neevose 
(ne'vos), . [< Nlj. *TOXM: sor 
] Saino as nrrriiiut. 
nseVOUS (ne'vus), . [< NL. *M(IT</.V,V, < L. 1111- 
nix, mole, wart, a birth-mark: see naxus.] 
Spotted, as if marked with naavi. 
naevus (ne'vus), n. ; pi. <P! (-vi). [L., a mole, 
wart, birth-mark, spot, a blemish, prob. for 
"giKEVus, < ^ gna, produce, bear, ingnatiis, na- 
IHX, born, nasci, be bom: see natal 1 , few 2 .] 1. 
A congenital local discoloration of the skin, in- 
cluding nsevus vascularis and neevus pigmento- 
sus. Also called birtlt-mark, mother's mark, and 
nanjus maternus. Compare mole 1 . Hence 2. 
In zool., a spot or mark resembling a nrevus. 
Naevus plgmentosus, a pigmented mole; a spot of ex- 
cessive pigmentation on the skin, with more or less hy- 
pertrophy of corium, epidermis, or epidermal structures 
(hairs). The pigment is found both in the rete mncosnm 
and in the corium. NS9VUS pilosus, a pigmented mole 
with an excessive growth of hair. Also called ncevuspi- 
laris. Nsevus spilus, a smooth pigmented mole. Nse- 
vus unius lateris, a pigmented mole of a kind the dis- 
tribution of which corresponds to that of one or more 
cutaneous nerves. Also called papSloma neuropathicum. 
Nrovus vascularis, a vascular nsevus, an angioma of 
the skin or skin and subcutaneous tissue, which may or 
may not rise above the level of surrounding skin, may be 
from a bright-red to a dark-purple color, according to its 
depth, and may be small or very extensive. Also called 
strawberry-mark and claret-cheek. Naevus verrucoaus, 
a pigmented mole with a warty surface. 
nag 1 (nag), !. ; pret. and pp. nagged, ppr. nag- 
ging. [Also written knag ; prop, (orig.) gnag, 
related to gnaw as drag to draw ; cf . Sw. Norw. 
nugga, gnaw, nibble, tease ; a secondary form 
of the verb represented by gnaw, q. v.] I. 
trans. 1. To nick; chip; slit. Halliwell. [Prov. 
Eng. ] 2. To irritate or annoy with continued 
scolding, petty faultfinding, or urging ; pester 
with continual complaints ; torment ; worry. 
You always heard her nagging the maids. 
Dickens, Ruined by Railways. 
Is it pleasing to ... have your wife nag-nagging you 
because she has not been invited to the Lady Chancellor - 
ess's soiree or what not ? 
Thackeray, Lovel the Widower, iii. 
II. intrans. To scold pertinaciously; find 
fault constantly. 
Forgive me for nagffinrj ; I am but a woman. 
C. Reade, Cloister and Hearth, xcvii. 
nag 1 (nag), n. [< nag 1 , v.] A nick ; a notch. 
A tree they cut, wi' fifteen naggs upo' ilk side. 
Jock o' the Side (Child's Ballads, VI. 83). 
nag 2 (nag), n. [Formerly also neg, Sc. naig, 
early mod. E. nagge ; < ME. nagge, < MD. 
negge, negghe, D. negge, a small horse ; akin to 
iteigli 1 , q. v.] 1. Ahorse, especially a poor or 
small horse. 
He neyt as a nagge at his nosethrilles ! 
Destruction o/ Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 7727. 
Like the forced gait of a shuffling nag. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 1. 186. 
I saw but one horse in all Venice, . . . and that was a 
little bay nagge. Coryat, Crudities, I. 287. 
2f. A worthless person ; as applied to a woman, 
a jade. Sltak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 205. [Slang.] 
Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt [Cleopatra], 
Whom leprosy o'ertake ! 
Shak., A. and C., iii. 10. 10. 
Gull with bombast lines the witless sense 
Of these odd nagg, whose pates' circumference 
Is flll'd with froth. 
Marston, Scourge of Villainy, vi. 64. 
nag 3 (nag), . [Cf. knag.] A wooden ball used 
in the game of shinty or hockey. [North of 
Ireland. ] 
Naga, n. See Naja. 
Nagari (na'ga-re), n. [Skt. nagari (Hind. na- 
gri), dem-nayari (Hind, dev-ndgri) ; < nagara, 
city, town.] An Indian alphabet especially 
well known as used for Sanskrit. Also called 
Deva-nagari. 
The most important group of Indian alphabets is the 
Nagari, or, as it is usually called, the Devanagari. 
Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet, II. 349. 
nagdana (uag-da'na), ii. [E. Ind.] A resin of 
a deep transparent red color, from an unde- 
termined burseraceous tree of India, it exudes 
freely during the hot months, and much finds its way into 
the ground, whence it is dug after the tree has disap- 
peared. Also called loban. Spans' Encyc. Manuf. 
naget, n. A Middle English variant of natch*. 
nagelfluh (na'gel-flo), n. [G. dial., < nagel, 
nail, + fltih, the wall of a rock.] In Switzer- 
land, a coarse conglomerate forming a part of 
the series called the Molasse by Swiss geolo- 
gists. These rocks are of Oligocene Tertiary age, and 
are conspicuously displayed in the Right and its vicinity. 
