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An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.

Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.

An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.

A nostril. [R.] B. Jonson.

The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.

An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.

The brown coati. See Coati.

Formed like the nose.

Of or belonging to the nostrils.

Capable of being narrated or told. [Obs.]

A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.

To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

In the style of narration.

One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.

Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory letters. Howell.

Nearer. [Obs.] Spenser.

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem. Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas. Shak.

Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.