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+ This file is part 14 of the GNU version of
+ The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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+ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
+ Version published 1913
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+
+<p><centered><point26>N.</point26></centered></p>
+
+<p><hw>N</hw> <pr>(<ecr/n)</pr>, <def>the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the <xex>dentinasal</xex> or <xex>linguanasal</xex> consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in <xex>ran</xex>, <xex>done</xex>; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of <xex>g</xex> hard or <xex>k</xex> (as in <xex>single</xex>, <xex>sink</xex>, <xex>conquer</xex>), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph <xex>ng</xex> in <xex>sing</xex>, <xex>bring</xex>, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the <xex>gutturo-nasal</xex> consonent. See <er>Guide to Pronunciation</er>, <sect/<sect/ 243-246.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note> The letter N came into English through the Latin and Greek from the Ph\'d2nician, which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It is etymologically most closely related to M. See <er>M</er>.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>N</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na</hw> <pr>(n<aum/)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>No, not. See <er>No</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nab</hw> <pr>(n<acr/b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Knap</er>, <er>Knop</er>, <er>Knob</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The summit of an eminence.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Halliwell.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Firearms)</fld> <def>The cock of a gunlock.</def> <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Locksmithing)</fld> <def>The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.</def> <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nab</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nabbed</conjf> <pr>(n<acr/bd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nabbing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Dan <ets>nappe</ets>, or Sw. <ets>nappa</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <rj><au>Smollett.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To capture; to arrest; <as>as, the police nabbed the culprit wtrying to hide in the basement</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"bit</hw> <pr>(n<amac/"b<icr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Pulverized sugar candy.</def> <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Nabk</hw> <pr>(n<acr/bk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>nabiqa</ets>, <ets>nibqa</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The edible berries of the <spn>Zizyphys Lotus</spn>, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nubk</asp>.]</altsp> See <er>Lotus</er> <sd>(b)</sd>, and <er>Sadr</er>.<br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"bob</hw> <pr>(n<amac/"b<ocr/b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>naw\'beb</ets>, from Ar. <ets>naw\'beb</ets>, pl. of <ets>n\'be\'8bb</ets> a vicegerent, governor. Cf <er>Nawab</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth.</def> \'bdA bilious old <xex>nabob</xex>.\'b8 <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nac"a*rat</hw> <pr>(n<acr/k"<adot/*r<acr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>nacarat</ets>, fr. Sp. or Pg. <ets>nacarado</ets>, fr. <ets>n\'a0car</ets> mother-of-pearl. See <er>Nacre</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pale red color, with a cast of orange.</def> <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Fine linen or crape dyed of this color.</def> <rj><au>Ure.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na*celle"</hw> <pr>(n<adot/*s<ecr/l")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small boat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A streamlined enclosure on an airplane, as for the engine or for the cargo or passengers; -- formerly used to refer to the boatlike, inclosed body of an airplane which is usually now called the <altname>fuselage</altname>, and now referring mostly to the enclosure for the engine.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>nacho</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A tortilla chip topped with cheese and often chili-pepper or beans and then broiled; -- eaten as a snack or light meal.</def><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nack"er</hw> <pr>(n<acr/k"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Nacre</er>.</def> <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"cre</hw> <pr>(n<amac/"k<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., cf. Sp. <ets>n\'a0cara</ets>, <ets>n\'a0car</ets>, It. <ets>nacchera</ets>, <ets>naccaro</ets>, LL. <ets>nacara</ets>, <ets>nacrum</ets>; of Oriental origin, cf. Ar. <ets>nak\'c6r</ets> hollowed.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nacker</asp> and <asp>naker</asp>.]</altsp> <see>See <er>Pearl</er>, and <er>Mother-of-pearl</er>.</see><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Na`cr\'82"</hw> <pr>(n<adot/*kr<amac/")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Nacre</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Art)</fld> <def>Having the peculiar iridescence of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; <as>as, <ex>nacr\'82</ex> ware</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"cre*ous</hw> <pr>(n<amac/"kr<esl/*<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Nacre</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Nad</hw> <pr>(n<acr/d)</pr>, <hw>Nad"de</hw> <pr>(n<acr/d"d<eit/)</pr> }</mhw>. <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>ne hadde</ets>.]</ety> <def>Had not.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8nada</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <ety>[Spanish]</ety> <def>Nothing.</def> <mark>[informal or jocose]</mark> <note>[used mostly jocosely or for emphasis in phrases such as \'bdNothing, <xex>nada</xex>, zip!\'b8]</note><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nad"der</hw> <pr>(n<acr/d"d<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>n\'91dre</ets>. See <er>Adder</er>.]</ety> <def>An adder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na-dene</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A family of North American Indian languages including <membof>Tlingit</membof>, the <membof>Athabascan language family</membof>, and <membof>Haida</membof>.