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Coloq. Naval brigade , a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land. -- Coloq. Naval officer . (a) An officer in the navy. (b) A high officer in some United States customhouses. -- Coloq. Naval tactics , the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.
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Syn. -- Nautical; marine; maritime. -- , . Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc.
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Navals (nāv�lz), n. pl. Naval affairs. [Obs.]
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Navarch (nāvärk), n. [L. navarchus, Gr. nayarchos; nay^s ship + 'archos chief.] (Gr. Antiq.) The commander of a fleet. Mitford.
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navarchy (nāvärk�), n. [Gr. nayarchia.] Nautical skill or experience. [Obs.] Sir W. Petty.
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Navarino prop. n. The name of a naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827), at which the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by the allied fleet.
Syn. -- battle of Navarino.
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Navarrese (? or �), prop. a. Of or pertaining to Navarre. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the people of Navarre.
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nave (nāv), n. [AS. nafu; akin to D. naaf, G. nabe, OHG. naba, Icel. nöf, Dan. nav, Sw. naf, Skr. nābhi nave and navel: cf. L. umbo boss of a shield. √260. Cf. .] 1. The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob.
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2. The navel. [Obs.] hak.
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Nave, n. [F. nef, fr. L. navis ship, to which the church was often likened; akin to Gr. nayarchos, Skr. nāus, and perh. to AS. naca boat, G. nachen, Icel. nökkvi; cf. L. nare to swim, float. Cf. , , .] (Arch.) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances, or, if there are no transepts, from the choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles.
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Navel (nāv'l), n. [AS. nafela, fr. nafu nave; akin to D. navel, G. nabel, OHG. nabolo, Icel. nafli, Dan. navle, Sw. nafle, L. umbilicus, Gr. 'omfalos, Skr. nābhīla. √260. See hub, and cf. , , .] 1. (Anat.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus; called also belly button in humans. See .
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2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
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Within the navel of this hideous wood,
Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. Milton.
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3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
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Coloq. Navel gall , a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. Johnson. -- Coloq. Navel point . (Her.) Same as .
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navel orange. A type of orange in which the fruit incloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex. There are several varieties; they are usually seedless, or nearly so, and are much grown in California.
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Navel-string (?), n. The umbilical cord.
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Navelwort (?), n. (Bot.) A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort.
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Navew (?), n. [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus navew. Cf. .] (Bot.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See . [Written also naphew.]
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Navicular (?), a. [L. navicularius, fr. navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
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2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
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Coloq. Navicular bone . (Anat.) (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; -- called also scaphoid. (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid. -- Coloq. Navicular disease (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.
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Navicular, n. (Anat.) The navicular bone.
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Navigability (?), n. [Cf. F. navigabilité.] The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.
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Navigable (?), a. [L. navigabilis: cf. F. navigable. See .] Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.
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☞ By the common law, a river is considered as navigable only so far as the tide ebbs and flows in it. This is also the doctrine in several of the United States. In other States, the doctrine of the civil law prevails, which is, that a navigable river is a river capable of being navigated, in the common sense of the term. Kent. Burrill.
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-- Navigableness, n. -- Navigably, adv.
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Navigate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Navigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Navigating.] [L. navigatus, p. p. of navigare, v.t. & i.; navis ship + agere to move, direct. See , and .] 1. To journey by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail.
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The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the Western Ocean. Arbuthnot.
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2. To direct or operate a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft.
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3. To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles; as, to navigate around all the randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room.
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Navigate, v. t. 1. To pass over in ships; to sail over or on; as, to navigate the Atlantic.
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2. To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship.
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3. To pass through, over, or around; -- used especially of a course having obstacles; as, to navigate all the randomly scattered tables to the far side of the room.
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Navigation (?), n. [L. navigatio: cf. F. navigation.] 1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
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2. (a) The science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy. (b) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.
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3. Ships in general. [Poetic] Shak.
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Coloq. Aërial navigation , the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of airplanes or ballons; aviation; aëronautic. -- Coloq. Inland navigation , Coloq. Internal navigation , navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc.
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navigational adj. of or pertaining to navigation; used in navigation; as, navigational aids.
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Navigator (?), n. One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.
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Navigerous (?), a. [L. naviger; navis ship + gerere to bear.] Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels. [R.] Blount.
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Navvy (?), n.; pl. Navies (#). [Abbreviated fr. navigator.] Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]
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Navy (?); n.; pl. Navies (#). [ OF. navie, fr. L. navis ship. See of a church.] 1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. “The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir.” 1 kings x. 11.
