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The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.

d, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence, designating the Neanderthal race, or man, a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.…

To make and occupy a nest; to nest. [Obs.] The kingfisher ... nestles in hollow banks. L'Estrange.

An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect estab…

nces were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself. L'Estrange.

ewly happened. It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. L'Estrange.

ry nick. Howell. This nick of time is the critical occasion for the gainger of a point. L'Estrange.

Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for the interests of humanity, established by the will of A. B. Nobel (1833- 96), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who left his entire estate for this purpose. They are awarded yearly for what is regarded as the most important work during the year in physics, chem…

head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously. Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L'Estrange.

A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange.

Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.

One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.

r failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.

The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.

The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county. Bouvier.

Not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or in one's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands.

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical. Deviations from the normal type. Hallam.

an explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. John xviii. 40. The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by th…

A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.

ctangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad. The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a descent. Sir W. Temple.