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The edible berries of the Zizyphys Lotus, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe. [Written also nubk.] See Lotus (b), and Sadr.

ing (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. Gwilt. -- Naked mollusk (Zoöl.), a nudibranch. -- Naked wood (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. C. S. Sargent.

To be in a careless, secure state. Wyclif. I took thee napping, unprepared. Hudibras.

having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennæ, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.

The substance constituting the edible bird's nest.

place; hence, figuratively, something laid up as the beginning of a fund or collection. Hudibras.

sules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.

o as Chili saltpeter. -- Niter bush (Bot.), a genus (Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.

The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda.

A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.

nebulous masses were discovered, apparently moving radially outward from the star at incredible velocity.

aken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon. [Written also noonshun.] Hudibras.

A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.

Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.

set; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault. By storm and onslaught to proceed. Hudibras.

reathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.

orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow berries. -- Orange bird (Zoöl.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena); -- so called from its bright orange breast. -- Orange cowry (Zoöl.), a large, handsome cowry (Cypræa aurantia), highly valued by collectors of sh…

anet, or star. In the small orb of one particular tear. Shak. Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled. Milton.

d, but which is now prepared with an emulsion of almonds, -- used to flavor beverages or edibles.

An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.