nasty 
I am a nastyer heap than those, and may 
Taint thy sweet Lustre by my filth's exces& 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. 135. 
A people breaths not more savage and nasty; crusted 
with dirt. Sandys, Travailes, p. 85. 
(6) Of filthy habits. 
Therefore the Lord, this Day, with loathsom Lice 
Plagues poor and rich, the nattie and the nice, 
Both Man and beast. 
fSiilreiter, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Lawe. 
This day our captain told me that our landmen were 
very nasty and slovenly, and that the gun-deck, where they 
lodged, was so beastly and noisome with their victuals 
and beastliness as would much endanger the health of 
the ship. Winthrop, Hist. New England, p. 12. 
(c) Morally filthy ; indecent ; ribald ; indelicate : applied 
to speech or behavior. 
Sir Thomas More, in his answer to Luther, has thrown 
out the greatest heap of nasty language that perhaps ever 
was put together. Bp. AUerbury. 
2. Nauseous ; disgusting to taste or smell : as, 
a nasty medicine. 3. In a weakened sense, 
disagreeable; bad. [Colloq., Eng.] 
Lady A said here [in England] at a dinner, . . . 
speaking to her husband, . . . who thought it pi-oper not 
to touch his soup, Do take some, A : it's not at all 
nasty. R. G. White, England Without and Within, xvi. 
4. Foul; stormy; disagreeable; unpleasant: 
applied to the weather. Compare dirty and 
foul 1 in the same sense. [Colloq., Eng.] 
A stormy day [is called in England] a nasty day. 
n. 0. White, England Without and Within, xvi. 
5. Troublesome; annoying; difficult to deal 
with, or threatening trouble; of a kind to be 
avoided: as, a nasty customer to deal with; a 
nasty cut or fall. 6. Ill-natured; mean; dis- 
honorable; hateful: as, a nasti/ remark ; a nasty 
trick. [Colloq.] 
She is a nasty, hardened creature ; and I do hate her. 
. . . How a woman can be so nasty I can't imagine. 
Trollope, Is he Popenjoy? lix. 
= Syn. 1 and 3. Nasty, Filthy, Fmd, Dirty. These words 
are on the descending scale of strength. Nasty is the 
strongest word in the language for that which is offensive 
to sight, smell, or touch by the quality of its uncleanness 
or uncleanlhiess. The English fondness for the colloquial 
use of the word in connection with bad weather, and fig- 
uratively for anything disagreeable, is not matched by 
anything in America; on the contrary, the word is con- 
sidered too strong for ordinary or delicate use, and/owi is 
used of bad weather. All the words apply to that which 
is filled or covered in considerable degree with anything 
offensive. The moral uses of the word correspond with 
the physical. 
nasty-man (nas'ti-man), n. See garroting. 
Nasua (na'su-a), n. [NL.,< L. nasus = E. nose: 
see nose 1 .] The only genus of coatimondis, of 
the subfamily Nasniiue. Several described species 
are reducible to two, N. narica and N. rufa. The genus 
was founded by Storr, 1780. See cut under coati. 
Nasuinae (na-su-I'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Nasua 
+ -in&.] A subfamily of the racoon family, 
Procyonidce, typified by the genus Nasua; the 
coatimondis or coatis. They have an extremely long 
snout, with corresponding modification of the cranial 
bones; the auditory bulla is small and flattened, and the 
mastoid extrorse. See cut under coati. 
nasuine (nas'u-in), a. and n. I. n. Of or per- 
taining to the Nasuinw. 
II. n. A member of the Nasuinre; a coati. 
nasus (na'sus), .; pi. nasi (-si). [L., = E. nose: 
see nose 1 .] 1. In anat., the nose ; the nasal or- 
gan. 2. In entom., same as clypcus, 2 Forni- 
cate nasus. See /omwatel. Included nasus. Seet'n- 
clude. 
