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A handkerchief. [Obs.] [Written also muckinder, muckiter, mockadour.]

A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art. Museum beetle, Museum pest. (Zoöl.) See Anthrenus.

Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless pens." Atterbury.

in modern times; the practice or pursuit of ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaissance.

ind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer.

ess of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative. Images defended from the injuries of the weather by niches of stone wherein they are placed. Evelun.

native sodium nitrate. It is used in making nitric acid and for manure. Called also soda niter.

See Niter.

An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2.

Bearing niter; yielding, or containing, niter.

A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, niter; of the quality of niter, or resembling it.

Niter. Nitrum flammans Etym: [L., flaming niter] (Old Chem.), ammonium nitrate; -- probably so called because it deflagerates when suddenly heated.

important work during the year in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace. The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in 1901.

Name. Nom de guerre (, literally, war name; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time. -- Nom de plume (, literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by an author as his or her signature.

Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. Bp. Pearson.

Literal or etymological signification. [Obs.] "Conscience" is a Latin word, and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge. South.

xt or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. Felton.

A writer of news. [Obs.] Tatler (178).

s gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively. It must contain within itself a nucleus of truth. I. Taylor.