Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NOURISH-ING-LY, adv.

Nutritively; cherishingly.

NOURISHMENT, n. nur'ishment.

1. That which serves to promote the growth of animals or plants, or to repair the waste of animal bodies; food; sustenance; nutriment. Newton.
2. Nutrition; support of animal or vegetable bodies. Blackmore.
3. Instruction, or that which promotes growth in attainments; as, nourishment and growth in grace. So they may learn to seek the nourishment of their souls. Hooker.

NOURI-TURE,

See NURTURE.

NOURS'LING,

See NURSLING.

NOVA-BLE-NESS, n.

1. Activity; industriousness; care. [Little wed.]
2. Remarkableness.

NO-VACU-LITE, n. [L. norucu/a, a razor.]

Razor-stone; Turkey-hone; coticular shirt; whet-slate, a variety of argillaccous slate. Brongniart. Ure.

NO-VAITIAN-ISM, n.

The opinions of the Novatians. One Hypolltus, a Roman presbyter, had been seduced into Novatiunism. Milner.

NO-VA'TIAN, n.

In church history, one of the sect of Novatus or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

NO-VA'TION,

See INNOVATION.

NO-VA'TOR,

See INNOVATOR.

NOV'EL, a. [L. novellus, from novus,new; It. novella; Sp. novel.]

1. New; of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; hence, unusual; as, a novel heresy; novel opinions. The proceedings of the court were novel.
2. In the civil law, the novel constitutions are those which are supplemental to the code, and posterior in time to the other books. These contained new decrees of successive emperors.
3. In the common law, the assize of novel disseizin is an action in which the demandant recites a complaint of the disseizin in terms of direct averment, whereupon the sherif is commanded to reseize the land and chattels thereon, and keep the same in custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone.

NOV'EL, n.

1. A new or supplemental constitution or decree. [See the adjective.]
2. A fictitious tale or narrative in prose, intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love. The coxcomb's novel and the drunkard's toast. Prior.

NOV'EL-ISM, as.

Innovation. [Little used.] Dering.

NOV'EL-IST, n.

1. An innovator; an asserter of novelty. Bacon. White.
2. A writer of a novel or of novels. Warton.
3. A writer of news. [Not used.] Tatler.

NOV'EL-IZE, v.i.

To innovate. [Not in use.]

NOV'EL-STUD-I-ED, a.

Studied an novels. Tucker.

NOV'EL-TY, n.

Newness; recentness of origin or introduction. Hooker. Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. South.

NO-VEM'BER, n. [L. from novem, nine; the ninth month, according to the ancient Roman year, beginning in March.]

The eleventh month of the year.

NO'VEN-A-RY, a.

Pertaining to the number nine.

NO'VEN-A-RY, n. [L. novenarius, from neeces, nine.]

The number nine; nme collectively.

NO-VEN'NI-AL, a. [L. novem, nine, and minus, year.]

Done every ninth year. Potter.

NO-VER'CAL, a. [L. noverca, a step-mother.]

Pertaining to a step-mother; suitable to a step-mother; in the manner of a step-mother. Derham.

NOVICE, n. [Fr. from L. novitius, from novus, new.]

1. One who is new in any business; one unacquainted or unskilled; one in the rudiments; a beginner. I am young, a novice in the trade. Dryden.
2. One that has entered a religious house, but has not taken the vow; a probationer. Shak.
3. One newly planted in the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith. I Tim. iii.

NO-VI-LU'NAR, a. [L. noulluaium.]

Pertaining to the new moon.

NO-VITIATE, n. [Fr. noviciat; It. noriziato. See Novice.]

1. The state or time of learning rudiments.
2. In religious houses, a year or other time of probation for the trial of a novice, to determine whether he has the necessary qualities for living up to the rule to which his vow is to bind him.