Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: NAR'WHAL – NATCH
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NAR'WHAL, n.
A cetaceous mammal of the genus Narwhalus, sometimes called sea-unicorn. [1841 Addenda only.]
NAS, v. [for ne has, has not. Obs.]
Spenser.
NA'SAL, a. [s as z. L. nasus, nose; It. nasale.]
Pertaining to the nose; formed or affected by the nose; as, a nasal sound; a nasal letter.
NA'SAL, n. [s as z.]
- A letter whose sound is affected by the nose.
- A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine, Barton.
NA'SAL-IZE, v.t.
To render nasal, as sound.
NA'SAL-LY, adv.
In a nasal manner; by the nose.
NAS'CAL, n.
A kind of pessary. Ferrand. A pessary made of wool or cotton, to raise the nose when compressed. Parr.
NAS'CENCY, n.
The beginning of production.
NAS'CENT, a. [L. nascens, nascor, to be born.]
Beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being. Black.
NASE'BER-RY, n.
The fruit, of a species of the genus Sloanea. Fam. of Plants.
NAS'I-COR-NOUS, a. [L. nasus, nose, and cornu, horn.]
Having a horn growing on the nose. Brown.
NAS'TI-LY, adv. [from nasty.]
- In a nasty manner; filthily; dirtily.
- Obscenely.
NAS'TI-NESS, n.
- Extreme filthiness; dirtiness; filth.
- Obscenity; ribaldry. South.
NAS-TUR'TION, n. [L. nasturtium; quod nasum torqueat. Varro.]
A plant of the genus Tropæolum; Indian cresses.
NAS'TY, a. [origin unknown. Qu. G. nass, wet.]
- Disgustingly filthy; very dirty, foul or defiled; nauseous. Atterbury.
- Obscene.
NA'SUS, n.
A fresh-water fish, about nine inches in length, resembling the chub. It is found in the Danube, Rhine and other large rivers of Germany. Dict. Nat. Hist.
NA'SUTE, a. [L. nasutus.]
Critically nice; captious. Bp. Gauden.
NA'TAL, a. [L. natalis, from nascor, to be born.]
Pertaining to birth. The natal day is the day of birth or nativity. So we say, natal hour; natal place. Camden. Prior.
NA-TAL-I'TIAL, or NA-TAL-I'TIOUS, a. [L. natalitius, from nascor, to be born.]
Pertaining to one's birth or birth-day, or consecrated to one's nativity. Evelyn.
NA'TALS, n. [plu.]
Time and place of nativity.
NA'TANT, a. [L. natans, from nato, to swim.]
In botany, swimming; floating on the surface of water; as the leaf of an aquatic plant. Lee. Martyn.
NA'TANT-LY, adv.
Swimmingly; floatingly.
NA-TA'TION, n. [L. natatio, from nato, to swim.]
A swimming; the act of floating on the water. [Little used.] Brown.
NA'TA-TO-RY, a.
Enabling to swim. Brit. Crit.
NATCH, n. [for notch.]
The part of an ox between the loins, near the rump. Marshal.