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2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
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3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
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4. same as .
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Coloq. Navy bean . see . -- Coloq. Navy yard , a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.
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Navy (?), a. Having a color of navy blue.
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Navy blue, n. 1. A dark grayish blue. Also called navy.
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2. Prussian blue. [archaic]
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Nawab (?), n. [See .] 1. A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.
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2. A rich, retired Anglo-Indian; a nabob.
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Nawl (?), n. [See .] An awl. [Obs.] usser.
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nay (nā), adv. [Icel. nei; akin to E. no. See , adv.] 1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. Opposed to aye or yea. See also .
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And eke when I say “ye,” ne say not “nay.” Chaucer.
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I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke xiii. 3.
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And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. Acts xvi. 37.
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He that will not when he may,
When he would he shall have nay. Old Prov.
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☞ Before the time of Henry VIII. nay was used to answer simple questions, and no was used when the form of the question involved a negative expression; nay was the simple form, no the emphatic. Skeat.
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2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.
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☞ Nay in this sense may be interchanged with yea. “Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir.” Shak.
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Nay, n.; pl. Nays (�). 1. Denial; refusal.
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2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
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Coloq. It is no nay , there is no denying it. [Obs.] haucer.
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Nay, v. t. & i. To refuse. [Obs.] Holinshed.
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Nayaur (?), n. (Zoöl.) A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepal and Tibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.
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Nayt (?), v. t. [Icel. neita.] To refuse; to deny. [Obs.] “He shall not nayt ne deny his sin.” Chaucer.
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Nayward (?), n. The negative side. [R.]
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Howe'er you lean to the nayward. Shak.
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Nayword (?), n. A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword. [Obs.] hak.
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Nazarene (?), prop. n. [L. Nazarenus, Gr. �, fr. � Nazareth.] 1. A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.
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Nazarite (?), prop. n. A Jew bound by a vow to leave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.
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Nazariteship, prop. n. The state of a Nazarite.
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Nazaritic (?), prop. a. Of or pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites.
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Nazaritism (?; 277), prop. n. The vow and practice of a Nazarite.
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naze (?), n. [See .] A promontory or headland.
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Nazirite (?), prop. n. A Nazarite.
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ne (nē), adv. [AS. ne. See .] Not; never. [Obs.]
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He never yet no villany ne said. Chaucer.
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☞ Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never (= ne ever) and none (= ne one). Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as nad, nam, nil. See , 2.
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ne, conj. [See , adv.] Nor. [Obs.] Shak.
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No niggard ne no fool. Chaucer.
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Coloq. Ne . . . ne , neither . . . nor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Neaf (nēf), n. See 2d . Shak.
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Neal (nēl), v. t. To anneal. [R.] Chaucer.
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Neal, v. i. To be tempered by heat. [R.] Bacon.
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neanderthal adj. 1. uncouth in manners or appearance.
Syn. -- boorish, clownish, loutish, oafish.
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Neanderthal (?), prop. a. 1. (Anthropol.) Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence, pertaining to or designating the Neanderthal race, or Neanderthal man, a species of extinct robust humans, believed to have been widespread in the Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia; as, a Neanderthal skull.
Syn. -- Neanderthalian.
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2. Similar to or reminiscent of a neanderthal human; troglodytic; primitive and uncultured.
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Neanderthal (?), prop. n. 1. (Anthropol.) A neanderthal human being; a member of the race Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; as, neanderthals were shorter than modern humans.
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2. One resembling a neanderthal human; a troglodyte; a cave man.
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3. Hence: (Fig.) A person of primitive, unenlightened or uneducated opinions or attitudes; one with a regressive social or political outlook; -- used disparagingly.
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Neanderthalian adj. same as {1}.
Syn. -- Neanderthal.
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Neanderthaloid (?), a. [Neanderthal + -oid.] (Anthropol.) Like, or pertaining to, the Neanderthal skull, or the type of man it represents.
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Neap (?), n. [Cf. , .] The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. [U.S.]
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Neap (nēp), a. [As. nēpflōd neap flood; cf. hnipian to bend, incline.] Low.
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Coloq. Neap tides , the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to spring tides.
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Neap, n. A neap tide.
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High springs and dead neaps. Harkwill.
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Neaped (?), a. (Naut.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped.
