An inhabitant or inhabitant* of Ne- 
Nephelococcygia 
nous plants of the order Liilmiln: typified by 
the genus Nepeta. It 1> known by the usually fifteen- 
nerved calyx and the superior stamens longer than the 
1. . .r pah-. It contains 8 genera and about 184 specie*. 
' 
Neotoma 
peculiar to North America. ; the wood-rats. They II. 
have thick soft fur. a long tall either scant-lialred or pal. 
bushy, pointed mobile snout, large full eves, large round- n eDe't U. and . 
ed ears, the fore feet with four perfect clawed digits and '*.,' An obsolete form of N-|/- ' r ST" Y~ rtn 
nidinifiitai v thumb and the hind fe.-t tlve-toed. S.fon- ^epe -t, An i rmoineep. nephalism (uef'a-lizm), w. [< Gr. vr#a/jap6f. 
Z I. the common wo-d-rat of th, ,,uti,,r,, i nit,,i Nepenthaceze (ne-peu-tha'se-e), n. ul. [NL. n H Xrness, < w/^>.<of, sober, <Mf*w, be sober.] 
stat,- s . K has whit,- pa.. and nnd.-r parts, and is nine (Lindley, 1836),< Nepenthes + -.] An order Tllo nr incii>les or practice of those who abstain 
in, In K in l.-ngth, with n tail about six inches long. A. of dicotyledonous apetalous plants, with nu- 
TV^nclwihy-tafled wood-rat w^^lnlubtti the Botky ere, and fleshy albumen, consisting of the single 
Mountains ami other mountains of the west. gcnUH ,Y< / n tins. 
neotome (ne'o-tom), n. A sigmodont rat of the nepenthe (ne-pen'the), n. [Pronounced as if 
genus Neotoma, <S. G. Goodrich. L.; but the L. form is nepenthes : see nepenthes.] 
NeotragUS (nf-ot'ra-gus), n. [NL., < Gr. vtof, Same as nepenthes, 1. 
new, + rpdyof, a goat. ] A genus of pygmy an- Ifepenthe is a drincke of soverayne grace, 
Devized by the Gods, for to asswage 
llarts grief, and bitter gall away to chace. 
Spenncr, f. Q., IV. 1U. 48. 
Or else Sepentht, enemy to aadneu, 
Kepelllng sorrows, and repealing gladness. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Week*, U., Eden. 
The principles or practice of tin 
from spirituous liquors; total abstinence ; tee- 
totalism. 
Some figurea had been extracted from a report on Intem- 
perance and Disease without the corresponding explana- 
tion and had been misunderstood as Implying that nepha- 
linn was more fatal than tlppl Ing. Lancet, No. 8421, p. 702. 
nephallst (uef'a-list), n. [< nephal-ism + -itt.] 
One who practises or advocates nephalism, or 
total abstinence from intoxicating drink; a 
teetotaler. 
nephela (nef'e-ltt), .; pi. nephela; (-le). [NL.. 
< (Jr. w^Xi?. a cloud, a disease of the eyes, = L. 
nebula, a cloud: see nebula, nebvle.] A white 
Neotropical (ne-o-t r P'i- k 9l)> a. [< Gr. vtof, Q-,,, oh> qua " ff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost gpot on the cornea. 
new, + E. tropical.] In zoiigeog., belonging Lenore! foe, The Raven, nephele (nef'e-le) , . [< Gr. vt 6i~t.n, a cloud : 
- 1 -'- 1 - ~ - 3 Crown us with asphodel flowers, that are wet with the 
dews of nepenthe. Longfellutu, Evangeline, 1L 4. 
telopes of Africa; the steiuboks. It includes the 
smallest representatives of the group, as the common stein - 
bok (A', trayulia), the gray stelubok (ft. melanotus), and the 
madoqua (A*, madogtut). The genus was established by 
Hamilton Smith. It has been used with different limits, 
and Xewtrayus is synonymous. 
