Not"a*ble (?), n. 1. A person, or thing, of distinction.
2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of
1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute
a representative body.
Not"a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being notable.
Not"a*bly, adv. In a notable manner.
||No*tæ"um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; pertaining to the notum or back.]
||(Zoöl.) The back or upper surface, as of a bird.
No"tal (?), a. [Gr. &?; the back.] Of or pertaining to the back;
dorsal.
||No*tan"dum (?), n.; pl. Notanda (#). [L., fr. notare to observe.] A
||thing to be noted or observed; a notable fact; -- chiefly used in the
||plural.
No*ta"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. notarial.] Of or pertaining to a notary;
done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or
attestation.
No*ta"ri*al*ly, adv. In a notarial manner.
No"ta*ry (?), n.; pl. Notaries (#). [F. notaire, L. notarius notary (in
sense 1), fr. nota mark. See 5th Note.]
1. One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of
an ecclesiastical body.
2. (Eng. & Am. Law) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and
other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to
make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties
chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as
protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage,
etc. He is generally called a notary public.
No"tate (?), a. [L. notatus marked, p. p. of notare to mark. See 5th
Note.] (Bot.) Marked with spots or lines, which are often colored.
Henslow.
No*ta"tion (?), n. [L. notatio a marking, observing, etymology, fr.
notare to mark, nota a mark: cf. F. notation. See 5th Note.] 1. The act
or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.
2. Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated
expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts,
quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used
in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations.