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Nicety. [Colloq.] Chapman.

The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.). The miller smiled of her nicety. Chaucer.

Nurse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ion by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note. How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons ! I. Watts.

Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicous. A noticeable man, with large gray eyes. Wordsworth.

In a noticeable manner.

One who notices.

A nurse. [Obs.] Spenser.

unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. I am young; a novice in the trade. Dryden.

The state of being a novice; novitiate.

hers; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. I would I could do a good office between you. Shak.

Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.

An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. "I am an officer of state." Shak.

Workmanship. [Obs.] Bailey.

An artificer; a workman. [Obs.] "The almighty opificer." Bentley.

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. Shak. Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice. Addison.

To exceed in noise. Shak.

Excessively nice; fastidious. Bp. Hall. -- O"ver*nice"ly, adv. -- O"ver*nice"ness, n.

To domineer over by virtue of office. [Obs.] Shak.