nitrous 
inliiilri IB Irresistibly impelled to <lo nil kimln ..f silly nn.l 
.Ur ;i\:i^:Liit ;irt-. In !!(-< thr old name of hnt'ifiiii't't't*. 
Mso i-iiii.-.i HI//-.../.-II monnxid. Spirit of nitrous ether, 
HII alcoholic solution of ethyl nitrite rontainlng about 5 
JUT rent. ,.f the L-Miilt' ether. It In diaphoretic, diuretic, 
and antlHpasinodic. Also called mceet spirit of niter. 
ilitruill (iii'truiii). H. [L., natron. NL., niter: 
nee nitrr.] 1. Natron. 2. Niter. Nltrumnain- 
mana, ammonium nitrate: so mm. ,1 (rum Its property of 
exploding when heated to W F. 
nitry. See />/ ///. 
nitryl (ni'tril), . [< iiitrum (nitric) + -///. | 
Nitric peroxid (NO 2 ), a univalent radical as- 
sumed to exist in nitric acid and in the so-called 
nitro-compounds. 
nitta-tree (uit'ft-tre), . [< African iiittn, also 
inillii, + E. tree."] A leguminous tree, Parkin 
Hi/In nil iilima (I'. Afririimi), nrttive in western 
Africa and parts of India. Its clustered pod con- 
tain an edible mealy pulp of which the negroes are fond ; 
and in the Sudan the seeds (about fourteen in a pod), after 
a process of roasting, fermenting in water, etc., are made 
Into a cake which serves as a sauce, though of offensive 
odor. The name tiilta-tre* perhaps covers more than one 
species. Also called African locust. 
nitter (nit'er), H. f< >ii'<i + -ei-i.] Au insect 
which deposits ks nits on animals, as an oastrus 
or bot-fly. See cut tinder hot-flu. 
nittilyt "(nit'i-li), ailc. Lousily; with liee; 
filthily. 
He was a man nittily needy, and therefore adventurous. 
SirJ. Hayteard. 
nittings (nit'ingz), n. pi. [Origin obscure.] 
Small particles of lead ore. [North. Eng.] 
nitty 1 (nit'i), a. [< nit + -y 1 .] Full of nits; 
abounding with nits. 
I'll know the poor, egregious, nitty rascal. 
/(. Joiaon, Poetaster, III. 1. 
nitty a t (nit'i), a. [A var. of netty, now natty, 
perhaps simulating tiititl, < L. nitiriiin, the ult. 
source of all these forms.] Shining; elegant; 
spruce. 
O dapper, rare, compleate, sweet nittie youth ! 
Marilon, Satires, lii. 
nival (ni'val), a. [< L. nivalis, snowy, < wir (niv-, 
prig. "(fntflifir-), snow: seewoiel.] If. Abound- 
ing with snow; snowy. Bailey. 2. Growing 
amid snow, or flowering during winter : as, nival 
plants. 
Monte Rosa contains the richest nival flora, although 
most of the species are distributed through the whole Al- 
pine region. Science, IV. 476. 
nivelt (niv'l), v. i. See niffie 1 . Prompt. Parr. 
nivellator (iiiv'e-la-tor), n. [= F. iiivelenr = 
Sn.nirelador; as F. iiireler (= Sp. wire/or), level 
(( nirel, level : see level 1 ), + -ator.] A leveler. 
There are In the Compte Rendus of the French Academy 
later papers containing developments of various points of 
the theory the conception of nmllatori may be referred 
to. Nature, XXXIX. 219. 
nivellization (niv'e-li-za'shpn), n. [< F. ni- 
veler, level (see nivellator), 4- -ize + -atioti.] 
A leveling; a reduction to uniformity, as of 
originally different vowels or inflections. Fig- 
fitsson and Potccll, Icelandic Reader, p. 489. 
niyenite (niv'en-it), n. [Named after William 
Niren of New York.] A hydrated uranate of 
thorium, yttrium, and lead, occurring in mas- 
sive forms with a velvet-black color and high 
specific gravity. It is found in Llano county, 
Texas, associated with gadolinite, fergusonite, 
and other rare species. 
niveous (ni've-us), a. [< L. niueutt, snowy, < 
nir(nir-), snow: see nival.] Snowy; partaking 
of the qualities of snow; resembling snow; 
pure and brilliant white, as the wings of cer- 
tain moths. 
Cinnabar becomes red by the acid exhalation of sulphur, 
which otherwise presents a pure and nttvwM white. 
Sir T. Brotm*. Vnlg. Err., vi. 12. 
Niyernois hat. [F. \iremoix, now 
naig, < A r ec<T, a city in France.] A hat worn 
in England by young men of fashion about 
1765. 
What with my Niixrnau hat can compare? 
C. Anttey, New Bath Guide, p. 73. 
nivicolous (nl-vik'o-lus), a. [< L. uif (nil--), 
snow. + coli're. inhabit.] Living in the snow; 
especially, living on mountains at or above the 
snow-Hue. [Rare.] 
