muscles are the organs of motion, consisting of fibres or bundles of fibres inclosed in a thin cellular membrane. 2. A bivalvular shell fish of the genus mytilus; sometimes written mussel. MUS-COS/I-TY, n. Mossiness. MUS-CO-VA DÓ, n. Unrefined sugar; the raw material MUS EU-LOUS, a. [L. musculosus.] 1. Full of muscles. 2. Strong; brawny. 3. Pertaining to a muscle or to muscles. MUSE, n. [L. musa.] 1. Properly, song; but in usage, the deity or power of poetry. 2. Deep thought; close attention or contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; hence, sometimes, absence of mind. MUSE, n. One of the nine sister goddesses, who, in the heathen mythology, are supposed to preside over the liberal arts. MUSE, v. i. [Fr. muser.] 1. To ponder; to think closely; to study in silence. 2. To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation, as not to observe passing scenes or things present. 3. To wonder ; [obs.] MUSE, o. t. To think on; to meditate on. Thomson. MUSE FUL, a. Thinking deeply; silently thoughtful. Dryden. MUSE LESS, a. Disregarding the power of poetry. MUS ER, n. One who thinks closely in silence, or one apt to be absent in mind. Johnson. MU SET, n. The place through which the hare goes to relief; a hunting term. Bailey. MU-SE UM, n. [Gr. povoεiov.] A house or apartment appropriated as a repository of things that have an immediate relation to the arts; a cabinet of curiosities. MUSH, n. [G. mus.] The meal of maize boiled in water. MUSHROOM, n. [Fr. mousseron.] 1. The common name of numerous cryptogamian plants of the natural order of fungi. 2. An upstart; one that rises suddenly from a low condition in life. MUSHROOM-STONE, n. A fossil or stone that produces mushrooms; the lyncurius. Woodward. MUSIC, n. [L. musica; Fr. musique.] 1. Melody or harmony; any succession of sounds so modulated as to please the ear, or any combination of simultaneous sounds in accordance or harmony. 2. Any entertainment consisting in melody or harmony. 3. The science of harmonical sounds, which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependencies and relations of sounds to each other. 4. The art of combining sounds in a manner to please the ear. 5. Order; harmony in revolutions. MUSI-CAL, a. 1. Belonging to music. 2. Producing music or agreeable sounds. 3. Melodious; harmonious; pleasing to the ear. MUSI-CAL-LY, adv. In a melodious or harmonious manner; with sweet sounds. MOSI-CAL-NESS, n. The quality of.being melodious or harmonious. MUSIC-BOOK, n. A book containing tunes or songs for the voice or for instruments. MU-SI CIAN, n. A person skilled in the science of music, or one that sings or performs on instruments of music according to the rules of the art. MUSIC-MAS-TER, n. One who teaches music. MUSING, n. Meditation; contemplation. MUSK, n. [L. museus.] A strong-scented substance obtained from a cyst or bag near the navel of the Thibet musk, [moschus moschiferus,] an animal that inhabits the mountains of Central Asia. MUSK, n. Grape-hyacinth or grape-flower. Johnson. MUSK-AP-PLE, n. A particular kind of apple. MUSK-CHER-RY, n. A kind of cherry. MUSKET, n. [It. moschetto; Fr. mousquet.] 1. A species of fire-arms used in war. 2. A male hawk of a small kind, the female of which is the sparrow-hawk. MUS-KET-EER', n. A soldier armed with a musket. n. [Sp., Port. mosquito.] A small insect MUS-KE TOE, of the genus culez, that is bred in wa MUS-QUE TOE, ter; a species of gnat that abounds in marshes and low lands, and whose sting is peculiarly painful and vexatious. MUS-KE-TOON, n. [Fr. mousqueton.] 1. A short thick musket; the shortest kind of blunderbuss. 2. One who is armed with a musketoon. Herbert. MUSK I-NESS, n. [from musk.] The scent of musk. MUSK/MEL-ON, n. A delicious species of melon; named probably from its fragrance. MUSK-ÓX, n. A species of the genus bos, which inhabits the country about Hudson's Bay. MUSK'-PEAR, n. A fragrant kind of pear. Johnson. MUSK RAT, or MUS/QUASH, n. An American animal of surface. MUS LIN, a. Made of muslin; as, a muslin gown. MUS MON, or MUSI-MON, n. An animal esteemed a spe cies of sheep. MUS/ROLE, 2. [Fr. muserolle.] The nose-band of a horse's bridle. MUSS, n. A scramble. Shak. MUS SEL. See MUSCLE. MUS-SI-TATION, n. [L. mussito.] Murmur; grumble MUS SITE, n. A variety of pyroxene. MUS SUL-MAN, n. A Mohammedan or follower of Mohammed. MUS SUL-MAN-ISH, a. Mohammedan. Herbert. MUST, v. i. [Sax. most; D. moeten, moest.] 1. To be obliged; to be necessitated. 