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the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root. Neck and crop, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.] -- Neck and neck (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side. -- Neck of a capital. (Arch.) See Gorgerin. --…

Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America.

Pertaining to, or giving rise to, the central nervous system and epiderms; as, the neuroepidermal, or epiblastic, layer of the blastoderm.

art of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. Gen. i. 5.

An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.

sette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. P. Henderson.

That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding.

To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the city hall; the bell notifies us of the time of meeting. The President of the United States has notified the House of Representatives that he has approved and signed the act. Journal of the Senate, U. S.…

uses to grow, trains, fosters, or the like. The nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise. Burke.

fied object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc. For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Ps. cxix. 89. O how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day. Ps. cxix. 97.

An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.

ject; to place in the position of an object. In the latter, as objectized by the former, arise the emotions and affections. Coleridge.

containing or expressing reproof; culpatory. Bancroft. The objurgatory question of the Pharisees. Paley.

The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth. [R.] Cotgrave.

ily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. I would I could do a good office between you. Shak.

exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. See the Note under O.

An exclamation of surprise, etc.

o have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise. The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical contents. Sir W. Scott.

Agricola much opinion, who . . . had made such early progress into laborious . . . enterprises. Milton.