Gr. viof, 
se'e nephela.] In' the Gr. Cn.^the outermost 
eucharistic veil : same as air 1 , 7. 
[< Gr. ve- 
occur- 
to that division of the New World which is not 
Nearctic : specifically applied by Sclater to one 
of six prime divisions of the earth's surface, and nepenthes (ne-pen'thez),n. [Cf . F. nepenthes = nephelin, nepheline (nef'e-lin), n. [< 
including all of America which is south of the pg. nepenthes = D. nepent = G. nepenthe; < L. ^5^ a cloud, + -in*, -<n2.] A mineral 
Nearctie region. nepenthes, described as a plant which, mingled ring in glassy white or yellowish hexagonal 
Neottia (ne-ot'i-ii), . [NL. (Linnnus, 1737), w fth wine, had an exhilarating effect ;< Gr. w/- crystals or grains in volcanic rocks, as on 
so called in allusion to the interwoven fibers of nevOfc, removing sorrow, free from sorrow ; ap- Monte Somma, Vesuvius (the variety sommite), 
the roots of the plants ; < Gr. veoaotd, Attic veor- plied in the Odyssey to an Egyptian drug which au d a i so i n masses with greasy luster and a 
no, a nest of young birds, a nest: see no*ine.] fulled sorrow for the day ; as a noun, vjftreitits, j^ greenish or reddish color (the variety 
L!J . .L .^v-i-ii.- * . v- -olite). It is a silicate of aluminium, sodi- 
A genus of orchids, type of the tribe Neottiea!, be- ne ut. (sc. 
longing to the subtribe Spiranthece, and known grief, sadness.] 
by the long column and leafless habit. ~ 
H>); < vr\- priv., not, 4- ireitiof, eleeolite) 
1. A magic potion, mentioned um _ ttn( j 
potassium. Also nephelite. 
Used poetically, and commonly In the form nepenthe, for constituent is largely or wholly replaced by 
any draught or drug capable of inducing forgetfulnes. ne , lin u mor(J ^^ Crv8tall | ne than nep he- 
Unite, to which, however. It is closely related, and it con- 
abit. Thereare by ancient writers, which was supposed to make nephelin-basalt (nef'e-lin-ba-salt'). n. Arock 
S species, of northern Asia and Europe, supposed para- pergong forget their sorrows and misfortunes. o f the basaltic family in which the feldspathic 
sites, bearing a raceme of short-pediceled flowers on a ' 
short stem covered with sheaths and proceeding from a 
dense cluster of short fleshy root*. A'. Nidtu-amt Is the 
bird's-nest orchis. It has also been called gooienat. See 
Neottiese (ne-o-ti'e-e), n. pi. [NL. (Lindley, 
1826), < Neottia + -ea;.] A tribe of endoge- 
nous plants of the order Orchidea;, known by the 
separate and parallel anther-cells and granular 
pollen. It Includes 6 subtribes and 81 genera. Theyare 
generally terrestrial, with thickened rootatoeks or tubers, 
but without bulbous stems. Of this tribe Spiranthet, Good 
of pain or care. 
Not that Xepenthet which the wife of Thone 
In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena 
Is of such power to stir up joy as this. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 675. 
2. [cap.] [NL. (Linnteus, 1737).] A genus 
of pitcher-plants, comprising 31 species, and 
, , . 
tains more angite than that rock, nephelin (which Is fre- 
quently largely replaced by haiiyne) and augite constitut- 
ing its essential ingredients. Nephelin-basalt is much 
more common than nephelinite, occurring in many locali- 
ties In Europe. Like the true basalts, the nephelln-rocks 
are frequently found to contain various accessory miner- 
als, as olivin, haiiyne, apatite, magnetite, etc. 
