n. [ Gr. nay^s ship + -scopy: cf. F. nauscopie. ] (Naut.) The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable distances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. nay^s ship. See Nave of a church, and cf. Noise. ] Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nauseans, p. pr. Of nauseare. ] (Med.) A substance which produces nausea; an emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Nauseated p. pr. & vb. n. Nauseating. ] [ L. nauseare, nauseatum, fr. nausea. See Nausea. ] To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of nauseating, or the state of being nauseated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing nausea; nauseous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nauseosus. ] 1. Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Feeling nausea; as, nauseous from the effects of chemotherapy. [ PJC ]

-- Nau"seous*ly, adv. -- Nau"seous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]