Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NOTCH'-WEED, n.

A plant called orach. Johnson,

NOTE,

for ne mote, knew not or could not. Chaucer. Spenser.

NOTE, n. [L. note.; Fr. note; W. nod; from L. notes, nasco, to know.]

1. A mark or token; something by which a thing may be known; a visible sign. They who appertain to the visible church have all the notes of external profession. Hooker.
2. A mark wade in a book, indicating something worthy of particular notice.
3. A short remark; a passage or explanation in the margin of a book.
4. A minute, memorandum or short writing intended to assist the memory.
5. Notice; heed. Give order to my servants that they take No note at alt of our being absent hence. Shak.
6. Reputation; consequence; distinction; as, men of note. Acts xvi.
7. State of being observed. Small matters, continually in use and note. [Little tined.] Bacon.
8. In music, a character which marks a sound, or the sound itself; as a semibreve, a minim, &c. Notes are marks of sounds in relation to elevation or depression, or to the time of continuing sounds.
9. Tune; voice; harmonious or melodious sounds. The wakeful bird tunes her nocturnal note. Milton. One common note on either lyre did strike. Dryden.
10. Abbreviation; symbol. Baker.
11. A short letter; a billet. Dryden.
12. Annotation; commentary; as, the notes in Scott's Bible; to write notes on Homer. 1 13. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt and promising payment; as, a promissory nate; a bank-note; a note of hand; n negotiable note.
13. Notes, plur-, a writing; a written discourse; applied equally to minutes or heads of a discourse or argument, or to a discourse fully written. The advocate often has notes to assist his memory, and clergymen preach with notes or without them.
14. A diplomatic communication in writing; an official paper sent from one minister or envoy to another. My note of January 10th still remains unanswered. Gallatin.

NOTE, v.t. [Sax. hnitan.]

To butt; to push with the horns. [Not used.] Ray.

NOTE, v.t. [L. tado.]

1. To observe; to notice with particular care; to heed; to attend to. No more of that; I have noted it well. Shak. Their manners noted and their states survey'd. Pope.
2. To set down in writing. Note it in a book. Is. xxx.
3. To charge, as with a crime; with of or for. They were both noted of incontinency. [Ms.] Dryden.

NOTE-BOOK, n.

1. A book in which memorandums are written. Shak.
2. A book in which notes of hand are registered.

NOT-ED, pp.

1. Set down in writing.
2. Observed; noticed.
3. adj. Remarkable; much known by reputation or report; eminent; celebrated; as, a coal author; a noted coin.; mender; a noted traveler.

NOT-ED-LY, adv.

With observation or notice. Shak.

NOT-ED-NESS, a.

Conspicuousness; eminence; celebrity. Boyle.

NOTE-LESS, a.

Not attracting notice; not conspicuous. Decker.

NOTE-LESS-NESS, n.

A state of being noteless. Knocks.

NOT-ER, n.

One who takes notice; an annotator. Gregory.

NOTE-WOR-THY, a.

Worthy of observation or notice. Shak.

NOTHING, a. [no and thing.]

1. Not any thing; not any being or existence; a word that denies the existence of anything; non-entity; opposed to something. The world was created from nothing.
2. Non-existence; a state of annihilation. Shak.
3. Not any thing; not any particular thing, deed or event. Nothing was done to redeem our character. He thought nothing done while any thing remained to he done. A determination to choose nothing is a determination not to choose the truth. J. M. Mason.
4. No other thing. Nothing but this will entitle you to Cod's acceptance. Wake.
5. No part, portion, quantity or degree. The troops manifested nothing of irresolution in the attack. Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. Dryden.
6. No importance; no value; no use. Behold, ye are of nothing, aud your work of naught. Is. xli.
7. No possession of estate; a low condition. A man that from very nothing is grown to aa unspeakable estate. Shak.
8. A thing of no proportion to something, or of trifling value or advantage. The charge of making the ground, and otherwise, is great, but nothing to the profit. Bacon.
9. A trifle; a thing of no consideration or importance. Pis nothing, says the fool; but, says the fiend, This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end. Dryden. To make nothing of, to make no difficulty or to consider as trifling, light, or unimportant. We are industrious to preserve our bodies from slavery, but we make nothing of suffering our souls to be slaves to our lusts. Ray.

NOTHING, adv.

In no degree; not at all. Adam, with such counsel nothing sway'd. Milton. In the phrase, nothing worth, the words are transposed; the natural order being, worth nothing.

NOTHING-NESS, n.

1. Nihility; non-existence. Donne.
2. Nothing; a thing of no value. Hudibras.

NOTICE, v.t.

1. To observe; to see. We noticed the conduct of the speaker; we noticed no improper conduct.
2. To heed; to regard. His conduct was rude, but I did not notice it.
3. To remark; to mention or make observations on. This plant deserves to be noticed in this place. Tooke. Another circumstance was noticed in connection with the suggestion last discussed. Hamilton.
4. To treat with attention and civilities; as, to notice stranger.
5. To observe intellectually.

NOTICE, v.t. [Fr. from L. nolitio, from nob or notres.]

1. Observation by the eye or by the other senses. We take notice of objects passing or standing before us; we take notice of the words of a speaker; we take notice of a peculiar taste of food, or of the smell of an orange, and of our peculiar sensations. Notice then is the act by which we have knowledge of something within the reach of the senses. or the effect of an impression on some of the senses,
2. Observation by the mind or intellectual power; as, to take notice of a distinction between truth and veracity.
3. Information; intelligence by whatever means communicated; knowledge given or received; as, I received notice by a messenger or by letter. He gave notice of his arrival. The bell gives notice of the hour of the clay. The merchant gives notice that a bill of exchange is not accepted.
4. A paper that communicates information.
5. Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
6. Remark; observation.

NOTICE-A-BLE, a.

That may be observed; worthy of observation.

NOTIC-ED, pp.

Observed; seen; remarked; treated with attention.

NOTICING, ppr.

Observing; seeing; regarding; remarking on; treating with attention.

NO-TI-FI-CATION, n. [See Notify.]

1. The act of notifying or giving notice; the act of making known, particularly 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.
2. Notice given in words or writing, or by signs.
3. The writing which communicates information; an advertisement, citation, &c.

NO'TI-FI-ED, pp.

1. Made known; applied to things. This design of the king was notified to the court of Berlin.
2. Informed by words, writing or other means; applied persons. The Inhabitants of the city have been notifies that a meeting is to be held at the State House.

NOTI-FY, v.t. [Fr. notifier; It. notificare L. notus, known, and fade, to make.]

1. To make known; to declare; to publish. The laws of God notify to man his will and our duty.
2. To make known by private communication; to give information of. The allied sovereigns have notified the Spanish court of their purpose of maintaining legitimate government message.
3. To give notice to; to inform by words or writing, in person or by message, or by any signs which are understood. The constable has notified the citizens to meet at the City Hall. The bell notifies us of the time of meeting. The President of the United States has notified the House of Representatives, that he has approved and signed the act. Journals of the Senate. Note. 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.

NO'TI-FY-ING, ppr.

Making known; giving notice to.