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constituting the order Nepenthncea; found es- ne ph e liiii c (nef-e-lin'ik), . [< nej)helin + -ic.] 
pecially in _the Malav archipelago. ^ Thyjw Pertaining to or of the nature of nephelin : as, 
IHH Will lull I UU1UUUS Bit IUB. Vl Ulin M luc Uffti ifwK0, \**nn. -"j - j - i. i 1 it OcMUUUUC tV/ VI VJ1 til' 
yera, Arethuta, Calopoyon, and Pogonia are well-known somewhat shrubby leaf-climbers, with the prolonged mid- n(V h c linie teph rite 
orchids of the northern United States, and Vanilla an im- v-u_j*. /..* / i; 
orchids of the northern United States, and Vanilla an im 
portant tropical genus. 
neovolcanic (ne"o-vol-kan'ik), a. A term used 
by Rosenbusch to designate the modern vol- 
canic rocks, or those more recent than the Cre- 
taceous, while those older than this are called 
by him paleovolcanic. The older eruptive rocks have 
as a rule undergone a larger amount of alteration (see 
metamarphinn) than the more recent, but this affords no 
reliable criterion for a general classification. 
Neozoic (ne-o-zo'ik), a. [< Gr. vtof, new, + 
Cur), life.] A' designation suggested by Edward 
Forbes, but not generally adopted, for that divi- 
sion of the geological series which includes the 
Mesozoic and Tertiary. According to this method 
of nomenclature, the entire sequence of geological fossilif- 
erous rocks would be divided into Paleozoic and Neozoic. 
nep 1 (nep),n. [Also dial. nip; <W.neppe,nepte, 
nept, < AS. nepte, nefte = MD. nepte, neppe, 
nep, D. neppe = G. nept = OF. nepte = It. neputa, 
dim.cpit?te,catnip,<L.nepe<arML.alsonepito, 
Italian catmint: see Nepeta. Hence, in comp., 
catnep, now catnip.] The catnip, Nepeta Cata- 
ria. Wild nep, the common bryony, Bryonia dioiea. 
nep'- J (nep), n. A variant of neep*. [Prov. Eng.] 
nep-* (nep), n. [Perhaps a var. of nap* tor knap*.] 
A knob, swelling, protuberance, or knot which 
exists in imperfect cotton-fibers as a result 
either of unsymmetrical growth or of opera- 
tions (principally ginning) to which the cotton 
is subjected preparatory to carding or comb- 
ing. 
nep s (nep), t'. t.; pret. and pp. nepped, ppr. nep- 
[< nep 3 , n.] To form knots, knobs, or 
a. Pitcher-plant (Ntfentkei dutitlatoria) 
thts Ktrfffsiana. 
, the Pitcher oJAV/CT.- 
protuberances in (cotton-fibers) during the pro- 
cesses of ginning, opening, etc., preparatory to 
carding and combing. 
Nepa (no 'pa), n. [NL., < L. nepa, a scorpion 
(an Africau'word) .] The typical genus of bugs 
of the family Nepida; founded by Linnaeus in 
1748; the water-scorpions. Theyare related to Ra- 
natra but are easily distinguished by the broad flat body 
and less raptorial fore tarsi. The genus is wide-spread, 
though only one species occurs in Kurope and one in the 
United States. All are aquatic and predaceous. The com- 
mon water scorpion of Europe, A', dnerea. Is a large hug, 
an inch long, of an elliptical form ; A', apiculata is a simi- 
lar but smaller one found in the United States. 
Nepal aconite, laburnum, paper, etc. See 
Nepaulese (ne-pa-les' or -lez'), a. and H. [< Ne- 
ixiiil (Ni-pi'tl) + -m.] I. (i. Of or pertaining to 
of Tibet. 
nephelinite (nef 'e-lin-it), n. [< nephelin + 
(nng)ite.] The name given by Rosenbusch to 
what had previously been generally designated 
as "nephelin-dolerite." The difference be- 
tween this rock and nephelin-basalt is exceed- 
ingly slight. See nephelin-basalt. 
nephelinitoid (nef-e-lin'i-toid), a. An epithet 
applied by Bovicky to a rock resembling and 
passing into nephelin-basalt, but having, in 
many instances at least, the augite either whol- 
ly or in large part replaced by hornblende. The 
rocks described under this name occur chiefly 
in Bohemia. 
nephelin-rock (uef'e-lin-rok), n. A volcanic 
rock closely allied to the basalts in character, 
but in which nephelin takes the place of feld- 
spar either wholly or in large part. Nephelin- 
rocks are almost exclusively of neovolcanic age. 
See iteithclin-banfiU and ncitheliii-tcithritc, 
rlD ot many 01 me leaves inuiuuniicu miu ym-iicn., ww ., f. . ., 1,^ rri, * 
closl In the bud by a lid, glandular within, and secreting nephelm-tephrlte (uef e-hn-tef'nt), n. Inat 
liquid which aids in the assimilation of insects^ caught variety of tephrite (see tephrite) which is char- 
acterized by the presence of nephelin. Rocki 
of this character are especially well developed in the Ca- 
nary Islands. According to Rosenbusch, a rock occurring 
in the Rhongebirge and described by K. Sandberger under 
the name of buchmute belongs to the nephelin-tephritea. 
nephelite (nef 'e-lit), . [< Gr. vi^., a cloud, 
+ -ite 2 .] Same as nephelin. 
Nephelium (ne-fe' li-um), n. [NL. (Linnaeus, 
1787 ) , < L. nephelion, a kind of plant, < Gr. vtft'/.iov, 
a little cloud, < vt$t/.n, a cloud : see nephela.] A 
genus of dicotyledonous trees of the polypet- 
alous order Sapindacea; and the tribe Sapindea; 
known by the regular cup-shaped five-toothed 
calyx, indehiscent warty fruit, and long pro- 
jecting stamens. There are about 20 species, mostly 
of the East Indies and Australia, some, yielding delicious 
fruits, of China and the Indian archipelago. They bear 
axillary and terminal panicles of many small flower*, al- 
ternate evergreen abruptly pinnate leaves of a beautiful 
pink when young, and roundish fruit with an areolated 
crust partly filled within by a sweet edible pulp inclosing 
the bitter shining seed. See dragon't-tye.longan, and ram- 
butan. Compare liehi. 
Nephelococcygia (nefe-lo-kok-sij'i-a), w. | 
(Jr. Nf^/oico/oaT-ia, 'Cloud Cuckoo-town' (see 
def.). < vc$t%n, a cloud, + K<k*tif, a cuckoo.] In 
Aristophanes's comedy "The Birds, "an imagi- 
nary city built in the clouds by the birds at 
the instigation of two Athenians, and repre- 
sented both as a fantastic caricature of Athens 
in the poet's day and as a sort of Philistine Uto- 
pia full of gross enjoyments; hence, in literary 
allusion, cloudlaud; fools' paradise. 
rlbn of many of the leaves transformed into pitchers. 
Their flowers are small and greenish, In racemes, followed 
by somewhat cubical capsules. See pitcher-plant. 
Neperian, a. Same as Napierian. 
Nepeta (nep'e-tS), n. [NL. (Rivinus, 1690), < 
L. nepeta, catmint, catnip : see nep 1 .] A genus 
of labiate plants, type of the tribe Nepetea, 
known by the tubular calyx and anther-cells 
diverging or divaricate. There are about ISO spe- 
cies, widely scattered in the northern parts of the Old 
Flowering Plant of Ground-ivy (Nifla GUclamat. a, a dower. 
World, a few in the tropics. They are erect, spreading, 
or creeping herbs with toothed leaves and many-flowered 
whorls of bluish or white flowers. Two species are very 
common, A'. Cataria, the catmint, and -V. Glechoma, the 
ground-ivy. 
Nepetese (ne-pet'e-e), w. pi. [NL. (Bentham, 
1832), < Nepeta + '-ea.] A tribe of dicotyledo- 
