Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent, Neither had I
transgressed, nor thou with me.
Milton.
When she put it on, she made me vow That I should neither sell, nor
give, nor lose it.
Shak.
Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor. "For neither
circumcision, neither uncircumcision is anything at all." Tyndale. "Ye
shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it." Gen. iii. 3. Neither
is sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to enforce a
foregoing negative (nor, not, no). "He is very tall, but not too tall
neither." Addison. " ‘I care not for his thrust' ‘No, nor I neither.'"
Shak.
Not so neither, by no means. [Obs.] Shak.
||Ne*lum"bo (?), n. [Ceylonese word.] (Bot.) A genus of great water
||lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is
||the sacred lotus, N. speciosa. [Written also Nelumbium.]
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Nem"a*line (?), a. [L. nema thread, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to spin.] (Min.)
Having the form of threads; fibrous.
Nem"a*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?; thread + -lite: cf. F. némalite.] (Min.) A
fibrous variety of brucite.
||Nem`a*tel"mi*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.
||Nem`a*the"ci*um (? or &?;), n.; pl. Nemathecia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
||a thread + &?; a box.] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of fructification on
||certain red algæ, consisting of an external mass of filaments at
||length separating into tetraspores.
{ ||Nem`a*thel*min"thes (?), ||Nem`a*tel*min"thes (?) }, n. pl. [NL.
See Nemato-, and Helminthes.] (Zoöl.) An ordr of helminths, including
the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms. [Written also
Nematelminthea.]
Nem"a*to- (?). A combining form from Gr. nh^ma, nh`matos, a thread.
Nem"a*to*blast (?), n. [Nemato- + -blast.] (Biol.) A spermatocyte or
spermoblast.
||Nem`a*to*ca"lyx (?), n.; pl. Nematocalyces (#), E. -calyxes (#). [NL.
||See Nemato-, and Calyx.] (Zoöl.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or
||calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidæ. They contain
||nematocysts. See Plumularia.
||Nem`a*toc"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a thread + ke`ras
||horn.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennæ,
||as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.
Nem"a*to*cyst (?), n. [Nemato- + cyst.] (Zoöl.) A lasso cell, or thread
cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso.
Nem"a*tode (?), a. & n. (Zoöl.) Same as Nematoid.
Nem"a*to*gene (?), n. [Nemato- + root of Gr. &?; to be born.] (Zoöl.)
One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced
vermiform embryos; -- opposed to rhombogene.
Nem`a*tog"nath (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Nematognathi.
||Nem`a*tog"na*thi (?), n. pl. [NL. See nemato-, and Gnathic.] (Zoöl.)
||An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the
||catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid.
Nem"a*toid (?), a. [Nemato- + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the
Nematoidea. -- n. One of the Nematoidea. See Illustration in Appendix.
||Nem`a*toi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, thread + -oid.]
||(Zoöl.) An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth
||body; the roundworms. They are mostly parasites. Called also
||Nematodea, and Nematoda.
The trichina, stomach worm, and pinworm of man belong to this group.
See also Vinegar eel, under Vinegar, and Gapeworm.
Nem`a*toid"e*an (?), a. & n. (Zoöl.) Nematoid.
||Nem`a*toph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a thread + &?; to
||bear.] (Zoöl.) Same as Cœlenterata.
Ne"me*an (n"m*an; 277), a. [L. Nemeus, fr. Nemea, Gr. Neme`h.] Of or
pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated
games, and Hercules killed a lion.
Ne*mer"te*an (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Nemertina. -- n.
One of the Nemertina.
||Ne*mer"tes (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. nhmerth`s unerring.] (Zoöl.) A genus
||of Nemertina.
Ne*mer"ti*an (?), a. & n. (Zoöl.) Nemertean.
Ne*mer"tid (?), a. & n. (Zoöl.) Nemertean.
||Ne*mer"ti*da (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Nemertina.
||Nem`er*ti"na (nm`r*t"n), n. pl. [NL. See Nemrtes.] (Zoöl.) An order
||of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often
||bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called
||also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocœla.
The mouth is beneath the head, and the straight intestine at the
posterior end. They have a very singular long tubular proboscis, which
can be everted from a pore in the front of the head. Their nervous
system and blood vessels are well developed. Some of the species become
over one hundred feet long. They are mostly marine and seldom
parasitic; a few inhabit fresh water. The two principal divisions are
Anopla and Enopla.
Nem"e*sis (nm"*ss), n. [L., fr. Gr. Ne`mesis, orig., distribution, fr.
ne`mein to distribute. See Nomad.] (Class. Myth.) The goddess of
retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified;
divine vengeance.
This is that ancient doctrine of nemesis who keeps watch in the
universe, and lets no offense go unchastised.
Emerson.
Ne*moph"i*list (?), n. [See Nemophily.] One who is fond of forest or
forest scenery; a haunter of the woods. [R.]
Ne*moph"i*ly (?), n. [Gr. ne`mos wooded pasture, glade + filei^n to
love.] Fondness for forest scenery; love of the woods. [R.]
Nem"o*ral (?), a. [L. nemoralis, fr. nemus, nemoris, a wood or grove:
cf. F. némoral.] Of or pertaining to a wood or grove. [R.]