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Of necessity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of necessity. [Obs.] Drayton.

ent; necessitous. Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. Deut. xv. 11. Spare the bluches of needly merit. Dr. T. Dwight.

A needle. [Obs.] Shak.

See Nylghau.

An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. See Margosa.

Nearer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To sneeze. [Obs.] [Written also neeze.]

Sneezing. [Obs.] "By his neesings a light doth shine." Job xli. 18.

One to whom anything is legally abandoned.

On the knee. [R.] Southey.

One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone.

Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.

The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.

some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor. Cowell. Blount. (b) pl.

To sell by auction; to auction. Estates . . . advertised and auctioneered away. Cowper.

The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold. Blackstone.

To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.

Like a buccaneer; piratical.

A man who manages, or fires, cannon.