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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,282 words match “HOUSE”

NALE n.
Ale; also, an alehouse. [Obs.] Great feasts at the nale. Chaucer.
NAUGHT a.
; useless. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer. Prov. xx. 14. Go, get you to your house; begone, away! All will be naught else. Shak. Things naught and things indifferent. Hooker.
NEEDLEWORK n.
The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.
NESTLE v.
To house, as in a nest.
NEW a.
in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife." Chaucer.
NIGGARDLY a.
nly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard. Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. Bp. Hall.
NOTIFY v.
l notifies us of the time of meeting. The President of the United States has notified the House of Representatives that he has approved and signed the act. Journal of the Senate, U. S.
NOVICE n.
One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. Shipley. No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. Chaucer.
NOVITIATE n.
Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.
NUMBER v.
s by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.
NUNNERY n.
A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.
NURSERY n.
The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.
NUZZLE v.
To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
OBSTETRICATE v.
To assist as a midwife. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.
OBTEST v.
To protest. [R.] E. Waterhouse.
ODELSTHING n.
The lower house of the Norwegian Storthing. See Legislature.
OFF adv.
Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
OFFICE n. 3 definitions
The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office.
OFFICE WIRE n.
Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
OFFSET n.
hort prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.
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