Sometimes culled yumpfwlite. 
nagesar, . Same as Htti/kriKtuir. 
nagger (nag'er), n. [< nag 1 + -eel.] <j ue wno 
nags; a scold; a tease. 
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Haggle (iiiiK'l). ''. '.: pret. and pp. ,/<//"/. ppr. 
Haggling. [Freq. of nag 1 , v. (?).] To toss tin- 
head in a stiff and affected manner. Halthn !/. 
naggont (nag'on), . [Dim. of w</ 2 .] Same as 
nay*. [Bare.] 
Wert thou George with thy nagrjon, that foughtst with 
the draggon, or were you great Pompey, my verse should 
bethumpe ye, if you, like a javel, against me dare cavil. 
./oft?! Taylor, Works (1630). (Nares.) 
naggy 1 (nag'i), . [Otaj/ 1 + -y 1 .] 1. Inclined 
to nag or pester with continued complaints 
or petty faultfinding. 2. Irritable. Halliwell. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
naggy 2 (nag'i), n. ; pi. nangies (-iz). [Dim. of 
nag'*.] A little nag. 
Yet here is [a] white-footed nagie, 
I think he'll carry baith thee and me. 
Dick o' the Cow (Child's Ballads, VI. 80). 
nagkassar (nag-kas 'iir). . [Also nagesar, nag- 
kesur, nagkushur; < Hind, nagesar, the plant Me- 
sua ferrea or its flowers, the Indian rose-chest- 
nut. ] One of two allied Indian trees, Ochrocar- 
pus (Calysacdon) longifolius and Mesua ferrea ; 
also, and more commonly, their flower-buds, 
which are used by the natives for perfume and 
for dyeing silk yellow and orange: once im- 
ported into England. The former species is also 
called suriga Nagkassar-oll. See Mesua. 
nagor (na'gor), n. [African.] 1. The Senegal 
antelope, Cenicapra redtinca, a rietbok or reed- 
Nagfor (Cervicapra rettunca). 
buck of western Africa, having the horns curved 
forward. Also called wanto. 2. [cap.] A ge- 
nus of reedbucks : synonymous with Cermcapra. 
Ogilby. 
nag-tailed (nag'tald), o. [Appar. < nag 1 + tail 1 
+ -ed 2 .] Having the tail nicked or docked. 
In 1799 nag-tailed horses were ordered to be ridden [by 
the cavalry regiment Scots Greys]. 
N. and Q., 7th ser., VIII. 34. 
nagyagite (naj'a-git), n. [< Nagyag (see def.) 
+ -ite*.] A native telluride of lead and gold. 
It occurs usually in foliated masses (and hence is also call- 
ed foliated tellurium), rarely crystallized, and of a blackish 
lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster. It is found at 
Nagyag in Transylvania and elsewhere. 
nahor-oil (na'h6r-oil), n. [E. Ind.] See Mesua. 
Naia, . See Naja. 
Naiad (na'yad), . [= F. naiade, < L. Naiax 
(Naiad-), pi. Naiades, = Gr. NnMf , pi. Nalid&f, a 
water-nymph, < vdtiv, flow, akin to vavf, a ship : 
see nave 2 .] 1. In Gr. and Horn, myth., a water- 
nymph ; a female deity presiding over springs 
and streams. The Naiads were represented as beauti- 
ful young girls with their heads crowned with flowers, 
light-hearted, musical, and beneficent. 
2. [/. c.] In bot., a plant of the genus Naias; 
also, sometimes, any plant of the Naiadacea;. 
Naiadacese (na-ya-da'se-e), n.pl. [NL. (Lind- 
ley, 1845), < Naias (Naiad-) + -accce.] An or- 
der of monocotyledonous water-plants, of the 
series Apocarpeai, typified by the genus Naias, 
and characterized by a free ovary without en- 
velops or with a herbaceous perianth, usually 
of two or four segments. About 120 speciesare known. 
in 16 genera, growing in fresh or salt water. They have 
small flowers, often in terminal spikes, submerged or float- 
ing leaves or both, with parallel veins, and often with pe- 
culiar sheathing stipules in their axils. The largest genus 
is Potamagelon, the pond-weeds. The arrow-grass, ditch- 
grass, and grass-wrack also belong here. Also Naiadaf, 
Naiades. 
naiadaceous(na-ya-da'shius),. Iii bot., of, per- 
taining to, or of the nature of the Naiadacea:. 
Suiting Plant of 
.Vaiasjlexilis. 
a, the fruit. 
nail 
Naiadae (na'ya-de), n./il. Same us \iiiinliir<-ii\ 
Naiadeae (na-yad'f-e), w. />/. [N'U (Agardh. 
