Notable - Notorhizal

2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.
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☞ Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoëpists, nŏtȧb'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable.
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3. Well-known; notorious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Notable (nōtȧb'l), n. 1. A person, or thing, of distinction.
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2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.
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Notableness, n. The quality of being notable.
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Notably, adv. In a notable manner.
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Notæum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � pertaining to the notum or back.] (Zoöl.) The back or upper surface, as of a bird.
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Notal (?), a. [Gr. nw^ton the back.] Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.
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Notandum (?), n.; pl. Notanda (#). [L., fr. notare to observe.] A thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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Notarial (?), a. [Cf. F. notarial.] Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.
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Notarially, adv. In a notarial manner.
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Notary (?), n.; pl. Notaries (#). [F. notaire, L. notarius notary (in sense 1), fr. nota mark. See 5th .]
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1. One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.
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2. (Eng. & Am. Law) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public.
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Notate (?), a. [L. notatus marked, p. p. of notare to mark. See 5th .] (Bot.) Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored. Henslow.
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Notation (?), n. [L. notatio a marking, observing, etymology, fr. notare to mark, nota a mark: cf. F. notation. See 5th .] 1. The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.
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2. Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.
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3. Literal or etymological signification. [Obs.]
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“Conscience” is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge. South.
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Notch (nŏch), n. [Akin to nock; cf. OD. nock, OSw. nocka. Cf. a notch.]
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1. A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
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And on the stick ten equal notches makes. Swift.
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2. A narrow passage between two elevations; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.
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Notch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notched (nŏcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Notching.] 1. To cut or make notches in; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick.
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2. To fit the notch of (an arrow) to the string.
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God is all sufferance; here he doth show
No arrow notched, only a stringless bow. Herrick.
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Notchboard (?), n. (Carp.) The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.
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Notching, n. 1. The act of making notches; the act of cutting into small hollows.
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2. The small hollow, or hollows, cut; a notch or notches.
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3. (Carp.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.
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4. (Engin.) A method of excavating, as in a bank, by a series of cuttings side by side. See also .
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Notchweed (?), n. (Bot.) A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).
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Note (nōt), v. t. [AS. hnītan to strike against, imp. hnāt.] To butt; to push with the horns. [Prov. Eng.]
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Note (nōt). [AS. nāt; ne not + wāt wot. See , and .] Know not; knows not. [Obs.]
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Note, n. Nut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Note, n. [AS. notu use, profit.] Need; needful business. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Note, n. [F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to know. See .] 1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
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Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession. Hooker.
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She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous. J. H. Newman.
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What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! Mrs. Humphry Ward.
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2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
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3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
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The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. Felton.
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4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
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5. pl. Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.
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6. A short informal letter; a billet.
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7. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
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8. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
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9. A list of items or of charges; an account. [Obs.]
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Here is now the smith's note for shoeing. Shak.
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10. (Mus.) (a) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence: (b) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. (c) A key of the piano or organ.
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The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal note. Milton.
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That note of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann. W. Pater.
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11. Observation; notice; heed.
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Give orders to my servants that they take
No note at all of our being absent hence. Shak.
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12. Notification; information; intelligence. [Obs.]
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The king . . . shall have note of this. Shak.
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13. State of being under observation. [Obs.]
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Small matters . . . continually in use and in note. Bacon.
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14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.
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There was scarce a family of note which had not poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold. Prescott.
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15. Stigma; brand; reproach. [Obs.] Shak.
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Coloq. Note of hand , a promissory note.
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Note (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n. Noting.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See , n.]
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1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. Pope.
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No more of that; I have noted it well. Shak.
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The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. Abraham Lincoln (Gettysburg Address, 1863).
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2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
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Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. Maccaulay.
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3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.]
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They were both noted of incontinency. Dryden.
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4. To denote; to designate. Johnson.
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5. To annotate. [R.] W. H. Dixon.
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6. To set down in musical characters.
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Coloq. To note a bill or Coloq. To note a draft , to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
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Notebook (?), n. 1. A book in which notes or memorandums are written.
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2. A book in which notes of hand are registered.
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notecase n. A case for holding paper money; a wallet.
Syn. -- wallet, billfold.
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Notechis prop. n. A genus including the tiger snakes.
Syn. -- genus Notechis.
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Noted (?), a. Well known by reputation or report; eminent; famous; prominent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler. -- Notedly, adv. -- Notedness, n.
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Noteful (?), a. Useful. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Noteless, a. Not attracting notice; not conspicuous.
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Noteless as the race from which he sprung. Sir W. Scott.
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Notelessness, n. A state of being noteless.
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Notelet (?), n. A little or short note; a billet.
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Note paper (?). Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches.
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Noter (?), n. 1. One who takes notice.
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2. An annotator. [Obs.]
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Noteworthy (?), a. Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable.
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Nother (?), conj. Neither; nor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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nother (?), a. Other; -- variant spelling used mostly in the phrase a whole nother (i. e., a completely different), as though formed by splitting the word “another”.
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Nothing (?), n. [From no, a. + thing.] 1. Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something.
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Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. Dryden.
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2. Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness. Shak.
