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Good morrow, good morning; -- a form of salutation. -- To morrow. See To-morrow in the Vocabulary.

ours. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott. Mortal foe, Mortal enemy, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.

ng worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.

; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like. Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads. -- Mourning dove (Zoöl.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolin…

from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree. Kent.

close; even; side by side. -- Neck of a capital. (Arch.) See Gorgerin. -- Neck of a cascabel (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the base of the breech. -- Neck of a gun, the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle. -- Neck of a tooth (Anat.), the constriction between the root and th…

correspondence of nicks; to tally with. Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations. Camden.

A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger.

ngs, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.

A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.]

Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. -- Non`con*ta"gious*ness, n.

avy round columns, and a great variety of ornaments, among which the zigzag and spiral or cable-formed ornaments were prominent.

Turned so as to resemble nulls. Nulled work (Cabinetwork), ornamental turned work resembling nulls or beads strung on a rod.

in the care of a nurse. -- Wet nurse, Dry nurse. See Wet nurse, and Dry nurse, in the Vocabulary.

y belonging to itself, and not drawn from anything in our nature. Calderwood (Fleming's Vocabulary).

of an inquest of office. See under Inquest. -- Office holder. See Officeholder in the Vocabulary

fashion; alike. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- At one, in agreement or concord. See At one, in the Vocab. -- Ever in one, continually; perpetually; always. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- In one, in union; in a single whole. -- One and one, One by one, singly; one at a time; one after another."Raising one by one the suppliant crew." Dryden…

y dispersed, or separated by wide intervals. -- Open hawse (Naut.), a hawse in which the cables are parallel or slightly divergent. Cf. Foul hawse, under Hawse. -- Open hearth (Metal.), the shallow hearth of a reverberatory furnace. -- Open-hearth furnace, a reverberatory furnace; esp., a kind of reverberatory furna…

Practicable. [Obs.]

of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled.