‖n. [ F. ] 1. Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a style in art reflecting Chinese influence, being elaborately decorated and intricately patterned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See Nausea. ] 1. Sound of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise
to us perceived. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Noise is either a sound of too short a duration to be determined, like the report of a cannon; or else it is a confused mixture of many discordant sounds, like the rolling of thunder or the noise of the waves. Nevertheless, the difference between sound and noise is by no means precise. Ganot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. “The noise goes.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! T. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king has his noise of gypsies. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; uproar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To sound; to make a noise. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Noised p pr. & vb. n. Noising. ] 1. To spread by rumor or report. [ 1913 Webster ]

All these sayings were noised abroad. Luke i. 65. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To disturb with noise. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Loud; clamorous. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

So noiseless would I live. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Noise"less*ly, adv. -- Noise"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. P. Henderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To overpower by noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Electronics, Information science, Experimental science) The ratio of the intensity of a signal{ 2 } to the background noise detected by a measuring instrument, especially in a communications channel; the higher the ratio, the more accurately the information contained can be interpreted. The term is applied not only to human communications, but to the detection of information in any system that is being studied to gain knowledge; as, the signal-to-noise ratio of light signals in older optic fibers drops to an unusable level after several miles.. [ PJC ]

n. a mixture or random noise sounds extending over the entire audible frequency spectrum with approximately equal intensity at all frequencies. It is used in certain experiments, as in psychology, to prevent subjects from hearing meaningful sounds. [ PJC ]