2. It expresses moral fitness or propriety, as necessary or essential to the character or end proposed. MUST, n. [L. mustum; Sax. must.] New wine; wine pressed from the grape but not fermented. MUST, v. t. [Fr. moisi.] To make moldy and sour. MUST, v. i. To grow moldy and sour; to contract a fetid smell. MUS TAE, n. A small tufted monkey. MUS-TA CHES, n. [Fr. moustaches; Sp. mostacho; It. mostacchio.] Long hair on the upper lip. MUS TARD, n. It. mostarda.] A plant. MUS-TEE', or MES-TEE, n. A person of a mixed breed. W. Indies. MUS/TE-LINE, a. [L. mustelinus.] weasel or animals of the genus mustela. Pertaining to the MUS TER, v. t. [G. mustern; D. monsteren.] Properly, to collect troops for review, parade and exercise; but in general, to collect or assemble troops, persons or things. MUSTER, v. i. To assemble; to meet in one place. MUSTER, n. [It., Port. mostra.] 1. An assembling of troops for review, or a review of troops under arms. 2. A register or roll of troops mustered. 3. A collection, or the act of collecting.-To pass muster, to be approved or allowed. MUSTER-BOOK, n. A book in which forces are registered. MUSTER-MAS-TER, n. One who takes an account of troops, and of their arms and other military apparatus. MUSTER-ROLL, n. A roll or register of the troops. MUST'I-LY, adv. Moldily; sourly. MUST I-NESS, n. The quality of being musty or sour, moldiness; damp foulness. Evelyn. MUSTY, a. 1. Moldy; sour; foul and fetid. 2. Stale; spoiled by age. 3. Having an ill flavor. 4. Dull; heavy; spiritless. MU-TA-BILI-TY, n. [Fr. mutabilité; L. mutabilitas.] 1. Changeableness; susceptibility of change. 2. The state of habitually or frequently changing. 3. Changeableness, as of mind, disposition or will; inconstancy; instability. MUTA-BLE, a. [It. mutabile; L. mutabilis.] 1. Subject to change; changeable; that may be altered in form, qualities or nature. 2. Inconstant; unsettled; unstable; susceptible of change. MOTA-BLE-NESS, n. Changeableness; mutability; in stability. MU-TATION, n. [L. mutatio.] 1. The act or process of changing. 2. Change; alteration, either in form or qual ities. MUTE, 2. [L. mutus; Fr. muet.] 1. Silent; not speaking; not uttering words, or not having the power of utterance; dumb. 2. Uttering no sound. 3. Silent; not pronoun ced. MUTE, n. 1. In law; a person that stands speechless when he ought to answer or plead.-2. In grammar, a letter that represents no sound; a close articulation which intercepts the voice.-3. In music, a little utensil of wood or brass, used on a violin to deaden or soften the sounds. MUTE, v. i. [Fr. mutir.] To eject the contents of the bowels, as birds. B. Jonson. MUTE, n. The dung of fowls. MOTELY, adv. Silently; without uttering words or sounds MOTE/NESS, n. Silence; forbearance of speaking. MUTI-LATÉ, v. t. [L. mutilo.] 1. To cut off a limb o essential part of an animal body. 2. To cut or break off or otherwise separate any important part. 3. To retrench, destroy or remove any material part, so as to render the thing imperfect. MOTI-LA-TED, pp. Deprived of a limb or of an essential part. MOTI-NOUS-NESS, n. The state of being mutinous; opposition to lawful authority among military men. MOTI-NY, R. [Fr. mutinerie.] An insurrection of soldiers or seamen against the authority of their commanders; open resistance of officers, or opposition to their authority. MOTI-NY, v. i. To rise against lawful authority in military and naval service. MUTTER, v. i. [L. mutio.] 1. To utter words with a low voice and compressed lips, with sullenness or in complaint; to grumble; to murmur. 2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise. MUTTER, v. t. To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low, murmuring voice. MUTTER, . Murmur; obscure utterance. Milton. MUTTERED, pp. Uttered in a low, murmuring voice. MUTTER-ER, n. A grumbler; one that mutters. MUTTER-ING, ppr. Uttering with a low, murmuring voice; grumbling; murmuring. MUT TER-ING-LY, adv. With a low voice; without dis tinct articulation. MUT TON, (mut n) n. [Fr. mouton.] 1. The flesh of sheep, raw or dressed for food. 2. A sheep. Bacon. MUTTON-FIST, n. A large, red, brawny hand. MO TU-AL, a. (Fr. mutuel L. mutuus.] Reciprocal; interchanged; each acting in return or correspondence to the other, given and received. MO-TU-ÂLI-TY, n. Reciprocation; interchange. Shak. MOʻTU-AL-LY, adv. Reciprocally; in the manner of giving and receiving. } MU-TU-A-TI#TIOUS, a. Borrowed; taken from some other. MU-TU-ATION, n. [L. mutuatio.] The act of borrowing. [Little used.] Hall." MOTULE, n. [Fr. mutule.] In architecture, a square modillion under the cornice. MUX, n. [a corruption of muck.] Dirt. Grose. MUXY, a. Dirty; gloomy. Lemon. MUZZLE, n. [Fr. museau.] 1. The mouth of a thing; the extreme or end for entrance or discharge; applied chiefly to the end of a tube. 2. A fastening for the mouth which hinders from biting. MUZZLE, v. t. 1. To bind the mouth; to fasten the mouth to prevent biting or eating. 2. To fondle with the mouth close [lov.] 3. To restrain from hurt. MUZZLE, v. i. To bring the mouth near. L'Estrange. MUZZLE-RING, n. The metalline ring or circle that surrounds the mouth of a cannon or other piece. Eneye. MUZZY, 4. [a corruption from to muse.] Absent; forgetful; dreaming; bewildered by thought or by liquor. MY, pronom. adj. [contracted from migen, mine. MINE.] Belonging to me; as, this is my book. MYN CHEN, n. [Sax. mynchen.] A nun. Dict. MYN-HEER, . [D. my lord.] A Dutchman. MY-O-GRAPHI-CAL, a. Pertaining to a description of the muscles. See MY-OG/RA-PHIST, n. One who describes the muscles. MY-OG RA-PHY, n. [Gr. pus, vos, and yoapw.] A description of the muscles of the body. MY-O-LOGI-CAL, a. Pertaining to the description and doctrine of the muscles. MY-OL/O-GY, n. [Gr. μts, vos, and oyos.] A description of the muscles, or the doctrine of the muscles of the human body. MY OPE, n. [Gr. .] A short-sighted person. Adams MYO-PY, n. Short-sightedness. Encyc. MYR'I-AD, a. [Gr. pupias.] 1. The number of ten thousand 2. An immense number, indefinitely. Milton. MYR-1 AM E-TER, n. [Gr. μvoia and μerpov.] In the new systers of Franch measures, the length of ten thousand metres. MYRI-ARCH, n. [Gr. uvola and apxos.] A captain or commander of ten thousand men. MYR'I-ARE, n. [Gr. pvpia, and are, L. area.] A-French linear measure of ten thousand ares. Lunier. MYRI-CIN, n. The substance which remains after beeswax has been digested in alcohol. MYR-I-OLAI-TER, n. [Gr. pvpios and Airpa.] A French measure of capacity containing ten thousand liters. MYR MI-DON, n. [Gr. μvpμnowv.] Primarily, the Myrmidons are said to have been a people on the borders of Thessaly. A desperate soldier or ruilian. MY-ROBA-LAN, n. [L. myrobolanum.] A dried fruit of the plum kind brought from the East Indies. MY-ROP/O-LIST, n. [Gr. μύρον and πωλέω.] One that sells unguents. [Little used.] MYRRH, (mer) n. [L. myrrha.] A gum-resin that comes in the form of drops or globules of various colors and sizes, of a pretty strong but agreeable smell, and of a bitter taste. MYRRHINE, 4. [D. myrrhinus.] Made of the myrrhine stone. Milton. MYRTI-FORM, a. [L. myrtus and form.] Resembling myrtle or inyrtle berries. MYRTLE, n. [L. myrtus.] A plant of the genus myrtus, of several species. MY RUS, a. A species of sea-serpent. MY-SELF, pron. 1. A compound of my and self, used after I, to express emphasis, marking emphatically the distinction between the speaker and another person; as, I myself will do it.-2. In the objective case, the reciprocal of I; as, I will defend myself. 3. It is sometimes used without I, particularly in poetry. MYSTA-GOGUE, (mis'ta-gog) n. [Gr. μvorns and aywyos.] 1. One who interprets mysteries. 2. One that keeps church relics and shows them to strangers. MYS-TERI-AL, a. Containing a mystery or enigma. MYS'-TE-RI-ARCH,a. [Gr. μvoтпpiov and apxos.] One presiding over mysteries. Johnson. MYS-TE RI-OUS, a. 1. Obscure; hid from the understanding; not clearly understood.-2. In religion, obscure; secret; not revealed or explained; hidden from human understanding, or unintelligible; beyond human compre hension. ble. MYS-TE'RI-OUS-LY, adv. 1. Obscurely; enigmatically. 2. In a manner wonderfully obscure and unintelligiMYS-TERI-OUS-NESS, n. Obscurity; the quality of being hid from the understanding, and calculated to excite curiosity or wonder. 2. Artful perplexity. MYSTERY, n. [L. mysterium; Gr. pvorηpiov.] 1. A profound secret; something wholly unknown.-2. In religion, any thing in the character or attributes of God, or in the economy of divine providence, which is not revealed to man. 3. That which is beyond human comprehension until explained. 4. An enigma; any thing artfully made difficult. 5. A kind of ancient dramatic representation. 6. A trade; a calling; any mechanical occupation which supposes skill or knowledge peculiar to those who carry it on, and therefore a secret to others. MYSTIC, a. [L. mysticus.] 1. Obscure; hid; secret. MYS TI-CAL, 2. Sacredly obscure or secret; remote from human comprehension. 3. Involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical. MYS TI-CAL-LY, ade. In a manner or by an act implying a secret meaning. Donne. MYSTI-CAL-NESS, a. The quality of being mystical, or of involving some secret meaning. MYSTI-CISM, n. 1. Obscurity of doctrine. 