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Same as Nupson. [Obs.]

A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf. Nymphaea.

A simpleton; a fool. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton.

Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent.

The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphæa alba.

Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife. Kent.

A male Indian; a brave; -- correlative of squaw.

Having a pallial sinus. See under Sinus.

Sunrise. [Local, U.S.] Such a horse as that might get over a good deal of ground atwixt sunup and sundown. Cooper.

hame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn. Milton. In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the young offender is ashamed to blush. Buckminster. He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous worth, That blushed at…

Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.

Celebration of the nuptial feast. [Obs.] "In honor of this bridalty." B. Jonson.

The nuptial appartment. Matt. ix. 15.

lant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).

Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial. Nor Eve the rites Mysterious of connubial love refused. Milton. Kind, connubial tenderness. Goldsmith.

ied or betrothed. Such were our couple, man and wife. Lloyd. Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league. Milton.

arse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. Shak. Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. Wordsworth.

To part, as an alliance; to sunder. [R.] "Disallied their nuptials." Milton.

To disenchant; to free from illusion. "The bitter disillusionizing experience of postnuptial life." W. Black.