Ni"tryl (?), n. [Nitro- + - yl.] (Chem.) A name sometimes given to the
nitro group or radical.
Nit"ter (?), n. [From Nit.] (Zoöl.) The horse louse; an insect that
deposits nits on horses.
Nit"ti*ly (?), adv. Lousily. [Obs.] Hayward.
Nit"tings (?), n. pl. [Prob. from Nit.] (Mining) The refuse of good
ore. Raymond.
Nit"ty (?), a. Full of nits. B. Jonson.
Nit"ty, a. [L. nitidus. See Nitid.] Shining; elegant; spruce. [Obs.] "O
sweet, nitty youth." Marston.
Ni"val (?), a. [L. nivalis, fr. nix, nivis, snow.] Abounding with snow;
snowy. [Obs.] Johnson.
Niv"e*ous (?), a. [L. niveus, fr. nix, nivis, snow.] Snowy; resembling
snow; partaking of the qualities of snow. Sir T. Browne.
||Ni`vose" (?), n. [F., fr. L. nix. nivis, snow.] The fourth month of
||the French republican calendar [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21,
||and ended January 19. See VendÉmiaire.
Nix (?), n.; fem. Nixe (&?;). [G. Cf. 1st Nick.] (Teut. Myth.) One of a
class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous
disposition.
The treacherous nixes who entice men to a watery death.
Tylor.
Nix"ie (?), n. See Nix.
||Ni*zam" (?), n. [Hind. & Ar. nizm order, a ruler, fr. Ar. nazama
||arrange, govern.] The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in
||India, since 1719.
No (?), a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See
None.] Not any; not one; none.
Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee.
Gen. xiii. 8.
That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.
Byron.
In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. "No man."
"Noon apothercary." Chaucer.
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No, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n; ne not + ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni,
Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, Gr. nh (in comp.), Skr.
na, and also to E. prefix un-. √ 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not,
Nice, Nefarious.] Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree;
-- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after
another negative, no is emphatic.
We do no otherwise than we are willed.
Shak.
I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your
congratulation.
Coleridge.
There is none righteous, no, not one.
Rom. iii. 10.
No! Nay, Heaven forbid.
Coleridge.
No (?), n.; pl. Noes (&?;). 1. A refusal by use of the wordd no; a
denial.
2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the
ayes and noes; the noes have it.
No*a"chi*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his
time.
No"ah (?), n. [Heb. Nakh rest.] A patriarch of Biblical history, in the
time of the Deluge.
Noah's ark. (a) (Zoöl.) A marine bivalve shell (Arca Noæ), which
somewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form. (b) A child's toy,
consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden
animals.