2. The doctrine of the Mystics, who profess a pure, sublime and perfect devotion, wholly disinterested, and maintain that they hold immediate intercourse with the Divine Spirit. MYS TIES, n. A religious sect who profess to have direct intercourse with the Spirit of God. MYTHIC, a. [from Gr. polos.] Fabulon, ShuckMYTH I-CAL, ford. MY-THOG RA-PHER, n. [Gr. pvbos and ypaøw.] A writer of fables. MYTI/O-LOG-IE, a. Relating to mythology; fabu MYTH-O-LOG I-CAL, } lous. MYTH-O-LOG I-CAL-LY, adv. In a way suited to the system of fables. MY-THOLO-GIST, n. One versed in mythology; one who writes on mythology. Norris. MY-THOL/O-GIZE, v. i. To relate or explain the fabulous history of the heathen. MY-THOLOGY, n. [Gr. pudos and λoyos.] A system of fables, or fabulous opinions and doctrines, respecting the deities which heathen nations have supposed to preside over the world or to influence the affairs of it. MYTI-LITE, n. [Gr. μuridos.] In geology, a petrified muscle or shell of the genus mytilus. N is the fourteenth letter of the English Alphabet, and 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. N, among the ancients, was a numeral letter, signifying 900, and, with a stroke over it, N, 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. NAB, n The summit of a mountain or rock. [Local.] Grose. NAB, v. t. [Sw. nappa; Dan. napper.] To catch suddenly; to seize by a sudden grasp or thrust. [A low word.] NA BOB, n... A deputy or prince in India, subordinate to the Subahs; hence, 2. A man of great wealth. NACK ER. See NAKER. NACK ER, n. A collar-maker; a harness-maker. Lemon. NA CRE-OUS, a. Having a pearly lustre. Phillips. NA'CRITE, n. A rare mineral, called, also, talckite. NA DIR, n. [Ar.] That point of the heavens or lower hemisphere directly opposite to the zenith; the point directly under the place where we stand. NA'DLE-STEIN, n. [G. nadel and stein.] Needle-stone; rutile. Ure. NÆVE, n. [L. nævus.] A spot. Dryden. NAFE, NAFF n. A kind of tufted sea-fowl. Tedd. NAG, n. 1. A small horse; a horse in general, or rather a sprightly horse. 2. A paramour; in contempt. Shak. NAG GY, a. Contentious; disposed to quarrel. North of England. NAID, or NÃ'IAD, (nā'yad) n. [Gr. valades.] In mythology, a water-nymph; a deity that presides over rivers and springs. NAIL, n. [Sax. nagel; Sw., G., D. nagel.] 1. The claw or talon of a fowl or other animal. 2. The horny substance growing at the end of the human fingers and toes. 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. 4. A stud or boss; a short nail with a large broad head. 5. A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the 16th of a yard. On the nail, in hand; immediately; without delay or time of credit.-To hit the nail on the head, to hit or touch the exact point. NAIL, v. t. 1. To fasten with nails; to unite, close or make compact with nails. 2. To stud with nails. 3. To stop the vent of a cannon; to spike. NAILED, pp. Fastened with nails; studded. NAIVELY, adv. [Fr. naif, from L. nativus.] With native or unaffected simplicity. NAIVETE, (näěv tā) n. Native simplicity; unaffected NAIVITY, plainness or ingenuousness. Gray. NAKED, a. [Sax. nacod; G. nacket, nackt; D. naakt.] 1. Not covered; bare; having no clothes on. 2. Unarmed; defenseless; open; exposed; having no means of defense. 3. Open to view; not concealed; manifest. Heb. iv. 4. Destitute of worldly goods. Job i. 5. Exposed to shame and disgrace. Ex. xxxii. 6. Guilty and exposed to divine wrath. Rev. iii. 7. Plain evident; undisguised. 8. Mere; bare; simple; wanting the necessary additions. 9. Not inclosed in a pod or case. 10. Without leaves, fulcres or arms. 11. Not assisted by glasses. NAKED-LY, adv. 1. Without covering. 2. Simply; barely; merely; in the abstract. Holder. 3. Evidently. NAKED-NESS, n. 1. Want of covering or clothing; nudity; bareness. 2. Want of means of defense. 3. Plainness; openness to view. NAKER, n. A violent flatulence passing from one limb to another with pain. Parr. NA KER, n. [Sp. nacar; Fr. nacre.] Mother of pearl. NALL, n. [Dan. naal.] An awl, such as collar-makers or shoe-makers use. [Not used, or local.] NAME, n. [Sax. nama; D. naam; G. name.] 1. That by which a thing is called; an appellation attached to a thing by customary use. 2. The letters or characters written or engraved, expressing the sounds by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. 3. A person. 4. Reputation; character; that which is commonly said of a person. 5. Renown; fame; honor; celebrity; eminence; praise; distinction. 6. Remembrance; memory. 7. Appearance only; sound only; not reality. 8. Authority; behalf; part. 9. Assumed character of another.-10. In Scripture, the name of God signifies his titles, his attributes, his will or purpose, his honour and glory, his word, his grace, his wisdom, power and goodness, his worship or service, or God himself. 11. Issue; posterity that preserves the name. Deut. xxv.-12. In grammar, a noun.To call names, to apply opprobrious names; to call by reproachful appellations. Swift.