Emily Dickinson Lexicon

NON'-CLAIM, n.

A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim. Bailey.

NON-CO-HE'SION, n.

Want of cohesion. Lindley.

NON-CO-IN'CI-DENT, a.

Not coincident.

NON-COM-MITAL, n.

A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance of committing one's self. American politics.

NON-COM-MUN-ION, n.

Neglect or failure of communion. B. Trumbull.

NON-COM-PLIANCE, n.

Neglect or failure of compliance.

NON-COM-PLY'ING, a.

Neglecting or refusing to comply. Milton. Non compos mentis, or non compos. [L] Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or by accident.

NON-CON-CLUD-ING, a.

Not ending or closing. Baxter.

NON-CON-DUCTING, a.

Not conducting; not transmitting another fluid. Thus in electricity, wax is a non-conducting substance.

NON-CON-DUC'TION, n.

A non-conducting. Ure.

NON-CON-DUCT'OR, n.

A substance which does not conduct, that is, transmit another substance or fluid, or which transmits it with difficulty. Thus wool is a non-conductor of heat; glass and dry wood are non-conductors of the electrical flnid.

NON-CON-FORM'IST, n.

One who neglects or refuses to conform to the rites and mode of worship of an established church. Blackstone. Swift.

NON-CON-FORMIT'Y, n.

1. Neglect or failure of conformity.
2. The neglect or refusal to unite with an established church in its rites and mode of worship. Blackstone.

NON-CON-TA'GIOUS, a.

Not contagious.

NON-CON-TA'GIOUS-NESS, n.

The quality or state of being not communicable from a diseased to a healthy body.

NON-CON-TRIB'U-TING, a.

Not contributing. Jefferson.

NON-CO-TEM-PO-RA'NE-OUS, a.

Not being contemporary, or not of contemporary origin. Journ. of Science.

NON-DE-LIVE-RY, n.

A neglect or failure of delivery. Blackstone.

NON-DEP-O-SITION, n.

A failure to deposit or throw down.

NON-DE-SCRIPT', a. [L. non, not, and descriptus, described.]

That has not been described.

NON-DE-SCRIPT', n.

Any thing that has not been described. Thns a plant or animal newly discovered is called a nondescript.

NON-DE-VEL'OP-MENT, n.

A failure of development. Lindley.

NON-DIS-COVER-Y, n.

Want of discovery. Buckland.

NONE, a. [Sax. non ne, not, and one, one. The Latins use nemo, neminis, that is, ne and man.]

1. Not one; used of persons or things. There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Ps. xiv.
2. Not any; not a part; not the least portion. six days shall ye gather it, but on the Seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shalt he none. Exod. xvi.
3. It was formerly used before nouns; as, "thou shalt have none assurance of thy life." This use is obsolete; we now use no; thou shalt have no assurance. "This is none other but the house of God;" we now say, no other.
4. It is used as a substitute, the noun being omitted. "He walketh through dry places, seeking rest and finding none;" that is, no rest. Matth. xii.
5. In the following phrase, it is used for nothing, or no concern. "Israel would none of me," that is, Israel would not listen to me at all; they would have no concern with me; they utterly rejected my counsels.
6. As a substitute, none has a plural signification. Terms of peace were none vouchsafed. Milton.

NON-E-LECT, n. [L. non, not, and electus, elected.]

One who is not elected or chosen to salvation. Huntington.