NasutEB (na-su'te), n. pi. [NL., fern. pi. of L. 
nasutus, large-nosed : see nasute.] InNitzsch's 
system of classification (1829), a superfamily of 
birds, equivalent to the Tubinares or Procellari- 
idce of authors in general, including the petrels, 
albatrosses, shearwaters, and their relatives. 
nasute (na-suf), a. [= OF. nasu, nazu, < L. 
nasutus, large-nosed, hence critical, censori- 
ous, < nasus = E. nose: see no** 1 .] 1. Having 
along or large nose or snout; snouty; specifi- 
cally, in ornith., of or pertaining to the Nasuta; 
tubinarial. 2. Having a quick or delicate per- 
ception of smell ; keen-scented. 
They are commonly discovered by a Nasute swine, pur- 
posely brought up. Evelyn, Acetaria, 39. 
Hence 3f. Critical; nice; censorious; cap- 
tious. 
The nasuter critics of this age scent something of pride 
In the ecclesiasticks. 
Bp. Oauden, Hieraspistes (1653), p. 303. (Latham.) 
nasuteness (na-sut'nes), n. The quality of being 
nasute; acuteness of scent; hence, nice discern- 
ment. Dr. H. More. 
nasutiform (na-su'ti-form), a. [< L. nasutus, 
long-nosed (see nasute), + forma, form.] In 
entom., produced in an elongate form in front 
of the head: said of the clypeus. 
natH, adv. A Middle English form of not 1 . 
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nat' J t. A Middle English contracted form of 
nc at, not at, or nor at. 
nat 3 t (nat), n. [Early mod. E. also natt, natte; 
< ME. natte, < OF. natte, < LL. natta, a mat. 
Nat 3 is ult. a var. of mat 1 , as nape 2 , nap- in 
napkin, etc., are of the prob. ult. identical map 1 : 
see mat 1 , map 1 .] A mat. Palsgrave. 
nat 4 (nat), n. [E. Ind.] In Burma and Siam, a 
spirit or angel powerful for evil and for punish- 
ment; a demon; a genie. 
natal 1 (na'tal), a. and n. [< ME. natal, < OF. 
natal (vernacularly nael, noel, > E. nowel, noel), 
F. natal = Sp. Pg. natal = It. natale,< L. natalis, 
pertaining to birth or origin, < nasci, pp. natus, 
be born: see nascent. Cf. noel."] I. a. 1. Of 
or pertaining to one's birth ; connected with or 
dating from one's birth. 
And thou, propitious Star! whose sacred Pow'r 
Presided o'er the Monarch's natal Hour, 
Thy radiant Voyages for ever run. 
Prior, Prol. spoken at Court on Her Majesty's Birthday, 
[1704. 
2. Presiding over birthdays or nativities. 
By natal Joves feste. Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 160. 
3f. Native ; own ; original. 
Seed in natal soil. 
PaUadim, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 191. 
How young Columbus seem'd to rove. 
Yet present in his natal grove. 
Tennyson, The Daisy. 
= Syn. 1. Natural, etc. See -native. 
ft. n. A person's nativity ; birthday. [Rare.] 
Why should not we with joy resound and sing 
The blessed natals of our heavenly king? 
Fito-Oeoffrey, Blessed Birthday (1634), p. 1. (Latham.) 
natal' 2 (na'tal), a. [< L. natis, rump: see nates.] 
Pertaining to the nates or buttocks ; gluteal. 
natalitial (na-ta-lish'al), a. [As nataliti-ous + 
-al.] Of or pertaining to one's birth or birth- 
day; consecrated to one's nativity. 
The quarre, which is within a mile of the Parish of Ad- 
combe, my dear natalitiall place. Coryat, Crudities, I. 84. 
natalitious (na-ta-lish'us), a. [= OF. natalice 
= Sp. Pg. natalicio = It. natalizio, < L. natali- 
titts, pertaining to birth or to a birthday, < na- 
talis. of birth: see natal 1 .] Same as natalitial. 
natality (na-tal'i-ti), n. [= F. natalite, < L. na- 
ttMs, of birth: see natal 1 .] If. Birth. 
I should doubt whether Samuel Foote visited Truro 
more than once since the natality of Mr. Polwhele was 
proclaimed to his kindred. 
Jon Bee, Essay on Samuel Foote, p. Ixxvii. 
2. The ratio of the number of births in a given 
time, as a year, to the total number of popula- 
tion; birth-rate. 
The European defective classes, whose natality and in- 
fantile death rates are enormous, are forcibly exported in 
great numbers to this country. 
Sci. Amer., N. S., LVII. 160. 
nataloin (na-tal'o-in), n. [< Natal (see def.) + 
aloin.] A bitter principle contained in Natal 
or Cape aloes. See aloin. 
Natalus (nat'a-lus), . [NL.] A genus of 
tropical American bats of the family Vesperti- 
lionida! and subfamily Miniopterinw, having 2 
incisors and 3 premolars in each upper half -jaw 
and 3 incisors and 3 premolars in each lower 
half-jaw, and a short conical tragus. N. strami- 
ncus is an example. 
natant (na'tant), a. [< L. natan(t-)s, ppr. of 
nature (> It. "natare = Sp. Pg. nadar = OF. 
nater, naer), swim, freq. of nare, 
swim, sail, flow, fly; cf. Gr. 
vdetv, flow, vtuv, swim.] Swim- 
ming; floating. Specifically (a) 
In her., same as naiant. (b) In zool., 
swimming on or in the water; of or 
pertaining to the Natantes or Na- 
tanlia. (c) In bet., floating on the sur- 
face of water ; swimming, as the leaf A Fish Natant. 
of an aquatic plant. 
Natantest (na-tan'tez), n. pi. [NL., < L. na- 
tan(t-)s, ppr. of natare, swim: see natant.] 1. In 
Cuvier's classification, the third tribe of the coral 
family, corresponding to the modern Pennatu- 
lacea! of alcyonarian polyps. It contained the 
genera Pennatula, Virgularia, Veretillum, and 
Umbellularia. 2. In Lamarck's classification 
(1801-12), an order of Polypi, containing the 
crinoids. 3. In Walckenaer's classification, a 
division of spiders, such as those of the genus 
Argyroneta; the diving- or water-spiders. 4. 
The swimming birds. See Natatores. 
Natantia(na-tan'shi-a), n.pl. [NL., neut. pi. of 
L. natan(t-)s, ppr. of natare, swim : see natant.] 
1. The free rotifers: opposed to Sessitia. 2t. 
In Illiger's classification of mammals (1811), 
the fourteenth order, containing the sirenians 
and cetaceans as two families, Sireiiia and Cete : 
natheless 
same as Mutilalu. 3. In conch. : (a) A division 
of azygobranchiate gastropods, containing the 
natant or free-swimming oceanic or pelagic 
forms usually called heteropods, and corre- 
sponding to the class or order Hcteropoda : 
opposed to Keptantia. (b) A section of cepha- 
late mollusks proposed for the cephalpppds. 
4. A suborder of peritrichous ciliate infusori- 
ans, containing those which are free-swimming: 
opposed to Sedentaria. 
natantly (na'tant-li), adv. In a natant man- 
ner; swimmingly; floatingly. 
natatilet (na'ta-til), a. [< LL. natatilis, that 
can swim, < L. natare, swim: see natant.] That 
can swim ; capable of swimming. 
A Natatile Beet [the water-beet], do you say? Nay, ra- 
ther a Cacatile Beast. Who ever heard of, or ever read the 
Same of, a Swimming Beet? 
N. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, II. 147. 
natation (na-ta'shon), n. [= F. natation = Pg. 
natagSo, < L. nataiio(n-), a swimming, a swim- 
ming-place, < natare, swim: see natant.] The 
art or act of swimming. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. 