-To take the name of God in vain, to swear falsely or profanely.-To know by name, to honor by a particular friendship.-Christian name, the name a person receives by baptism, as distinguished from NAME, v. t. [Sax. naman, nemnan.] 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. 2. To mention by name. 3. To nominate; to designate for any purpose by name. 4. To entitle.-To name the name of Christ, to make profession of faith in him. 2. Tim. iv. surname. NAMED, pp. Called; denominated; designated by name. NAMELESS, a. 1. Without a name; not distinguished by an appellation. Waller. 2. He or that whose name is not known or mentioned. NAME LY, adv. To mention by name; particularly. NAM'ER, n. One that names or calls by name. NAME'SÁKE, n. One that has the same name as another Addison. NAN-KEEN, n. [Nankin, a Chinese word.] A species o cotton cloth of a firm texture, from China, now imitated by the manufacturers in Great Britain. NAP, n. [Sax. knappian.] A short sleep or slumber. NAP, c. i. 1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy. 2. Tt be in a careless, secure state. Wickliffe. NAP, n. [Sax. hnoppa; It. nappa.] 1. The woolly or villous substance on the surface of cloth. 2. The downy or soft hairy substance on plants. 3. A knop; see KNOP. NAPE, n. [Sax. cnep.] The prominent joint of the neck behind. Bacon. †NA PER-Y, n. [Fr. nappe; It. nappa.] Linen for the table; table-cloths or linen cloth in general. NAPH'EW, n. [L. napus.] A plant. NAPHTHÁ, n. [L., Gr., Ch., Syr., Ar.] An inflammable mineral substance of the bituminous kind. NAPH THA-LINE, n. A crystalizable substance. NAPKIN, n. [Fr. nape.] I. A cloth used for wiping the hands; a towel. 2. A handkerchief; [obs.] NAP LESS, a. Without nap; threadbare. Shak. NAPPI-NESS, n. 1. The quality of being sleepy. 2. The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap; as on cloth. NAPPY, a. Frothy; spumy. Gay. NAPTA-KING, a. Taking naps. NAP'TA-KING, n. A taking by surprise; unexpected onset when one is unprepared. Carew. NXR, a. Old compar, of near. Spenser. NAR-CISSUS, n. [L.] In botany, the daffodil. NAR-CO'SIS, n. [Gr. vaρxwois.] Stupefaction; privation of sense. NAR-COTIC-NESS, n. The quality of inducing sleep or removing pain. NXR/CO-TINE, n. The pure narcotic principle of opium. NARD, n. [L. nardus, nardum.] 1. An aromatic plant usually called spikenard, spica nardi, highly valued by the ancients, both as an article of luxury and of medicine. 2. An unguent prepared from the plant. NAR DINE, a. Pertaining to nard; having the qualities of spikenard. Asiat. Res. +NARE, n. [L. naris.] The nostril. Hudibras. NARRA-BLE, a. [L. narrabilis.] That may be related, told or narrated. NARRATE, t. [L. narro; It. narrare.] 1. To tell, rehearse or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of any event or transaction. 2. To write, as the particulars of a story or history. NARRA-TED, pp. Related; told. NARRA-TING, ppr. Relating; telling; reciting. NARRATION, n. [L. narratio.] 1. The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital. 2. Relation; story; history; the relation in words or wri ting, of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events.-3. In oratory, that part of a discourse which states the facts connected with the subject. NARRATIVE, a. [Fr. narratif.] 1. Relating the particulars of an event or transaction; giving a particular or continued account 2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling. NARRA-TIVE, n. The recital of a story, or a continued account of the particulars of an event or transaction; story, NARRA-TIVE-LY, adv. By way of narration or recital. NAR-RATOR, a. One that narrates; one that relates a series of events or transactions. Watts. NARRA-TO-RY, a. Giving an account of events. Howell. NARRI-FY, v. t. To relate; to give account of. NARROW, &. [Sax. neara, neuro.] 1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side. 2. Of little extent; very limited. 3. Covetous; not liberal or bountiful. 4. Contracted; of confined views or sentiments; very limited. 5. Near; within a small distance. 6. Close; near; accurate; scrutinizing. Near; barely sufficient to avoid evil. 7. NAR ROW, n. A strait; a narrow passage through a NARROWS, mountain, or a narrow channel of water between one sea or lake and another; a sound. Washington. Mitford. NARROW, v. t. 1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract. 2. To contract in extent. 3. To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to limit; to confine.-4. In knitting, to contract the size of a stocking by taking two stitches into one. NAR ROW, v. i. To become less broad; to contract in breadth.-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. 