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profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.

theast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of Asia.

Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of America, long sought for by navigators.

One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares.

A narrow passage between two elevation; a deep, close pass; a defile; as, the notch of a mountain.

Annoying; disagreeable. [Obs.] Watch the noyous night, and wait for Spenser.

The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

ed as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.

Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.

The act of stopping up, as a passage. [Obs.] Bailey.

To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body. 'T is the obstructed paths of sound shall clear. Pope.

Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts as an obstruent.

their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.

Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell. Milton. The odious side of that polity. Macaulay.

Denoting passage from one state to another; from. [Obs.] "O miserable of happy." Milton.

Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. "Offensive to the stomach." Bacon.

led; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. Milton.

Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid. [Obs.] Boyle. Sir T. Browne.

some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury. Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name. Milton.

To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.