Nosed adjective Having a nose, or such a nose; -- chieflay used in composition; as, pug- nosed .

Nosegay noun [ Nose + gay in the sense of a gay or showy thing.] A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy. Pope.

Nosel transitive verb [ See Noursle .] To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle. [ Obsolete]

If any man use the Scripture . . . to nosel thee in anything save in Christ, he is a false prophet.

Tyndale.

Noseless adjective Destitute of a nose.

Nosesmart noun (Botany) A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus Nasturtium .

Nosethirl, Nosethril noun Nostril. [ Obsolete] [ Written also nosethurl , nosthrill .] Chaucer.

Nosing noun (Architecture) That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding.

Nosle noun [ See Nozzle , Nose .] Nozzle. [ Obsolete]

Nosocomial adjective [ Latin nosocomium a hospital, Greek ...; ... disease + ... to attend to.] Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere. Dunglison.

Nosography noun [ Greek ... disease + -graphy : confer French nosographie .] A description or classification of diseases.

Nosological adjective [ Confer French nosologique .] Of or pertaining to nosology.

Nosologist noun [ Confer French nosologiste .] One versed in nosology.

Nosology noun [ Greek ... disease + -logy : confer French nosologie .]
1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.

2. That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.

Nosophen noun [ Nose + phenol ; orig. used for affections of the nose.] (Pharm.) An iodine compound obtained as a yellowish gray, odorless, tasteless powder by the action of iodine on phenolphthalein.

Nosophobia noun [ New Latin ; ... disease + ... fear.] (Medicine) Morbid dread of disease.

Nosopoetic adjective [ Greek ... disease + ... productive, from ... to make.] Producing diseases. [ R.] Arbuthnot.

Nost [ Contr. from ne wost .] Wottest not; knowest not. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Nostalgia noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a return home + ... pain.] (Medicine) Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.

Nostalgic adjective [ Confer French nostalgique .] Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.

Nostalgy noun Same as Nostalgia .

Nostoc noun [ French] (Botany) A genus of algæ. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.

» Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, whish was formerly supposed to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names, fallen star and star jelly . Also called witches' butter .

Nostril noun [ Middle English nosethril , nosethirl , Anglo-Saxon nospyrl ; nos for nosu nose + pyrel opening, hole, from pyrel pierced, for pyrhel , from purh through. ... See Nose , and Through , and confer Thrill .]

1. (Anat.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares.

» In sperm whales, porpoises, and allied animals, there is only one nostril, which is situated on the top of the head and called a spiracle .

2. Perception; insight; acuteness. [ Obsolete]

Methinks a man
Of your sagacity and clear nostril should
Have made another choice.

B. Jonson.

Nostrum (-trŭm) noun ; plural Nostrums (-trŭmz). [ Neut. sing. of Latin noster ours, from nos we. See Us .]

1. A medicine, the ingredients of which are kept secret for the purpose of restricting the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor; a quack medicine.

2. Any scheme or device proposed by a quack.

The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks.

Brougham.

Not [ Contr. from ne wot . See 2d Note .] Wot not; know not; knows not. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Not adjective Shorn; shaven. [ Obsolete] See Nott .

Not adverb [ Middle English not , noht , nought , naught , the same word as English naught . See Naught .] A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.

Not one word spake he more than was need.

Chaucer.

Thou shalt not steal.

Ex. xx. 15.

Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not .

Job vii. 8.

The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it?

Bp. Sanderson.

Not . . . but , or Not but , only. [ Obsolete or Colloq.] Chaucer.

Notabilia noun plural [ Neut. plural of Latin notabilis notable.] Things worthy of notice.

Notability noun ; plural Notabilities . [ Confer French notabilité .]
1. Quality of being notable.

2. A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note. "Parisian notabilities " Carlyle.

3. A notable saying. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Notable adjective [ French notable , Latin notabilis , from notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note .]

1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.

2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.

» Notable in the sense of careful , thrifty , characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoëpists, nŏt"ȧ*b'l, the derivatives notableness , and notably , being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable.

3. Well-known; notorious. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Notable noun
1. A person, or thing, of distinction.

2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.

Notableness noun The quality of being notable.

Notably adverb In a notable manner.

Notal adjective [ Greek ... the back.] Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.

Notandum noun ; plural Notanda . [ Latin , from notare to observe.] A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Notarial adjective [ Confer French notarial .] Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.

Notarially adverb In a notarial manner.

Notary noun ; plural Notaries . [ French notaire , Latin notarius notary (in sense 1), from nota mark. See 5th Note .]

1. One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.

2. (Eng. & Am. Law) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public .

Notate adjective [ Latin notatus marked, past participle of notare to mark. See 5th Note .] (Botany) Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored. Henslow.

Notation noun [ Latin notatio a marking, observing, etymology, from notare to mark, nota a mark: confer French notation . See 5th Note .]
1. The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

2. Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.

3. Literal or etymological signification. [ Obsolete]

"Conscience" is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge.

South.

Notch noun [ Akin to nock ; confer OD. nock , OSw. nocka . Confer Nick a notch.]

1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.

And on the stick ten equal notches makes.

Swift.

2. A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.

Notch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Notched ; present participle & verbal noun Notching .]
1. To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.

2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.

God is all sufferance; here he doth show
No arrow notched , only a stringless bow.

Herrick.

Notchboard noun (Carp.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.

Notching noun
1. The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.

2. The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.

3. (Carp.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.

4. (Engineering) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also Gulleting .

Notchweed noun (Botany) A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot ( Chenopodium Vulvaria ).

Notæum noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... pertaining to the notum or back.] (Zoology) The back or upper surface, as of a bird.