3. To contract the size of a stocking by taking two stitches into one. NARROWED, pp. Contracted; made less wide. NARROW-EK, n. The person or thing which narrows or contracts. NARROW-ING, ppr. Contracting; making less broad. NARROW-INGS, a. The part of a stocking which is narrowed. NARROW-LY, ade. With little breadth. 2. Contractedly; without much extent. 3. Closely; accurately; with minute scrutiny. 4. Nearly; within a little; by a small distance. 5. Sparingly. NARROW-NESS, . Smallness of breadth or distance from side to side. 2. Smallness of extent; contractedness. 3. smallness of estate or means of living; poverty. 4. Contractedness; penuriousness; covetousness. 5. Illiberality; want of generous, enlarged or charitable views or sentiments. NARWAL, or NXR'WHAL, n. [G. narwall.] The monodon monoceros, a cetaceous animal found in the northern seas. NAS, for ne has, has not. Spenser. NA SAL, 4. [L. nasus; It. nasale.] Pertaining to the nose; formed or affected by the nose. NĂ SAL, n. 1. A letter whose sound is affected by the nose. 2. A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine. NASCAL, 1. A kind of medicated pessary. Ferrand. NASCENCY, n. [L. nascens.] Production. Annot. on Glanville. NASCENT, a. [L. nascens.] Beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being. Black." NASEBER-RY, n. A tree of the genus sloanea. NASI-COR-NOUS, a. [L. nasus and cornu.] Having a horn growing on the nose. Brown. NAS TI-LY, ade. In a nasty manner; filthily; dirtily. 2. Obscenely. NASTI-NESS, n. Extreme filthiness; dirtiness; filth. 2. Obscenity; ribaldry. South. NAS TURTION, n. [L. nasturtium.] A plant. NASTY, d. 1. Disgustingly filthy; very dirty, foul or de- NATAL, a. L. natalis.] Pertaining to birth. NATALS, n. plu. Time and place of nativity. NATANT, a. [L. natans.] In botany, swimming; floating on the surface of water. NA-TATION, n. [L. natatio.] A swimming; the act of floating on the water. [Lattle used.] Brown. NATA-TO-RY, a. Enabling to swim. Brit. Crit. NATCH, n. [for notch.] The part of an ox between the loins, near the rump. Marshal. NATHLESS, adv. (Sax. natheles.] Nevertheless; not the less; notwithstanding. Milton. †NATH'MORE, ade. [na, the and more.] Not the more; never the more. Spenser. NATION, n. [L. natio.] 1. A body of people inhabiting the same country, or united under the same sovereign or government. 2. A great number, by way of emphasis. *NATION-AL, a. 1. Pertaining to a nation. 2. Public; general; common to a nation. 3. Attached or unduly attached to one's own country. *NA-TION-AL/I-TY, a. National character; also, the quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation. Boswell. *NATION-AL-IZE, 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. *NATION-AL-LY, ade. In regard to the nation; as a whole nation. South. *NÄTION-AL-NESS, n. Reference to the people in gen eral. NATIVE, a. [L. nativus.] 1. Produced by nature; original; born with the being; natural; not acquired. 2. Produced by nature; not factitious or artificial. 3. Conferred by birth. 4. Pertaining to the place of birth. 5. Original; that of which any thing is made. 6. Born with; congenial. NATIVE, n. 1. One born in any place. 2. Offspring; [obs.] NATIVE-LY, adv. By birth; naturally; originally. NATIVE-NESS, n. State of being produced by nature. NA-TIVITY, n. 1. Birth; the coming into life or the world. 2. Time, place and manner of birth. 3. State or place of being produced. NATKA, n. A bird, a species of shrike. Pennant. NA TRO-LITE, n. A variety of mesotype or zeolite. NA TRON, n. Native carbonate of soda, or mineral alkali. NAT U-RÁL, a. [Fr. naturel; L. naturalis.] 1. Pertaining to nature; produced or effected by nature. 2. According to the stated course of things. 3. Not forced; not far-. fetched; such as is dictated by nature. 4. According to the life. 5. Consonant to nature. 6. Derived from nature, as opposed to habitual. 7. Discoverable by reason; not revealed. 8. Produced or coming in the ordinary course of things, or the progress of animals and vegetables. 9. Tender; affectionate by nature. 10. Unaffected; unassumed; according to truth and reality. 11. Illegitimate born out of wedlock. 12. Native; vernacular. 13. Derived from the study of the works of nature. 14. A natu ral note, in music, is that which is according to the usual order of the scale.-Natural history is a description of the earth and its productions, including zoology, botany, geol ogy, mineralogy, meteorology, &c.-Natural philosophy the science of material natural bodies, of their properties powers and motions. It comprehends mechanics, hydro statics, optics, astronomy, chemistry, magnetism, electricity, galvanism, &c. *NATU-RAL, n. 1. An idiot; one born without the usual powers of reason or understanding. 