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A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants. [Obs.]

To make a nest. Where are the fishes which nidificated in trees Lowell.

The act or process of building a nest.

Nestling, as a bird in itss nest.

To make a nest, as a bird. [R.] Cockeram.

The time of remaining in the nest. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed.

of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness. His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor.

notwithstanding, to know that the same had an end in Christ. Hooker. You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding She is the greatest beauty in the parish. Fielding. Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although. These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary. W.…

To nestle; to house, as in a nest.

Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. Sir J. Davies.

Importunity; earnestness. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

To excel or overcome in staring; to face down. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. Shak.

eepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests.

designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.

pselus Btassiensis) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. -- Palm toddy. Same as Palm wine. -- Palm weevil (Zoöl.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus. The larvæ bore into palm trees, and are ca…

one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking. If these panegyrists are in earnest. Burke.

Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. Ps. xlii. 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. Pope.

An animal which habitually uses the nest of another, as the cowbird and the European cuckoo.

fficer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses.