The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods.
Blackmore.
Nau`se*a"tion (?), n. The act of nauseating, or the state of being
nauseated.
Nau"se*a*tive (? or &?;), a. Causing nausea; nauseous.
Nau"seous (?; 277), a. [L. nauseosus.] Causing, or fitted to cause,
nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a
nauseous drug or medicine. -- Nau"seous*ly, adv. -- Nau"seous*ness, n.
The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man.
Dryden.
||Nautch (?), n. [Hind. nch, fr. Skr. ntya dance.] An entertainment
||consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch)
||girls. [India]
Nau"tic (?), a. [See Nautical.] Nautical.
Nau"tic*al (?), a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr. nay`ths a seaman,
sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique. See Nave of a church.] Of or
pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as,
nautical skill.
Syn. -- Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval.
Nautical almanac. See under Almanac. -- Nautical distance, the length
in nautical miles of the rhumb line joining any two places on the
earth's surface. -- nautical mile. See under Mile.
Nau"tic*al*ly, adv. In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical
affairs.
Nau"ti*form (?), a. [Gr. nay^s ship + -form.] Shaped like the hull of a
ship.
Nau"ti*lite (?), n. (paleon.) A fossil nautilus.
Nau"ti*loid (?), a. [Nautilus + -oid: cf. F. nautiloïde.] (Zoöl.) Like
or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell. -- n. A
mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilidæ.
Nau"ti*lus (?), n.; pl. E. Nautiluses (#), L. Nautili (#). [L., fr. Gr.
nayti`los a seaman, sailor, a kind of shellfish which was supposed to
be furnished with a membrane which served as a sail; fr. nay^s ship.
See Nave of a church.] 1. (Zoöl.) The only existing genus of
tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the
tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is
spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by
simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by
a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata.
The head of the animal bears numerous simple tapered arms, or
tentacles, arranged in groups, but not furnished with suckers. The
siphon, unlike, that of ordinary cephalopods, is not a closed tube, and
is not used as a locomotive organ, but merely serves to conduct water
to and from the gill cavity, which contains two pairs of gills. The
animal occupies only the outer chamber of the shell; the others are
filled with gas. It creeps over the bottom of the sea, not coming to
the surface to swim or sail, as was formerly imagined.
2. The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and
Paper nautilus, under Paper.
3. A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of
which are controlled, by the occupants.
Na"va*joes (?), n. pl.; sing. Navajo (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe of
Indians inhabiting New Mexico and Arizona, allied to the Apaches. They
are now largely engaged in agriculture.
Na"val (?), a. [L. navalis, fr. navis ship: cf. F. naval. See Nave of a
church.] Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a
navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.
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Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines organized for military
service on land. -- Naval officer. (a) An officer in the navy. (b) A
high officer in some United States customhouses. -- Naval tactics, the
science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or
fleets.
Syn. -- Nautical; marine; maritime. -- Naval, Nautical. Naval is
applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or
in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of
navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military,
engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval
officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical
calculations, a nautical almanac, etc.