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3. A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.
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Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought. Is. xli. 24.
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'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend,
This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end. Dryden.
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4. (Arith.) A cipher; naught.
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Coloq. Nothing but , only; no more than. Chaucer. -- Coloq. To make nothing of . (a) To make no difficulty of; to consider as trifling or important. “We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts.” Ray. (b) Not to understand; as, I could make nothing of what he said.
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Nothing, adv. In no degree; not at all; in no wise.
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Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed. Milton.
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The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed. Burke.
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Coloq. Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.
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Nothingarian (?), n. One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect.
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Nothingism (?), n. Nihility; nothingness. [R.]
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Nothingness, n. 1. Nihility; nonexistence.
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2. The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.
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nothings n. 1. inconsequential conversation; as, they traded a few nothings as they parted.
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Nothofagus prop. n. A genus of beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa; the southern beech.
Syn. -- genus Nothofagus.
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nothosaur n. An extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming.
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Notice (?), n. [F., fr. L. notitia a being known, knowledge, fr. noscere, notum, to know. See .] 1. The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.
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How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons! I. Watts.
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2. Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge given or received; means of knowledge; express notification; announcement; warning.
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I . . . have given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here. Shak.
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3. An announcement, often accompanied by comments or remarks; as, book notices; theatrical notices.
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4. A writing communicating information or warning.
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5. Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
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Coloq. To take notice of , to perceive especially; to observe or treat with particular attention.
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Syn. -- Attention; regard; remark; note; heed; consideration; respect; civility; intelligence; advice; news.
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Notice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noticed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Noticing (?).] 1. To observe; to see; to mark; to take note of; to heed; to pay attention to.
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2. To show that one has observed; to take public note of; remark upon; to make comments on; to refer to; as, to notice a book.
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This plant deserves to be noticed in this place. Tooke.
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Another circumstance was noticed in connection with the suggestion last discussed. Sir W. Hamilton.
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3. To treat with attention and civility; as, to notice strangers.
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Syn. -- To remark; observe; perceive; see; mark; note; mind; regard; heed; mention. See .
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Noticeable (?), a. Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicuous.
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A noticeable man, with large gray eyes. Wordsworth.
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Noticeably, adv. In a noticeable manner.
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Noticer (?), n. One who notices.
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Notidanian (?), n. [Gr. � back + � comely.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidæ, or Hexanchidæ. Called also cow sharks. See .
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Notification (?), n. [Cf. F. notification. See .] 1. The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.
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2. Notice given in words or writing, or by signs.
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3. The writing which communicates information; an advertisement, or citation, etc.
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Notify (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Notified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Notifying (?).] [F. notifier, L. notificare; notus known (p. p. of noscere to known) + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See , and .]
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1. To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person.
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No law can bind till it be notified or promulged. Sowth.
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2. To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the city hall; the bell notifies us of the time of meeting.
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The President of the United States has notified the House of Representatives that he has approved and signed the act. Journal of the Senate, U. S.
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☞ This application of notify has been condemned; but it is in constant good use in the United States, and in perfect accordance with the use of certify.
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notifying n. The act or process of informing by words.
Syn. -- telling, apprisal, notification.
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Notion (?), [L. notio, fr. noscere to know: cf. F. notion. See .] 1. Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notæ.
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What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles. Sir I. Newton.
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Few agree in their notions about these words. Cheyne.
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That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the “idea” of hunger, cold, etc. I. Watts.
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Notion, again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act. Sir W. Hamilton.
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2. A sentiment; an opinion.
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The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves. Addison.
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A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity. J. H. Newman.
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3. Sense; mind. [Obs.] Shak.
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4. An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions. [Colloq.]
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5. Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it. [Colloq.]
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6. Miscellaneous small objects; sundries; -- usually referring to articles displayed together for sale.
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Notional (?), a. 1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.
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2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.
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Discourses of speculative and notional things. Evelyn.
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3. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.
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Notionality (?), n. A notional or groundless opinion. [R.] Glanvill.
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Notionally (?), adv. In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.
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Two faculties . . . notionally or really distinct. Norris.
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Notionate (?), a. Notional. [R.]
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Notionist, n. One whose opinions are ungrounded notions. [R.] Bp. Hopkins.
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Notist (?), n. An annotator. [Obs.]
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Notobranchiata (?), n. pl. [NL. See , and .] (Zoöl.) (a) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back. (b) The Dorsibranchiata.
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Notobranchiate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Notobranchiata.
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Notochord (?), n. [Gr. nw^ton the back + E. chord.] (Anat.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebræ and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of .
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Notochordal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.
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Notodontian (?), n. [Gr. nw^ton the back + 'odoys, 'odontos a tooth.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back.
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Notophthalmus prop. n. One of the genera of newts, included in the family Salamandridae.
Syn. -- genus Notophthalmus.
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Notopodium (?), n.; pl. L. Notopodia (#), E. Notopodiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. nw^ton the back + poys, podos, the foot.] (Zoöl.) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See .
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Notorhizal (nōt�rīz�l), a. [Gr. nw^ton the back + riza a root.] (Bot.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.
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