2. A native; an original inhabitant; [obs.] 3. Gift of nature; natural quality; [obs.] NATURAL ISM, n. Mere state of nature. Lavington. NATU-RAL-IST, n. One that studies or that is versed in natural history and philosophy or physics. NATURALI-TY, n. Naturalness. Smith. NAT-U-RAL-I-ZA TION, R. The act of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native subject or citi zen. NATU-RALIZE, r. t. 1. To confer on an alien the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen. 2. To make natural; to render easy and familiar by custom and habit. 3. To adapt; to make suitable; to acclimate. 4. To receive or adopt as native, natural or vernacular; to make our own. 5. To accustom; to habituate. NATU-RAL-IZED, pp. Invested with the privileges of natives; rendered easy and familiar; adapted to a climate; acclimated; received as native. NATURAL-IZ-ING, ppr. Vesting with the rights of native subjects; making easy; acclimating; adopting. NAT U-RAL-LY, adv. 1. According to nature; by the force or impulse of nature; not by art or habit. 2. According to nature; without affectation; with just representation; according to life. 3. According to the usual course of things. 4. Spontaneously; without art or cultivation. NATU-RAL-NESS, n. The state of being given or produc ed by nature. 2. Conformity to nature, or to truth and reality; not affectation. NATURALS, n. plu. Among physicians, whatever belongs naturally to an animal; opposed to non-naturals. NATURE, n. [Fr.; L., Sp., It. natura.] 1. In a general sense, whatever is made or produced; a word that com prehends all the works of God; the universe. 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. 3. The essence, essential qualities or attributes of a thing, which constitute it what it is. 4. The established or regular course of things. 5. A law or principle of action or motion in a natural body. 6. Constitution; aggregate powers of a body, especially a living one. 7. The constitution and appearances of things. 8. Natural affection or reverence. 9. System of created things. 10. Sort; species; kind; particular character. 11. Sentiments or images conformed to nature, or to truth and reality. 12. Birth. NATURE, v. t. To endow with natural qualities. NA'TUR-IST, n. One who ascribes every thing to nature. Boyle. 1NA-TUʻRI-TY, n. The quality or state of being produced by nature. Brown. INAUFRAGE, n. [L. naufragium.] Shipwreck. NAU FRA-GOÚS, 4. Causing shipwreck. [L. u.] Taylor. NAUGHT, (nawt) n. [Sax. naht, naukt.] Nothing.—To set at naught, to slight, disregard or despise. NAUGHT, (nawt) ade. In no degree. Fairfax. NAUGHT, (nawt) a. Bad; worthless; of no value or account. NAUGHTI-LY, (nawt e-ly) adv. Wickedly; corruptly. NAUGHTI-NESS, (nawt e-nes) n. 1. Badness; wickedness; evil principle or purpose. 2. Slight wickedness of children; perverseness; mischievousness. Dryden. NAUGHTY, (nawt'y) a. 1. Wicked; corrupt. 2. Bad; worthless. 3. Mischievous; perverse; froward. It is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children. NAULAGE, n. [L. naulum.] The freight of passengers in a ship. [Little used.] NAUMA-CHY, n. [L. naumachia.] 1. Among the ancient Romans, a show or spectacle representing a sea-fight. 2. The place where these shows were exhibited. NAUS CO-PY, n. [Gr. vaus and σкоnεw.] The art of discovering the approach of ships or the neighborhood of lands at a considerable distance. Maty. NAU SE-A, (naw'she-a) n. [L.] Originally and properly, sea-sickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach, accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; loathing; squeamishness of the stomach. NAUSEATE, (naw'shate) v. i. [L. nauseo.] To become squeamish; to feel disgust; to be inclined to reject from the stomach. NAU SEATE, v. t. 1. To loathe; to reject with disgust. 2. To affect with disgust. NAU-SE-ATION, (naw-she-a'shun) n. The act of nauseating. Bp. Hall. NAUSEOUS, (naw'shus) a. Loathsome; disgustful; disgusting; regarded with abhorrence. NAUSEOUS-LY, ade. Loathsomely; disgustfully. NAUSEOUS-NESS, n. Loathsomeness; quality of exciting disgust. Dryden. NAUTIC, a. [L. nauticus.] Pertaining to seamen or NAUTI-CAL, navigation. NAUTI-LITE, n. [L. nautilus.] A fossil nautilus. NAUTI-LUS, n. [L.] A genus of marine animals. The nautilus, when it sails, extends two of its arms, and between these supports a membrane that serves as a sail. NAVAL, a. [L. navalis.] 1. Consisting of ships. 2. Pertaining to ships. †NA'VALS, n. Naval affairs. Clarendon. NA'VARCH, n. [Gr. vavaoxos.] In ancient Greece, the commander of a fleet. Mitford. NAVIAR-CHY, n. [from L. navarchus.] Knowledge of managing ships. Petty. NAVE, n. [Sax. nafa, nafu.] 1. The thick piece of timber in the centre of a wheel, in which the spokes are inserted. 