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Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.

See Following, a., 2. -- North pole, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north. -- North preceding. See Following, a., 2. -- North star, the star toward which the north pole of the earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovable in the sky…

In no degree; not at all; in no wise. Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed. Milton. The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed. Burke. Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.

In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise. But Ireland will noways allow that name unto it. Fuller.

Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways. Others whose case is nowise different. Earle.

unt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree. Maunder.

The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.

Of the eighth degree or order. -- n. (Alg.)

In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely. And to be loved himself, needs only to be known. Dryden.

an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. [Eng.] Todd.

of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties; -- called also public orator.

Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation. Artificial order or system. See Artificial classification, under Artificial, and Note to def. 12 above. -- Close order (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a distance of about half a pace between them; with a distance o…

nce; productive. [R.] The production of animals, in the originary way, requires a certain degree of warmth. Cheyne.

A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to red.

To exceed in name, fame, or degree. [Obs.] And found out one to outname thy other faults. Beau. & Fl.

Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over. "So over violent." Dryden. He that gathered much had nothing over. Ex. xvi. 18.

Anxious in an excessive or needless degree. -- O"ver*anx"ious*ly, adv.

Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree. [R.] Milton.

To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over.