a. [ OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See None. ] Not any; not one; none; as, yes, we have no bananas; -- often used as a quantifier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee. Gen. xiii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. “No man.” “Noon apothercary.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. no, na, AS. nā; ne not + ā ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, Gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. √ 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not, Nice, Nefarious. ] Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

We do no otherwise than we are willed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no
I dare accept this your congratulation. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is none righteous, no, not one. Rom. iii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

No! Nay, Heaven forbid. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Noes 1. A refusal by use of the word no; a denial. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Number; -- the number designating place in an ordered sequence; as, no. 2. [ abbrev. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ Heb. Nōakh rest. ] A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The ship built by Noah according to God's command, as related in the bible. [ PJC ]

2. (Zool.) A marine bivalve shell (Arca Noae), which somewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A child's toy, consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Fig.) Anything having a wide and representative assortment of people or objects of a particular class; as, the bar scene in Star Wars was a Noah's Ark of almost every imaginable alien form.. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. Knob. ] The head. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrev. fr. noble. ] A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a nobby manner. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dram of spirits. [ Australia ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 2d Nob. ] Stylish; modish; elegant; showy; aristocratic; fashionable. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n.; pl. No*bel" prizes. Prizes for the encouragement of men and women who work for the interests of humanity, established by the will of Alfred B. Nobel (1833-1896), 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, chemistry, medicine or physiology, idealistic literature, and service in the interest of peace. The prizes, averaging $40,000 each, were first awarded in 1901. The monetary value of the awards have increased each year, to near one million U. S. dollars by the end of the 20th century. The awards are administered by the Nobel Foundation, which maintains a Web Page where the lists of prize winners and other information about the Nobel Prize may be found. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

[ After F. A. Nobert, German manufacturer in Pomerania. ] Fine lines ruled on glass in a series of groups of different closeness of line, and used to test the power of a microscope. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A history of noble families. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. nobiliare. See Noble. ] Of or pertaining to the nobility. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. nobilis noble + -fy. ] To make noble; to nobiliate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ After Leopoldo Nobili, an Italian physicist who first described them in 1826. ] (Physics) Colored rings formed upon a metal plate by the electrolytic disposition of copper, lead peroxide, etc. They may be produced by touching with a pointed zinc rod a silver plate on which is a solution of copper sulphate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ L. nobilitatus, p. p. of nobilitare. ] To make noble; to ennoble; to exalt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. nobilitation. ] The act of making noble. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilité. See Noble. ] 1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

They thought it great their sovereign to control,
And named their pride nobility of soul. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred. [ 1913 Webster ]

I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those who are noble; the collective body of nobles or titled persons in a state; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Nobler superl. Noblest ] [ F. noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, fr. noscere to know. See know. ] 1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong
To nobler poets for a nobler song. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded. [ 1913 Webster ]

Noble gas (Chem.), a gaseous element belonging to group VIII of the periodic table of elements, not combining with other elements under normal reaction conditions; specifically, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, or radon; also called inert gas. --
Noble metals (Chem.), silver, gold, and platinum; -- so called from their resistance to oxidation by air and to dissolution by acids. Copper, mercury, aluminium, palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes included. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted; superior; sublime; great; eminent; illustrious; renowned; stately; splendid; magnificent; grand; magnanimous; generous; liberal; free. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61 (in 1913). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A European fish; the lyrie. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make noble; to ennoble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou nobledest so far forth our nature. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Noblemen One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a noble mind; of high moral or intellectual character; honorable; magnanimous. -- No"ble-mind`ed*ness, n.
Syn. -- exalted, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, idealistic. [1913 Webster]

n. elevated ideals or conduct.
Syn. -- high-mindedness, idealism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. noblesse. See Noble. ] 1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Noblewomen A female of noble rank; a peeress. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. nobleie. ] 1. The body of nobles; the nobility. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Noble birth; nobility; dignity. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a noble manner; with greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Splendidly; magnificently. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Illustriously; honorably; magnanimously; heroically; worthly; eminently; grandly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Nobodies [ No, a. + body. ] 1. No person; no one; not anybody. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted fr. Indian nookhik meal. Palfrey. ] Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food by the Northern American Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere to hurt. See Nuisance, Noxious. ] 1. Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A criminal. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Hurtfully; injuriously. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nocivus, fr. nocere to hurt. ] Hurtful; injurious. [ R. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Notch. ] 1. A notch. [ 1913 Webster ]

He took his arrow by the nock. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nox, noctis, night + ambulare to walk: cf. F. noctambulation. ] Somnambulism; sleepwalking; walking in one's sleep. Quain. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. Somnambulism.
Syn. -- sleepwalking; noctambulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A somnambulist; a sleepwalker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A noctambulist; a sleepwalker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nox, noctos, night + dies day. ] Comprising a night and a day; as, a noctidial day. [ R. ] Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. noctifer; nox, noctis + ferre to bring. ] Bringing night. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Noctilucae [ L. noctiluca something that shines by night, fr. nox, noctis, night + lucere to shine, lux light. ] 1. (Old Chem.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which they owe their phosphorescent properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Noctiluca. [ 1913 Webster ]