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NOURISHABLE a. 2 definitions

Capable of being nourished; as, the nourishable parts of the body. Grew.

One who, or that which, nourishes. Milton.

Promoting growth; nutritious,

NOURISHINGLY adv.

Nutritively; cherishingly.

NOURISHMENT n. 2 definitions

The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

Nurture. [Obs.] Spenser.

To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also nosel, nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc.] She noursled him till years he raught. Spenser.

Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

NOUSEL; NOUSLE v.

To insnare; to entrap. [Obs.] Johnson.

NOUTHE; NOWTHE adv.

Just now; at present. [Obs.] But thereof needeth not to speak as nouthe. Chaucer.

NOUVEAU RICHE; NOUVELLE RICHE n.

A person newly rich.

NOVA n. 3 definitions

c collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities. The most important modern novæ are: -- No"va Co*ro"næ Bo`re*a"lis [1866]; No"va Cyg"ni [1876]; No"va An*dro"me*dæ [1885]; No"va Au*ri"gæ [1891-92]; No"va Per"se*i [1901]. There are two novæ called Nova Persei. They are:

A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

The doctrines or principles of the Novatians. Milner.

NOVATION n. 2 definitions

Innovation. [Obs.] I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths. Laud.

An innovator. [Obs.]

NOVEL a. 5 definitions

Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.

Innovation. [Obs.]