</def><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"dir</hw> <pr>(n<amac/"d<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., Sp., & It. <ets>nadir</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>naz\'c6ru's samt</ets> nadir, prop., the point opposite the zenith (<ets>as samt</ets>), in which <ets>naz\'c6r</ets> means alike, corresponding to. Cf. <er>Azimuth</er>, <er>Zenith</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The lowest point; the time of greatest depression.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The seventh century is the <qex>nadir</qex> of the human mind in Europe.</q> <rj><qau>Hallam.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Nadir of the sun</b></col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the axis of the conical shadow projected by the earth.</cd> <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8N\'91"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Nenia</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>N\'91ve</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naevus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A n\'91vus.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>N\'91"void</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>N\'91vus</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling a n\'91vus or n\'91vi; <as>as, <ex>n\'91void</ex> elephantiasis</as>.</def> <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>N\'91"vose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Spotted; freckled.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8N\'91"vus</hw> <pr>(n<emac/"v<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>N\'91vi</plw> <pr>(-v\'c6)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- the term includes moles as wells a other types of birthmark, and is most commonly applied to reddish or brownish raised vascular areas of the skin, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries.</def> <altsp>[Usually spelled <asp>nevus</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nag</hw> <pr>(n<acr/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>nagge</ets>, D. <ets>negge</ets>; akin to E. <ets>neigh</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse, especially one that is of inferior breeding or useless.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A paramour; -- in contempt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nag</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nagged</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nagging</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>nagga</ets> to nibble, peck, Dan. <ets>nage</ets> to gnaw, Icel. <ets>naga</ets>, <ets>gnaga</ets>, G. <ets>nagen</ets>, & E. <ets>gnaw</ets>.]</ety> <def>To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fret pertinaciously.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> \'bdShe never <qex>nagged</qex>.\'b8 <rj><au>J. Ingelow.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nag</hw> <pr>(n<acr/g)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who nags, especially habitually; called also <altname>nagger</altname>.</def><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>nagami</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A shrub (<spn>Fortunella margarita</spn>) bearing oval-fruited kumquats. See also <er>kumquat</er>.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nagami kumquat, oval kumquat, <spn>Fortunella margarita</spn>.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na*ga"na</hw> <pr>(n<adot/*g<aum/"n<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. native name.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease of horses and other domestic animals, transmitted by the tsetse fly; any trypanosomiasis, especially the variety caused by <causedbyp><spn>Trypanosoma brucei</spn></causedbyp>.</def> <mark>[South Africa]</mark><br/
+[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nageia</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Nageia</gen>.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>nagger</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Someone (especially a woman) who constantly finds fault.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> scold, scolder, nag.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nag"ging</hw> <pr>(n<acr/g"g<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; <as>as, a <ex>nagging</ex> toothache</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nag"gy</hw> <pr>(n<acr/g"g<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Irritable; touchy.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Na"gor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A West African gazelle (<spn>Gazella redunca</spn>).</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nag"yag*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from <etsep>Nagyag</etsep>, in Transylvania.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"iad</hw> <pr>(n<amac/"y<acr/d; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>naias</ets>, <ets>-adis</ets>, <ets>na\'8bs</ets>, <ets>-idis</ets>, a water nymph, Gr <grk>nai:a`s</grk>, <grk>nai:`s</grk>, fr. <grk>na`ein</grk> to flow: cf. F. <ets>na\'8bade</ets>. Cf. <er>Naid</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any species of a tribe (<fam>Naiades</fam>) of freshwater bivalves, including <gen>Unio</gen>, <gen>Anodonta</gen>, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>One of a group of butterflies. See <er>Nymph</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the order <ord>Naiadace\'91</ord>, such as eelgrass, pondweed, etc.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Naiadaceae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Naiadaceae</fam>, <fam>Najadaceae</fam>, family <fam>Najadaceae</fam>, naiad family.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>na"iant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>See <er>Natant</er>.</def> <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>na"id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Naiad</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, ch\'91topod annelids of the tribe <fam>Naidina</fam>. They belong to the <ord>Oligoch\'91ta</ord>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"\'8bf`</hw> <pr>(<?/; <xex>formerly</xex> <?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>na\'8bf</ets>. See <er>Na\'8bve</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Na\'8bve; <as>as, a <ex>na\'8bf</ex> remark</as>.</def> <rj><au>London Spectator.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Na"ik</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Hind. <ets>n\'beyak</ets>.]</ety> <def>A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal.</def> <rj><au>Balfour (Cyc. of India).</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nail</hw> <pr>(n<amac/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>n\'91gel</ets>, akin to D. <ets>nagel</ets>, OS. & OHG. <ets>nagal</ets>, G. <ets>nagel</ets>, Icel. <ets>nagl</ets>, nail (in sense 1), <ets>nagli</ets> nail (in sense 3), Sw. <ets>nagel</ets> nail (in senses 1 and 3), Dan. <ets>nagle</ets>, Goth. <ets>ganagljan</ets> to nail, Lith. <ets>nagas</ets> nail (in sense 1), Russ. <ets>nogote</ets>, L. <ets>unguis</ets>, Gr. <grk>"o`nyx</grk>, Skr. <ets>nakha</ets>. <root/259.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>His <qex>nayles</qex> like a briddes claws were.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ The nails are strictly homologous with hoofs and claws. When compressed, curved, and pointed, they are called <contr>talons</contr> or <contr>claws</contr>, and the animal bearing them is said to be <xex>unguiculate</xex>; when they incase the extremities of the digits they are called <xex>hoofs</xex>, and the animal is <xex>ungulate</xex>.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head{2}, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ The different sorts of nails are named either from the use to which they are applied, from their shape, from their size, or from some other characteristic, as shingle, floor, ship-carpenters', and horseshoe nails, roseheads, diamonds, fourpenny, tenpenny (see <er>Penny</er>, <pos>a.</pos>), chiselpointed, cut, wrought, or wire nails, etc.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Nail ball</b></col> <fld>(Ordnance)</fld>, <cd>a round projectile with an iron bolt protruding to prevent it from turning in the gun.</cd> -- <col><b>Nail plate</b></col>, <cd>iron in plates from which cut nails are made.</cd> -- <col><b>On the nail</b></col>, <cd>in hand; on the spot; immediately; without delay or time of credit; <as>as, to pay money <ex>on the nail</ex>; to pay cash <ex>on the nail</ex></as>.</cd> \'bdYou shall have ten thousand pounds <xex>on the nail</xex>.\'b8 <au>Beaconsfield.</au> -- <col><b>To hit the nail on the head</b></col>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>to hit most effectively; to do or say a thing in the right way.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>to describe the most important factor.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nail</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Nailed</conjf> <pr>(n<amac/ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Nailing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[AS. <ets>n\'91glian</ets>. See <er>Nail</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; <as>as, to <ex>nail</ex> boards to the beams</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>He is now dead, and <qex>nailed</qex> in his chest.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The rivets of your arms were <qex>nailed</qex> with gold.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at once how I <qex>nailed</qex> them.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To spike, as a cannon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To nail an assertion</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To nail a lie</b></col></mcol>, etc., <cd>to detect and expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an expression probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nail"brush`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A brush for cleaning the nails.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nail"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who fastens with, or drives, nails.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nail"er*ess</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who makes nails.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nail"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, n.; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Naileries</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <def>A factory where nails are made.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nail"-head`ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Nail-headed characters</b></col>, <cd>arrowheaded or cuneiform characters. See under <er>Arrowheaded</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Nail-headed molding</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an ornament consisting of a series of low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of large nails; -- called also <altname>nail-head molding</altname>, or <altname>nail-head</altname>. It is the same as the simplest form of dogtooth. See <er>Dogtooth</er>.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nail"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without nails; having no nails.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nain`sook"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Nainsukh</ets>, a valley in Kaghan.]</ety> <def>A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Na"is</hw> <pr>(n<amac/"<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a naiad.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Naiad</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Nais`sant"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., p. pr. of <ets>na\'8ctre</ets> to be born, L. <ets>nasci</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Jessant</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw><hw>na*ive"</hw>, <hw>na*\'8bve"</hw></mhw> <pr>(n<aum/*<emac/v")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>na\'8bf</ets>, fem. <ets>na\'8bve</ets>, fr. L. <ets>nativus</ets> innate, natural, native. See <er>Native</er>, and cf. <er>Na\'8bf</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; <as>as, <ex>na\'8bve</ex> manners; a <ex>na\'8bve</ex> person; <ex>na\'8bve</ex> and unsophisticated remarks.</as></def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having a lack of knowledge, judgment, or experience; especially, lacking sophistication in judging the motives of others; credulous; <as>as, a <ex>naive</ex> belief in the honesty of politicians</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>na"\'8bve`ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a na\'8bve manner.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Na`\'8bve`t\'82"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Na\'8bve</er>, and cf. <er>Nativity</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being naive.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>A story which pleases me by its <qex>na\'8bvet\'82</qex> -- that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>lack of sophistication or worldliness.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> naivete, naiveness.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw><hw>na*iv"e*ty</hw>, <hw>Na"\'8bve`ty</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Na\'8bvet\'82.</def> <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Naja</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of cobras.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Naja</gen>.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Najadaceae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers; same as <fam>Naiadaceae</fam>; the naiad family.