2. The middle or body of a church extending from the baluster or rail of the door to the chief choir. NA VEL, (na/vl) n. [Sax. nafela; D. navel.] The centre of the lower part of the abdomen, or the point where the umbilical cord passes out of the fetus. NA VEL-GALL, n. A bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. Jokason. NAVEL-STRING, n. The umbilical cord. NA VEL-WORT, n. A plant of the genus cotyledon. NAVIEW, n. [L. napus; Sax. napc.] A plant. NA-VICU-LAR, a. [L. navicula.] 1. Relating to small ships or boats. 2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform. NAVI-GA-BLE, a. [L. navigabilis.] That may be navigated or passed in ships or vessels. NAVI-GA-BLE-NESS, n. The quality or state of being navigable. NAVIGATE, v. i. [L. navigo.] To pass on water in ships; to sail. Arbuthnot. NAVI-GATE, v. t. To pass over in ships; to sail on. 2. To steer, direct or manage in sailing. NAVI-GA-TED, pp. Steered or managed in passing on the water; passed over in sailing. NAVI-GA-TING, ppr. Passing on or over in sailing; steer ing and managing in sailing. NAV-I-GATION, n. [L. navigatio.] 1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other ves sels. 2. The art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another. 3. Ships in general. NAVI-GA-TOR, n. One that navigates or sails; chiefy, one who directs the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation. NAVY, n. [L. navis.] 1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. 2. The whole of the ships of war belonging to a nation or king. NAWL, n. An awl. NAY, adv. [a contracted word; L. nego; Sw. ney, or nej, from neka, to deny.] 1. No; a word that expresses ne gation. 2. It expresses also refusal. 3. Not only so; not this alone; intimating that something is to be added by way of amplification. NAY, R. Denial; refusal † NAY, v. t. To refuse. NAY WARD, n. Tendency to denial. Shak. NAY WORD, n. A by-word; a proverbial reproach; a watch-word. NAZ-A-RĒNE', n. An inhabitant of Nazareth; one of the early converts to Christianity; in contempt. NAZIA-RITE, n. A Jew who professed extraordinary purity of life and devotion. Encyc. NAZ A-RIT-ISM, n. The doctrines or practice of the Nazarites. Burder. †NE, [Sax.] not, is obsolete. We find it in early English writers, prefixed to other words; as, mill, for ne will, will not; nas, for ne has, has not. Spenser. NEAF, n. [Ice. nefi; Scot. niere.] The fist. Shak. NEAL, v. t. [Sax. analan.] To temper and reduce to a due consistence by heat. [Rarely used.] See ANNEAL. NEAL, v. i. To be tempered by heat. [Little used.] Set ANNEAL. NEAP, R. The tongue or pole of a cart, sled or wagon. N. England. NEAP, a. [Sax. hnipan.] 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. NEAP, n. Low water. [Little used.] NEAPED, or BE-NEAP ED, (be-neept') a. Left aground NEAP-TIDE, n. Low tide. See NEAP. NEAR, a. [Sax. ner, or neara.] 1. Nigh; not far distant NEAR, v. i. To draw near; a naval expression. NEARLY, ade. 1. At no great distance; not remotely, 2. Closely. 3. Intimately; pressingly; with a close relation to one's interest or happiness. 4. Almost; within a little. 5. In a parsimonious or niggardly manner. NEAR NESS, n. 1. Closeness; small distance. 2. Close alliance by blood; propinquity. 3. Close union by af fection; intimacy of friendship. 4. Parsimony; closeness in expenses. NEAR-SIGHTED, a. Short-sighted; applied to one who distinguishes objects only which are near. NEAT, n. [Sax. neat, neten, niten, nyten.] 1. Cattle of the bovine genus, as bulls, oxen and cows. 2. A single cow. NEAT, a. [It. netto; Sp. neto; Fr. net.] 1. Very clean; free from foul er extraneous matter. 2. Pure; free from impure words and phrases. 3. Cleanly; preserving neatness. 4. Pure; unadulterated; [obs.] 5. Free from tawdry appendages and well adjusted. 6. Clear of the cask, case, bag, box, &c.; as, neat weight. It is usually written net, or nett. NEATHERD, n. [Sax. neathyrd.] A person who has the care of cattle; a cow-keeper. Dryden. NEATLY, adv. 1. With neatness; in a neat manner; in a cleanly manner. 2. With good taste; without tawdry ornaments. 3. Nicely; handsomely. NEAT NESS, n. 1. Exact cleanliness; entire freedom from foul matter. 2. Purity; freedom from ill-chosen words. 3. Freedom from useless or tawdry ornaments; with good adjustment of the several parts. NEÁTRESS, n. A female who takes care of cattle. NEB, n. [Sax. neb, of nebbe.] The nose; the beak of a fowl; the bill; the mouth. NEB'U-LA, n. [L. nebula.] 1. A dark spot, a film in the NEBULE, eye, or a slight opacity of the cornea.-2. |