Hunt.

Norice Nor"ice noun Nurse. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Norie No"rie noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoology) The cormorant. [ Prov. Eng.]

Norimon Nor"i·mon noun ; plural Norimons A Japanese covered litter, carried by men. B. Taylor.

Norite No"rite noun [ French, from Nor vège Norway .] (Min.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.

Norium No"ri·um noun [ New Latin ] (Chemistry) A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in zircon.

Norland Nor"land noun [ For Northland .] 1. The land in the north; north country. [ Chiefly Poetic]

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

Norlander Nor"land·er noun A northener; a person from the north country.

Norm 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 Nor"ma 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 Nor"mal 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 Nor"mal 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 Nor"mal·cy noun The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy . [ R.]

Normalization Nor`mal·i·za"tion noun Reduction to a standard or normal state.

Normally Nor"mal·ly adverb In a normal manner. Darwin.

Norman Nor"man noun [ French normand .] (Nautical) A wooden bar, or iron pin. W. C. Russell.

Norman Nor"man 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 Nor"man 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 Nor"man·ism noun A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans. M. Arnold.

Norn, Norna Norn, Nor"na 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 No·ro`pi·an"ic adjective [ Etymology uncertain.] (Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the aromatic series obtained from opianic acid.

Norroy Nor"roy 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 Norse adjective [ Danish Norsk , from nord north. See North .] Of or pertaining to ancient Scandinavia, or to the language spoken by its inhabitants.

Norse Norse noun The Norse language.

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

Nortelry Nor"tel·ry noun [ Confer Nurture .] Nurture; education; culture; bringing up. [ Obsolete]

Nortelry . . . learned at the nunnery.

Chaucer.

North North noun [ Anglo-Saxon norð ; akin to Dutch noord , G., Swedish , & Danish nord , Icelandic norðr . Confer Norman , Norse .]

1. That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.

2. Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.

3. Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line .

North North adjective Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north.

North following . See Following , adjective , 2. -- North pole , that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north. -- North preceding . See Following , adjective , 2. -- North star , the star toward which the north pole of the earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovable in the sky. The star α (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1° 25′, and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also Cynosura , polestar , and by astronomers, Polaris .

North North intransitive verb To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.

North North adverb Northward.

North Star State North Star State Minnesota; -- a nickname.

Northeast North`east" noun The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.

Northeast North`east" adjective Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind.

Northeast passage , a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of Asia.

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