nectarotheca 
nectarotheca (iiok"ta-rf>-tho'ka), .; pi. 
rothccir (-se). [NL., '( ( ir. viitTap, nectar, + <V>/. 
a receptacle: see theca,] In hot., a honey- or 
nectar-case; a nectary; specifically, the spur 
of certain flowers. 
nectarous (m'k'ta-rus), a. [< nectar + -oiut.] 
liVsi-inbliiig nectar; nectarean. 
From the gash 
A stream of nectarnut humuur lulling flnw'd 
Sanguine. Milton, P. L., vl. 33^ 
nectary (nck'ta-ri), . ; pi. nectaries (-riz). [= 
P. nrctaire = Sp. Pg. nectario = It. nettario, < 
NL. nectiirium (Linnteus), a nectary (cf. Gr. ven- 
Tn/iinv, a certain plant, otherwise e'Atviov: see 
Selenium), < Gr. viicrap, nectar: see nectar.'] 
1. In bot., a part of a flower that contains or 
secretes a saccharine fluid. Sometimes it Is a pro- 
longation of the calyx, as In Trapccolum, or of the corolla, 
as in Viola, AquiUijia, and Aciinitmn; or it may belong 
Nectary of (a) Fritillaria Mtltafrit (foveolate). f *) LiHaria vul- 
farts (culcarifomi), (c I Barbarea VHlgnris (glandular), (tf) Par- 
nassia ' fatustris, (rt Stafhytea trifolia (disk -shaped). (/) Aaui- 
lefia Canadmsu{calcaTitonn},(f) Liltufn sttperbttm (furrow-like). 
to some other organ. The curious fringed scales of Par- 
nasria, those on the claws of the petals of Ranunculus, and 
the pits on those of the lilies and fritillaries are also nec- 
taries, as are the noun of the narcissus, the processes of 
the passion-flower, and the inner minute scales of grasses. 
The name nectary should be restricted to those parts which 
actually secrete honey, care being taken not to confound 
these parts with the different kinds of disk. 
2. In entom., one of two little tubular organs 
on the abdomen of an aphis or plant-louse, 
from which a sweet fluid like honey is exuded. 
Also called honey-tube, siphwicle, or cornicle. 
nectocalycine (nek-to-kal'i-sin), a. [< necto- 
calyx (-calyc-) 4- -inc l '.~\ Haying the character 
of a nectocalyx; of or pertaining to a swimming- 
bell. 
nectocalyz (nek'to-ka-liks),n.; pi. nectocalyxes, 
iifctocalices (-ka'ljk-sez, -kal'i-sez). [NL., < 
Gr. vrjKTof, swimming (< vfo-v, swim: see na- 
tant), + miXuf, a cup, the envelop of a flower, 
etc.: see calyx.] A swimming-bell; the bell- 
shaped or discoidal natatory organ with which 
many hydrozoans are provided, and by means 
of which the hydrosome is propelled through 
the water. The nectocalyx alternately contracts and 
relaxes, giving rise to a gently undulatory movement. It 
consists of a cup or bell attached to the hydrosome by its 
base, and furnished with appropriate muscles for the ex- 
ecution of its movements. A nectocalyx is morphologi- 
cally an undeveloped asexual medusiform person, without 
a mamlbrium, tentacles, or sense-organs. See cuts under 
Itifl/iiitt/i; Hii'ili/xifiinn, Uydrozoa, and Willn'a. 
nectocyst (nek'to-sist), n. [< Gr. v^in-of, swim- 
ming, + KvaTif, a bag.] Same as nectosac. 
