Syn. -- Native, natural. See Native.
{ Na`ta*li"tial (?), Na`ta*li"tious (?) }, a. [L. natalitius, from
natalis. See Natal.] Of or pertaining to one's birth or birthday, or
one's nativity. [Obs.] "Natalitial poplar." Evelyn. "Natalitious fire."
W. Cartwright.
Na*tal"o*in (?), n. [From Natal aloes.] (Chem.) A bitter crystalline
substance constituting the essential principle of Natal aloes. Cf.
Aloon.
Na*tal" plum` (?). (Bot.) The drupaceous fruit of two South African
shrubs of the genus Arduina (A. bispinosa and A. grandiflora).
Na"tals (?), n. pl. One's birth, or the circumstances attending it.
[Obs.] Fitz- Geffry.
Na"tant (?), a. [L. natans, - antis, from swim, v. intens. fr. nare to
swim: cf. F. natant.] 1. (Bot.) Floating in water, as the leaves of
water lilies, or submersed, as those of many aquatic plants.
2. (Her.) Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimming toward
the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish.
Na"tant*ly (?), adv. In a floating manner; swimmingly.
Na*ta"tion (?), n. [L. natatio, fr. natare to swim: cf. F. natation.
See Natant.] The act of floating on the water; swimming. Sir T. Browne.
||Na`ta*to"res (?), n. pl. [L. natator a swimmer.] (Zoöl.) The swimming
||birds.
They were formerly united into one order, which is now considered an
artificial group.
Na`ta*to"rial (?), a. Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as,
natatorial birds.
Na`ta*to"ri*ous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Adapted for swimming; -- said of the
legs of certain insects.
||Na`ta*to"rium (?), n. [L.] A swimming bath.
Na"ta*to*ry (?), a. [L. natatorius.] Adapted for swimming or floating;
as, natatory organs.
Natch (?), n. [OF. nache fesse, LL. natica, from L. natis the rump,
buttocks. Cf. Aitchbone.] The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back
part of the rump.
Natch bone, the edgebone, or aitchbone, in beef.
Natch"ez (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly lived
near the site of the city of Natchez, Mississippi. In 1729 they were
subdued by the French; the survivors joined the Creek Confederacy.
Natch"nee (?), n. (Bot.) An annual grass (Eleusine coracona),
cultivated in India as a food plant.
||Na"tes (?), n. pl. [L., the buttocks.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The buttocks.
||(b) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the
||midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.