Err., iv. 6. 
Natatores (na-ta-to'rez), n.pl. [NL., pi. of L. 
natator, a swimmer,< natare, swim : see natant.] 
In ornith. : (a) In some systems, as those of Vig- 
ors and Swainson, the order of palmiped birds, 
or those which habitually swim; the swimmers. 
It was one of the groups of the quinary system, correlated 
with iTtsessores, Scansores, Rasores, and Grallatores. [Not 
in use.) (ft) By Blyth (1849) restricted to the 
Lamellirostnts. 
natatorial (na-ta-to'ri-al), a. [< natatory + 
-al.] Swimming" or adapted for swimming; 
natatory; specifically, of or pertaining to the 
Natatores. 
natatorious (na-ta-to'ri-us), a. [< natatory + 
-OHS.] Same as natatorial. 
natatorium (na-ta-to'ri-um), n. ; pi. natatori- 
ums, natatoria (-umz, -a). [LL., a place for 
swimming, < natatorins, pertaining to a swim- 
mer: see natatory.] A swimming-school; a 
place for swimming. 
natatory (na'ta-to-ri), a. [= F. natatmre = 
Sp. Pg. natatorio (cf . It. natatoria, a bath, pool, 
pond), < LL. natatorius, pertaining to a swim- 
mer or to swimming, < L. natator, a swimmer, 
< natare, swim: see natant.] \. Swimming; 
having the habit of swimming in water. 
There is little doubt that the natatory Sirenian order 
was derived from it [Amblypoda] by a process of degrada- 
tion. E. D. Cope, Origin of the Fittest, p. 278. 
2. Used in or adapted for swimming: as, nata- 
tory organs; natatory membranes. 
natch 1 (nach), n. and v. A dialectal form of 
notch. 
Losh, man ! ha'e mercy wi' your natch, 
Your bodkin 's bauld. Burns, To a Tailor. 
natch 2 (nach), . [Formerly also naclie ; < ME. 
nache, nage, < OF. naclie, naicne, nasche, nage, 
naigc (= It. natica), buttock, < ML. naticce, < L. 
nates, buttocks: see nates.] The buttocks or 
rump. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
Width [of a cow] at the nache, 14 inches. 
Marshall. (Latham.) 
natch-bone (nach'bon), . [Formerly nache- 
lione, etc. ; < natcli + bone. Cf . aitch-bone.] The 
bone of the rump, as of an ox; an aitch- 
bone. 
nates (na'tez), n. pi. [L. natis, usually in pi. 
nates, buttock, rump.] 1. The buttocks; the 
haunches ; the gluteal region of the body ; in 
man, the seat. 2. The larger, anterior pair of 
prominences of the corpora quadrigemina or 
optic lobes of the brain in man and other mam- 
mals, the smaller, posterior pair being called 
the testi'S. See corpora quadrigemina, under 
corpus. 3. The umbones of a bivalve shell. 
natnt. An obsolete contracted form of ne hatli, 
hath not. Chaucer. 
nathe (naTH), n. A corrupt form of nare 1 . 
[Prov. Eng.] 
And let the restlesse spokes and whirling nathes 
Of my eternal chariot on the proud 
Aspiring back of towring Atlas rest. 
Phillis of Scyros (1656). (Nares.) 
nathelesst, nathlesst (na'THe-les', naTH'les'), 
adv. [< ME. natheless, < AS. na thy la's, not 
the less: se^ no 1 , the 2 , less 1 .] Nevertheless; 
not the less; notwithstanding. Chaucer. 
Nat/teles William wijtli worthili him grette. 
H'illiain of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4506. 
The torrid clime 
Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire. 
Nathless he so endured. Milton, P. L., i. 290. 
Natheless, as we have had sudden reason to believe, this 
Princess Elizabeth . . . has obtained certain knowledge 
of the trains which we had laid. Scott, Monastery, xvi. 