Nectopoda (nek-top ? o-da), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
vr/Krof, swimming, + irovf (TTOI?-) = E. fool.] In 
conch., in De Blainville's classification (1825), 
one of two families (the other being Heteropo- 
rf/i) into which his order \ucleobrnnchiata was 
divided. It was composed of the genera Ptrrotrachea 
(or Fintla) and Cnnnaria. corresponding to the family 
Firnlid^ in a broad sense, or to the modern families Ptc- 
rntrnchei'lfK and Carinariidce, now referred to an order 
HrtsrnptHla. See Ilcteropfida. 
nectosac (nek'to-sak), n. [< Gr. vr/KT6f, swim- 
ming, + a&KKOf, a bag or sack : see sac.] The 
interior or cavity of a swimming-bell or necto- 
calyx. Also nectocyst. 
nectosome (nek'to-som), . [< Gr. vt/KTof, swim- 
ming, + aij/ta, body.] The upper or proximal 
portion of a siphonophorous stock modified 
for swimming: contradistinguished from the 
sipJtOtome, which is the nutrient portion. 
nectostem (nek'to-stem), . [< Gr. VT/KTOS, swim- 
ming, + E. stem'.] In Hydrozoa, the axis of a 
series of nectocalyxes. 
Just below the float on the nectnstem there Is a small 
cluster of minute hnds in which can be found nectocalices 
of all sizes |in Ayalma\. Stand, tfat. Hint., I. 99. 
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nectozopid (nek-to-zo'oid), n. [< Or. 
swimming, 4- E. :ooitl.] A nectocalyx consid- 
ered as a zofiid. 
Necturus (nek-tu'rus), . [NL., < Gr. riykTw, 
Hwimming, + oiyxi, tail.] A genus of amphibi- 
ans: same as Mi'iiolinnichun. 
neddet. A Middle English form of nadde for 
ne hitddr, had not. 
nedder't, . A form of nadder, usually miiirr. 
Hen nadilrr, nil/lii^. 
nedder-, . A dialectal form of wither*. 
neddy (ned'i), . ; pi. nedtlies (-iz). [A par- 
ticular use of Xeddy, dim. of JNed ? a familiar 
form of Ed, a common dim. abbreviation of I'.il- 
iniril. Ct. equiv. cuddy 1 .] An ass ; a donkey. 
nedet, ., "., and ailr. A Middle English fonn 
Of IH'I'll. 
nedest, <tdr. A Middle English form of needs. 
liedlet, n. A Middle English form of needle. 
nee, r. i. An obsolete or dialectal form of neigh 1 . 
n6e (na), a. [P. (< L. natn), fern, of <J (< L. 
n a lux), pp. of miftre, < L. nonet, be bom: see 
nascent, natal.] Born: sometimes placed be- 
fore a married woman's maiden name to indi- 
cate the family to which she belongs : as, Ma- 
dame de Stae'l, nee Necker (that is, Madame de 
Stae'l, born Necker, or whose family name was 
Necker). 
need (ned), n. [< ME. need, nede, sometimes 
neethe, < AS. nyd, nid, ned, nied, by umlaut 
from nedd, neod, necessity, need, compulsion, 
force, urgent requirement, want, etc., = OS. 
nod = OFries. ndth, tied = D. nood = MLG. not 
= OHG. MHG. not, Q. noth, not = Icel. naudh, 
naudhr. neydh = Sw. Dan. nod =Goth. nautlis, 
compulsion, force; cf. OPruss. nauti-, need; 
appar. with formative -d, orig. -di, perhaps 
from the root *nau, press, press close, appear- 
ing (prob.) in D. naaittc, close, exact, = MHG. 
nou, novice, yenoutre, G. gcnnu, exact, careful, 
= OSw. noga, niiga, Sw. noga = Norw. naui; 
nau, nor, navrer. naiiger, narrow, close, = ODan. 
noge, Dan. noje, adv., exactly.] 1. The lack 
of something that is necessary or important ; 
urgent want; necessity. 
The knyghtes sat down and ete and dranke as thel that 
ther-to haue grete imle. Merlin (E. E. T. H.\ in. 517. 
