NOCENT

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. I. Watts.

2.
a.

Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent. [Obs.] Foxe.

3.
n.

A criminal. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.


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