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The act of nauseating, or the state of being nauseated.

Causing nausea; nauseous.

Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine. -- Nau"seous*ly, adv. -- Nau"seous*ness, n. The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. Dryden.

An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls. [India]

Nautical.

Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.

In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affais.

Shaped like the hull of a ship.

A fossil nautilus.

Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell. -- n.

The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.

A tribe of Indians inhabiting New Mexico and Arizona, allied to the Apaches. They are now largely engaged in agriculture.

Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.

Naval affairs. [Obs.]

The commander of a fleet. Mitford.

Nautical skill or experience. [Obs.] ir W. Petty.

Of or pertaining to Navarre. -- n. sing. & pl.

The navel. [Obs.] hak.

The central part or point of anything; the middle. Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. Milton.

e in which the fruit incloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex. There are several varieties; they are usually seedless, or nearly so, and are much grown in California.