Little needf there was, and lease reason, the ship should 
stay. Quoted In Capt. John Smttk'i Works, I. lei). 
The Sea itself, which one would think 
Should have but little ;..-.,; of Drink, 
Drinks ten thousand Rivers up. 
CmaUy, Anacreontics, ii. 
2. Specifically, want of the means of subsis- 
tence; destitution; poverty; indigence; dis- 
tress; privation. 
As well knowe ye the neethe of the londe as do I. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.\ ill. 505. 
Famine is In thy cheeks, 
ffeed and oppression starveth in thine eyes, 
Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back. 
Shale., E. and J., v. 1. 70. 
3. Time of want; exigency; emergency: as, "a 
friend in need is a friend indeed." 
Thow shalt flnde Fortune the faille at thl moste nede. 
Piers Plmeman (B), xi. 28. 
For in many a nede he hadde hym socourcd and holpen. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), UL 678. 
Deserted at his utmost need 
By those his former bounty fed. 
Dryden, Alexander's Feast, 1. 80. 
4f. That which is needful; something neces- 
sary to be done. 
Room to Surrye ben they went ful fayn, 
And doon her nede* as they ban doon yore. 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 76. 
5t. A perilous extremity. Chaucer At need, at 
one's need, at a time of greatest requirement ; in a great 
exigency ; in a strait or emergency. 
Three fair queens, 
Wlio stood in silence near his throne, the friends 
Of Arthur, gazing on him, tall, with bright 
Sweet faces, who will help him at hi* need. 
Tfnnyton, Coming of Arthur. 
= Syn. 1. Kectiaity, Need (see necessity and exigeney\ emer- 
gency, strait, extremity, distress. 2. Want, Indigence, 
etc. See poverty. 
need (ncid), r. [< ME. neden, < AS. nydan, ni- 
dan, neden, also neddian, compel, force, < nyd, 
nid, ned, neiid, need, compulsion: see need, .] 
I. trans. To have necessity or need for ; want; 
lack; require. 
They that be whole need not a physician, but they that 
are sick. Mat ix. 12. 
An hundred and Ii f I ir other Tenements for the poore of 
the Citie, which haue there an asper a day, and as much 
bread as they need. Purchat, Pilgrimage, p. 299. 
(ffeed, especially in negative and interrogative sentences 
Implying obligation or necessity, is often used. In the pres- 
ent, before an infinitive, usually without to, need being 
then invariable (without the personal terminations of the 
needle 
second and third persons singular): u, he or they need 
not go; need he do it.'l =8yn. Want, etc. See laclci. 
II. in/rung. To be wanted; be necessary: 
lined impersonally. 
It nriirthr not to tellc con the names of the Cytee, ne 
of the Townes that hen in that Weye. 
MandeviUe, Travel., p. 54. 
There nrrdt no such apology. 
Shall. , Hi. li. III., III. 7. 104. 
In north of England I wa IHHTI : 
(It needed him to lie.) 
Avid MaOiand (Child's Ballads, VI. 244). 
Merit this, hut seeke onely Vertne, not to extend your 
Limits ; for what needtf Milton, Reformation In Eng., II. 
needt (ned), adv. [ME. nede; adverbial use, 
like needx, of need, n.] Needs; necessarily. 
The thinges that a man may not hane, he muste nede 
Buffer. Merlin (E. E. T. 8-X L 70. 
I woot wee!, lord, thou t i.;t ful art, 
And that synne mote be ponyschid nede. 
Political Potmt, etc. (ed. Kumivall), p. 175. 
need-be (ned'be), n. Something compulsory, 
indispensable, or requisite; a necessity. 
There Is a need-be for removing. 
Carlyle, French Rev., III. UL 4. 
needdomt (ned'dum), n. [< need + -doni.] The 
domain of want or need. Darien. 
