Nam, obs. imp. of Nim. Chaucer.
Nam"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being named.
Na*ma"tion (?), n. [LL. namare to take; cf. AS. niman to take.] (O.
Eng. & Scots Law) A distraining or levying of a distress; an
impounding. Burrill.
Nam"ay*cush (?), n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A large North American lake
trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and
sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake
trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.
Nam"by-pam`by (?), n. [From Ambrose Phillips, in ridicule of the
extreme simplicity of some of his verses.] Talk or writing which is
weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty. Macaulay.
Nam"by-pam`by, a. Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical;
insipid. Thackeray.
Namby-pamby madrigals of love.
W. Gifford.
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Name (?), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name,
Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam, L. nomen (perh.
influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr.
nman. √267. Cf. Anonymous, Ignominy, Misnomer, Nominal, Noun.] 1.
The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a
distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name
thereof.
Gen. ii. 19.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would
smell as sweet.
Shak.
2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing,
on account of a character or acts.
His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Is. ix. 6.
3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame;
especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation;
distinction.
What men of name resort to him?
Shak.
Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world,
but also in that which is to come.
Eph. i. 21.