1822), < Nit/a* (Naiarl-) + -ete.'] A tribe of 
Naiadacna', consisting of the genus Naias; the 
naiads or water-nymphs. 
Naiades (nii'va-dez), n. pi. [L., < Gr. Nm<!tf, 
pi. of Na'idf (} L. Ntiias), a water-nymph: see 
Naiad.] 1. In Gr. and Horn, myth., the Naiads. 
Circe with the sirens three, 
Amidst the flowery-kirtled Naiades. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 254. 
2. [NL.] In l>ot., same as Naiadacea: A. I,, 
de Jitxsieu, 1789. 
naiant (na'yant), a. [< OF. natant, naant, ppr. 
of naier, naer, < L. nature, swim: see natant.] 
In lier., in the attitude of swim- 
ming: said of a fish used as a 
bearing. See cut under n/i/nnl. 
Naias (na'yas), n. [NL. (Linnae- 
us, 1737), < L. Naias, < Gr. Naiof, 
a Naiad or water-nymph: see 
Naiad.] A genus of immersed 
aquatic plants, type of the order 
Naiadacea; and the tribe Naiadew, 
known by the axillary flowers and 
a solitary carpel with one basilar 
ovule. There are about 10 species, in 
fresh water, both tropical and" temper- 
ate. They are usually delicate plants, 
with a filiform creeping rootstock, slen- 
der linear leaves, and minute flowers in 
the axils. The species are called naiad 
or irater-nymph. 
Naididae (na-id'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Nais (Naid-) + -idee.] A fam- 
ily of oligocheetous annelids, rep- 
resented by the genus Nais. They 
are small aquatic or limicoline worms 
with a delicate thin skin and colorless 
blood, abundant in fresh-water pools. 
Though they lay eggs in the ordinary 
way, they also have a remarkable mode 
of asexual reproduction by a process of 
budding, through which one individual 
becomes two. See cut under Nate. 
naif (na-ef ' ), a. [= D. naif, naief 
= G. Sw. Dan. naif; < F. naif, < L. nativus, 
native, rustic, simple : see native.] 1. Ingenu- 
ous; artless; natural: the masculine form, name 
being the corresponding feminine (but used 
also, in English, without regard to gender: see 
naive). 2. Having a natural luster: applied 
by jewelers to precious stones. 
nail (nal), n. [Early mod. E. alsonayle; < ME. 
naile, nayle, neile, < AS. ncegel (in inflection 
naigl-), a nail of the finger or toe, a nail of metal, 
= OS. nagal = OFries. neil, nil = T>. nagel = MLG. 
LG. nagel = OHG. nagal, MHG. G. nagel, a nail 
of the fingerortoe,anail of metal, = Icel. nagl = 
Sw. nagel = Dan. negl, a nail of the finger or toe, 
= Icel. nagli = Sw. nagel = Dan. nagle = Goth. 
"nagls (in deriv. verb ga-nagljan, fasten with 
nails), a nail of metal; cf. OBulg. noguti=8erv. 
nokat = Bohem. ticket = Pol. iiogiec = Buss, no- 
goti= Lith. iiagas, a nail, claw, = Skt. naklia, a 
nail of the finger or toe. Not related, or related 
only remotely, by a doubtful transposition, with 
Olr. inga, Ir. ionga = lj. ^tngms=GT. 6vuf (bmx-), 
. a nail, claw (see ungulate, onyx). The sense of 
'a nail of metal' occurs early (in Goth., etc. ), but 
it is derived from that of a ' nail ' or ' claw.'] 1 . 
A thin, flat, blunt layer of 
horn growing on the up- 
per side of the end of a 
finger or toe. A nail, tech- 
nically called unguis, consists 
of horny substance, which is 
condensed and hardened epi- 
dermis, the same as that form- 
ing the horns, hoofs, and claws 
of various animals. A claw is a sharp curved nail ; a hoof 
is a blunt nail large enough to inclose the end of a digit. 
The white mark at the base of the human nail is called 
the lumda. 
Pare clene thy nailes. Babeta Book (E. E. T. S.X p. 28. 
With their sharp Nails, themselves the Satyrs wound. 
Congreve, Death of Queen Slary, 
2. In entoni., the uncus. 3. In ornith., the 
hard horny end of the bill of any lamellirostral 
bird, as a duck or goose. It is usually quite distinct 
from the skinny part of the bill, and resembles a human 
finger-nail. A similar formation, but more claw-like, oc- 
cupies the end of the upper mandible of various other 
water-birds, as the pelican. 
4. The callosity on the inner side of a horse's leg 
nearthe knee or the hock. 5. A pin or slender 
piece of metal used for driving through or into 
wood or other material for the purpose of hold- 
ing separate pieces together, or left projecting 
that things may be hung on it. Nails usually ta- 
per to a point (often Munt), are flattened transversely at 
the larger end {the head), and are rectangular or round 
in section. Very large and heavy n:iils :ire called Bribes ; 
Cross-section of Human Nail, 
enlarged. 
f>, the nail ; a, lateral fold of 
skin ; c, bed of the nail, with its 
ridges. 