Idleness is the coach to bring a man to Needdam, prodi- 
gality the post-horse. Rn. T. Adamt, Works, 1. 494. 
needer (ne'der), . [< need + -eri.] One who 
needs or wants. Khak., Cor., iv. 1. 44. 
needfire (ned'fir), n. [8c. also ncidfire, for- 
merly neidfyre, etc.; < need + fire. It was also 
c&tted forced fire, in allusion to the mode of pro- 
ducing it.] 1. A fire produced by the friction 
of one piece of wood upon another, or of a rope 
upon a stake of wood. From ancient times peculiar 
virtue was attributed to fire thus obtained, which was sup- 
posed to have great efficacy in overcoming the enchant- 
ment to which disease, such as that of cattle, was ascribed. 
The superstition survived in the Highlands of Scotland un- 
til a recent date. 
2. Spontaneous ignition. 3. The phosphoric 
light of rotten wood. 4. A beacon. 
The ready page with hurried hand 
Awaked the needftre's slumbering brand, 
And ruddy blush'd the heaven. 
Scott, L. of L. M., ill. 29. 
[Scotch in all uses.] 
needful (ned'ful), a. [< ME. needeful, nedcftil, 
nedful, nedfol; < need + -ful.] 1. Having or 
exhibiting need or distress; needy; necessitous. 
At the last, in this lond light am I here, 
Naked, & nede/vll, as thou now sees. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.), L 18321. 
For thou art the poor man's help, and strength for the 
needful in his necessity. Isa. xxv. 4 (Coverdale). 
2. Necessary; requisite. 
These thingis ben nedeful to slche feueris and apostemes. 
Boole of Quinte Essence (ed. Flirnlvall), p. 24. 
The needful bits and curbs to headstrong weeds. 
5Ao*., M. for M., I. 3. 20. 
The needful, anything necessary or requisite : specifical- 
ly, ready money; "the wherewithal." (Co)loq. or slang.) 
Mrt. Air. Yon have the needful f 
Mr. Air. All but five hundred pounds, which yon may 
have in the evening. Foott, The Cozeners, ill. S. 
=8ylL 2. lieqtn'jritf. etc. (see necessary), indispensable. 
needfully (ned'ful-i), adr. In a needful man- 
ner; necessarily. 
needfulness (ned'ful-nes), n. The state of be- 
ing needful; necessity. 
Needham's pouch. See pouch. 
needily (ne'di-li), adr. If. Necessarily; of ne- 
cessity. 
By which reason it followeth that netdHie great Incon- 
nenience must fall to that people that a child Is ruler and 
gouemour of. UMnthed, Rich. II., an. 1899. 
2. In a needy manner; in want or poverty. 
I were unthankful! to that highest bounty If I should 
make my selfe so poore as to solicite needily any such 
klnde of rich hopes as this Fortuneteller dreams of. 
Milton, Apology for Hmectymnnns. 
neediness (ne'di-nes), n. [Early mod. E. nedi- 
ness; < needy + -ness.] The state of being 
needy; want; poverty; indigence. 
I'ppon the losse of these thyngs folowe nediness and 
pouertie, the payne of lackyng. 
Sir T. More, Works, p. 1218. 
needle (ne'dl), n. [Also dial., by transposition, 
neeld; < ME. nedle, nedel, nedele, neelde, nelde, 
< AS. niedl = OS. nddla = OFries. nedle, nidle 
= D. naald = MLG. natfle, LG. natel = OHG. 
nddela, nadla, MHG. nadel, Q. nadel, dial. tiaJ. 
nole, nolde = Icel. w<J7 = Sw. &l = Dan. naal 
= Goth, nethla. a needle; with a formative -dl 
(-thli>-), from a verb found only in D. naaijen 
= OHG. ndjan, MHG. nojen, G. nfihen, sew 
(whence also D. naad = OHG. MHG. nat, G. 
unlit, a seam, OHG. natan. inlttn: MHG. na- 
a seamer, tailor, fern. MHG. ndtierin, Q. 