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Neapolitan (?), prop. a. [L. Neapolitanus, fr. Neapolis Naples, Gr. �, lit., New town.] Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy. -- n. A native or citizen of Naples.
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{ Neapolitan ice, Neapolitan ice cream }. (a) An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream. (b) An ice or ice cream prepared in layers, as vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate ice cream, and orange or lemon water ice.
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Near (nēr), adv. [AS. neár, compar. of neáh nigh. See .] 1. At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.
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My wife! my traitress! let her not come near me. Milton.
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2. Nearly; almost; well-nigh. “Near twenty years ago.” Shak. “Near a fortnight ago.” Addison.
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Near about the yearly value of the land. Locke.
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3. Closely; intimately. Shak.
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Coloq. Far and near , at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region. -- Coloq. To come near to , to want but little of; to approximate to. “Such a sum he found would go near to ruin him.” Addison. -- Coloq. Near the wind (Naut.), close to the wind; closehauled.
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Near (?), a. [Compar. Nearer (?); superl. Nearest.] [See , adv.] 1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. “As one near death.” Shak.
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He served great Hector, and was ever near,
Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. Dryden.
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2. Closely connected or related.
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She is thy father's near kinswoman. Lev. xviii. 12.
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3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
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4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original.
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5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow{3}; as, a near escape; a near miss.
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6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See Off side, under , a.
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7. Immediate; direct; close; short. “The nearest way.” Milton.
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8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.]
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☞ Near may properly be followed by to before the thing approached; but more frequently to is omitted, and the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition. The same is also true of the word nigh.
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Syn. -- Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; familiar; dear.
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Near, prep. Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the Note under , a.
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Near, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neared (?); p. pr. & vb. n Nearing.] [See , adv.] To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.
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Near, v. i. To draw near; to approach.
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A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist!
And still it neared, and neared. Coleridge.
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Nearctic (?), a. [Neo + arctic.] Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.
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Near beer. Any of various malt liquors (see Citation below).
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Near beer is a term of common currency used to designate all that class of malt liquors which contain so little alcohol (usually less than 1/2 per cent) that they will not produce intoxication, though drunk to excess, and includes in its meaning all malt liquors which are not within the purview of the general prohibition law. Cambell v. City of Thomasville, Georgia Appeal Records, 6 212.
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nearby a. & adv. situated near; as, the nearby towns. Opposite of far away.
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nearer adj. less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house.
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Nearhand (?), a. & adv. Near; near at hand; closely. [Obs. or Scot.] Bacon.
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Near-legged (?), a. Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling. Shak.
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Nearly, adv. In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost; as, he nearly lost his life in the accident.
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Nearness, n. The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.
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Nearsighted (?), a. Seeing distinctly at short distances only; myopic; shortsighted.
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Nearsightedness, n. (Med.) An eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability, such that one can see only close objects distinctly; the condition of being nearsighted. See , and .
Syn. -- myopia, shortsightedness.
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Neat (nēt), n. sing. & pl. [AS. neát; akin to OHG. nōz, Icel. naut, Sw. nöt, Dan. nöd, and to AS. neótan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit.] (Zoöl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot. Chaucer.
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Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat. Spenser.
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The steer, the heifer, and the calf
Are all called neat. Shak.
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A neat and a sheep of his own. Tusser.
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Coloq. Neat's-foot , an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.
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Neat, a. [See , n.] Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.
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Neat, a. [Compar. Neater (?); superl. Neatest.] [OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf. , , a., .] 1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.
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If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. Law.
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2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
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3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy; to drink one's vodka neat. Hence: (Chem.) Pure; undiluted; as, dissolved in neat acetone. “Our old wine neat.” Chapman.
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4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
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5. With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See , a., 3.]
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Coloq. neat line (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be built or formed. -- Coloq. Neat work , work built or formed to neat lines.
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Syn. -- Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.
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'Neath (? or �), prep. & adv. An abbreviation of . [Poetic]
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Neatherd (?), n. A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd. Dryden.
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Neathouse (?), n. A building for the shelter of neat cattle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Massinger.
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Neatify (?), v. t. [Neat, a. + -fy.] To make neat. [Obs.] olland.
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Neatly, adv. In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully.
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neatness, n. The state or quality of being neat.
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Neatress (?), n. [From neat cattle.] A woman who takes care of cattle. [R.] Warner.
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Neb (nĕb), n. [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. næb beak, bill, Sw. näbb, näf, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill, beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. , , .] The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen. [Also written nib.] Shak.
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