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Worthless; bad; good for nothing. [Obs.] The other basket had very naughty figs. Jer. xxiv. 2.

Outfit; necessary luggage. [Archaic] Spenser. Carrying each his needments. Wordsworth.

A woman who negotiates. Miss Edgeworth.

A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium. [Obs.] He is worthy to be called a niding. Howell.

Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping. A. J. Ellis.

An old English silver coin, worth nine pence.

Of or pertaining to the understanding. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Things worthy of notice.

Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.

Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicous. A noticeable man, with large gray eyes. Wordsworth.

An innovator; an asserter of novelty. [Obs.] Cudworth.

To beat or bruise with the fist. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

chastity, and obedience. They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration. Wordsworth.

Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. [R.] The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. Emerson.

uld be closed the restless, oblique eye. That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. Wordworth.

Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. "The contrived and interested schemes of ...obnoxious authors." Bp. Fell. All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. Waller.

The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable. Sir. T. Browne. The difference is sufficiently observable. Southey. -- Ob*serv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ob*serv"a*bly, adv.

rth or deliverance. [Obs.] Yet is all human teaching but maieutical, or obstetricious. Cudworth.

r W. Temple. No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. Pope. Of sense and outward things. Wordsworth.