Nivose (ne-voz'), n. [< L. iiiroxux, abounding 
in snow, < ins (/(-), snow.] The fourth month 
of the French revolutionary calendar, begin- 
ning (in 1793-4) December 21st and ending 
January 19th. 
nix 1 (niks), H. [< <' '"'-I' iMHi. nii-l.-i*. ni,-li,-s. 
OHO. iiiiJiM.*. nililtux), a water-sprite (= Dau. 
nixxe, a hobgoblin, brownie): see wiVA/ri. Cf. 
iiij-i/ und iiiV-.l In 7< at. iiii/lli.. a water-spirit, 
4001 
good or bad. The Scotch water-kelpie is H 
wicked iiis. Also written nis. 
nix 2 ^niks), n. [< G. nifhts (= D. nietx), no- 
thing, prop, adv., orig. gen. of H irli i, not, naught : 
si. Htiiii/iii, wM.] 1. Nothing; as an answer, 
nothing; also, by extension, as adverb, no. 
[Colloq., U. S.] 2. See the quotation. 
Nixet is a term used In the railway mall service to de- 
note matter of domestic origin, chiefly of the tint and 
second class, which Is unmallable because addressed to 
places which are not post-offices, or to States, etc. , In which 
there Is no such post omce as that indicated In the address. 
U. S. Official P. II. (hade, Jan., 18SS. p. tlto. 
nix 3 (niks). iuterj. [Prob. another application 
of nijr.2, l.j An exclamation of alann used by 
thieves, street Arabs, and others: as, nil, the 
bobby! (policeman). [Slang, Eng.] 
nixie, nixy 1 (nik'si), n.; pi. nixien (-siz). [Dim. 
of wur 1 , or directly < (i. MMV (OIK;, nirrltisxu). 
fern, of nil, a water-sprite: see nix 1 .] Same 
as nix 1 . 
She who ilU by haunted well 
It subject to the Niriet' spell. 
Scott, Pirate, xxviii. 
nixy- (nik'gi), H. Same as nix 2 , 2. 
Nizam(ni-zam'), n. [Hind, nizam, < Ar. Minim, 
regulator, governor, < nazama, arrange, gov- 
ern.] 1. The hereditary title of the rulers of 
Hyderabad, India, derived from Asaf Jah, the 
founder of the dynasty, who had been appoint- 
ed by the Mogul emperor as Nizam-til-Mulk 
(Regulator of the State), and subahdar of the 
Deccan in 1713, but who ultimately became in- 
dependent. 
I eased in Asia the Xitam 
Of a monstrous brood of vampyre-bats. 
lirniniiii'j. The Pied Piper of Hamelin, vi. 
2. xing. and 7*?. A soldier or the soldiers of the 
Turkish regular army. 
The Nizam, or Regulars, had not been paid for seven 
months, and the Arnauts could scarcely sum up what was 
owing to them. R. F. Burton, l-Medinah, p. 487. 
nizeyt, nizyt, . Same as nteey. 
Nizzard (niz'iird), n. K It. Ni:za, = F. Nief, 
Nice (see def.), 4- -ard.] An inhabitant of the 
city of Nice, or its territory, which formerly 
belonged to the kingdom of Sardinia, but was 
ceded in 1860 to France. 
As it was, both Savoyards and Xianni* had no choice 
except to submit to the Inevitable. 
S. Dicey, Victor Kmmanuel. p. 231. 
nizzyt, Same as nisey. 
N. L. An abbreviation of Nem Latin. 
N. N. E. An abbreviation of north-northrtist. 
N. N. W. An abbreviation of iiortli-norlhtrent. 
no 1 (no), atlr. [Also dial. (Sc.) na. in enclitic 
use; < ME. no, na, < AS. nd, no (= Icel. tiei), 
not ever, no, < ne, not, + a, aye, ever: see ay 1 . 
3 . Cf. nay, another form of no, from the 
Scand.] 1. Not ever; never; not at all; not. 
Tho were thai wounded so strong. 
That that no might doure long. 
Arthour and Merlin, p. HfiO. 
So git thou of the self na tale, 
Hot bring thl sawel out of bale. 
Eng. Metr. Uomilie (ed. Small), p. 141. 
(In this sense no Is now confined to provincial use, In the 
form no or no, the Scottish form na being especially used 
enclltically, as canna, ima, maunna, winna, etc.) 
