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A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand. Burrill.

To note or designate beforehand. Foxe.

A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods.

A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the mate's receipt…

A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird. [R.] Or sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. Milton.

One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. Moore.

mulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.

A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura.

ing not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

An accommodation bill or note. Accommodation bill, or note (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. -- Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate speed and st…

A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, - - in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.

A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [R.]

t with; to attach; to append. Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

joined; attending; consequent. Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Shak. Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.

native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

e wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy. Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration. Shak. Note of admiration, the mark (!), called also exclamation point.

To denote additionally. [R.] Tooke.

A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adversaria. Bp. Bull.

The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.