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> <fam>Naiadaceae</fam>, family <fam>Naiadaceae</fam>, family <fam>Najadaceae</fam>, naiad family.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Najas</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>The sole genus of the family <fam>Naiadaceae</fam>.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> <gen>Naias</gen>, genus <gen>Naias</gen>, genus <gen>Najas</gen>.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nake</hw> <pr>(n<amac/k)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make naked.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Come, be ready, <qex>nake</qex> your swords.</q> <rj><qau>Old Play.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"ked</hw> <pr>(n<amac/"k<ecr/d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>nacod</ets>; akin to D. <ets>naakt</ets>, G. <ets>nackt</ets>, OHG. <ets>nacchot</ets>, <ets>nahhot</ets>, Icel. <ets>n\'94kvi<edh/r</ets>, <ets>nakinn</ets>, Sw. <ets>naken</ets>, Dan. <ets>n\'94gen</ets>, Goth. <ets>naqa<thorn/s</ets>, Lith. <ets>n<uring/gas</ets>, Russ. <ets>nagii</ets>, L. <ets>nudus</ets>, Skr. <ets>nagna</ets>. <root/266. Cf. <er>Nude</er>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; <as>as, a <ex>naked</ex> body; a <ex>naked</ex> limb; a <ex>naked</ex> sword.</as></def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless; <as>as, <ex>naked</ex> to invasion</as>.</def> <br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Had I but served my God with half the zeal<br/
+I served my king, he would not in mine age<br/
+Have left me <xex>naked</xex> to mine enemies.</q> <rj><qau>King Henry VIII., Act iii. sc. 2 (Shakespeare)</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Thy power is full <qex>naked</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Behold my bosom <qex>naked</qex> to your swords.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they saw now left <qex>naked</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The truth appears so <qex>naked</qex> on my side, That any purblind eye may find it out.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>All things are <qex>naked</qex> and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.</q> <rj><qau>Heb. iv. 13.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Mere; simple; plain; <as>as, the <ex>naked</ex> truth</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The very <qex>naked</qex> name of love.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Without pubescence; <as>as, a <ex>naked</ex> leaf or stem</as>; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Not having the full complement of tones; -- said of a chord of only two tones, which requires a third tone to be sounded with them to make the combination pleasing to the ear; <as>as, a <ex>naked</ex> fourth or fifth</as>.</def><-- = open fourth, fifth? --><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Naked bed</b></col>, <cd>a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times.</cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>Naked eye</b></col>, <cd>the eye alone, unaided by eyeglasses, or by telescope, microscope, or other magnifying device.</cd> -- <col><b>Naked-eyed medusa</b></col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Hydromedusa</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Naked flooring</b></col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>the timberwork which supports a floor.</cd> <au>Gwilt.</au> -- <col><b>Naked mollusk</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a nudibranch.</cd> -- <col><b>Naked wood</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a large rhamnaceous tree (<spn>Colibrina reclinata</spn>) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish.</cd> <au>C. S. Sargent.</au></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed; plain; defenseless.</syn><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"ked*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In a naked manner; without covering or disguise; manifestly; simply; barely.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"ked*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition of being naked.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>The privy parts; the genitals.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Ham . . . saw the <qex>nakedness</qex> of his father.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. ix. 22.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"ker</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Nacre</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na"ker</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>nakere</ets>, F. <ets>nakaire</ets>, LL. <ets>nacara</ets>, Per. <ets>naq\'beret</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of kettledrum.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au> Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>\'d8Na"koo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The gavial.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>nako</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nale</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A corrupt form arising from the older \'bdat <thorn/e<ets>n ale</ets>\'b8 at the nale.]</ety> <def>Ale; also, an alehouse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Great feasts at the <qex>nale</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nall</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Either fr. Icel. <ets>n\'bel</ets> (see <er>Needle</er>); or fr. <ets>awl</ets>, like <ets>newt</ets> fr. <ets>ewt</ets>.]</ety> <def>An awl.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark> <rj><au>Tusser.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nam</hw> <pr>(n<aum/m)</pr>. <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>ne am</ets>.]</ety> <def>Am not.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nam</hw>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><pos>imp.</pos> of <er>Nim</er>.</def> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nam"a*ble</hw> <pr>(n<amac/m"<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being named.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Na*ma"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>namare</ets> to take; cf. AS. <ets>niman</ets> to take.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. & Scots Law)</fld> <def>A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.</def> <rj><au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Nam"ay*cush</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Indian name.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A large North American lake trout (<spn>Salvelinus namaycush</spn>). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also <altname>Mackinaw trout</altname>, <altname>lake trout</altname>, <altname>lake salmon</altname>, <altname>salmon trout</altname>, & |