2. Not so; nay; not: with implied, but not 
expressed, repetition of a preceding (or suc- 
ceeding) statement denied or question an- 
swered in the negative, with change of person 
if necessary. This is practically equivalent to a com 
plete sentence with its affirmation denied : as, " Was he 
here yesterday?" "A'o" -that is, "he was not here yes- 
terday. " It is therefore the negative categorematlc parti- 
cle, equivalent to nay, and opposed to ttejt or yea, the af- 
nrmative categorematlc particles. The fine distinction 
alleged to have formerly existed between HO and nay, ac- 
cording to which no answered questions negatively framed, 
as, "Will he not come? A'o, while nay answered those 
not including a negative, as, "Will he come? jiay," is 
hardly borne out by the records. A" and nay are ulti- 
mately identical In origin, and their differences of use 
(nay being restricted in use and no now largely super- 
seded by not) are accidental, (a) In answer to a ques- 
tion, whether by another person or asked (hi echo or argu- 
ment) by one's self. 
Shall it availe that man to say he honours the Martyrs 
memory and treads In their steps? No; the Pharisees con- 
test as much of the holy Prophets. 
Mtttnn, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
(6) In answer to a request (expressed or anticipated): in 
this use often repeated for emphasis : as, no, no, do not 
ask me. (e) Used parenthetically In iteration of another 
negative. 
There is none righteous, no, not one. Rom. Ui. 10. 
And thus I leave It as a declared truth, that neither the 
feare of sects, no, nor rebellion, can be a At plea to stay 
reformation. .Villmi, Church-Government, L 7. 
(d) Used contlnuatively, in iteration and amplification of a 
previous negative, expressed or understood. 
no 
I " Mir. The devil himself could iuV pronounce a tin.- 
More haU-ful to mine ear. 
Macb. A, nor more fearful. 
Sftot., Macbeth, v. 7. . 
Lossof thee 
Would never from my heart : no, no / I feel 
The link of nature draw me. MUtan, V. L., Ix. 1)14. 
A " not the liow, which so adonis the skies, 
Ho glorious la, or boast* so many dyea. 
Waller, On a Brede of Divers Colour.. 
.V. In Old England nothing can be won 
Without a Faction, Good or 111 be .Ion,-. 
Strclc, Grief A la Mode, Pro). 
3. Not: used after or, at the end of a sentem-i- 
or clause, as the representative of an inde- 
pendent negative sentence or clause, the first 
clause being of ten introduced by vhether or if: 
as, he is uncertain irhether to accept it '/ no; 
he may take it or no, as he pleases. 
" I will," she aayde, "do ai ye councell me ; 
Comforte or no, or hough that euer it be." 
Oeneryda (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2S8H. 
Is It lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, nr not 
Luke xx. 22. 
Whether they had thlr Charges horn by the Church or 
no. It need not be recorded. MUton, Touching Hirelings. 
It In hard, indeed, to say whether he [Shakspcre) had any 
religious belief or no. J. R. Green, Hist Eng. People, vL 7. 
4. See 2 , adr Hoi No! (na<it.\ the answer to a 
sentry's hall, to Indicate that a warrant officer Is In the 
boat hailed. Whether or no, in any case; certainly; 
surely : as, he will do It whetlier or no. [Colloq.) 
no 1 (no), i. ; pi. noes (uoz). [< wot, adr.] 1. 
A denial; the word of denial. 
Henceforth my wooing mind shall be expreas'd 
In russet yeas and honest kersey noef. 
Shalt., L. L. U, V. 2. 413. 
I'm patience Its very self! . . . but I do hate a A'o that 
means Yes. J. H. Ernng, A Very Ill-tempered Family, iv. 
2. A negative vote, or a person who votes in 
the negative : as, the woe* nave it. 
The division was taken on the question whether Mid- 
dleton's motion should be put. The nom were ordered 
by the speaker to go forth into the lobby. 
Macavlau, Hist. Eng., vl. 
The ayes and noes. See //.-:. 
no 1 (no), eonj. [ME., < no, adv. ; partly as a 
var. of ne, by confusion with no 1 , orfr.] Nor. 
Souther GUdas, no Bede, no Henry of Huntington, 
No William of Malmesbiri, ne Pers of Brldlynton, 
Writes not in ther bokes of no kyng Athelwold. 
Rob. of Bninne, p. 28. 
The cifre in the rithe side was ftrst wryte, and yit he 
tokeneth nothinge, no the secunde, no the thrfdde, but 
the! maken that ngureof 1 the more slgnyflcatyf that com- 
ith after hem. Kara Mathematics, p. 29. (HaUitceU.) 
no 2 (no), a. [< ME. wo, an abbr. form, by mis- 
taking the final n for an inflective suffix, of HOW, 
noon, earlier nan, < AS. nan, no, none: see none 1 , 
which is the full form of no. JVo is to won as 
a (ME. a. o) to owe.] Not any ; not one ; none. 
As for the land of Perse, this will I saye, 
It ought to paye noo tribute In noo wise. 
Oeneryda (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2004. 
Thou shalt worshfp o other god. Ex. xxxlv. 14. 
My cause Is no man's but mine own. 
Fletcher (and another), Love's Pilgrimage, II. 1. 
I lastly proceed from the no good ft can do to the mani- 
fest hurt it causes. Jfttton, Areopagitlca,p. 2. 
By Heaven ! It [a battlel is a splendid sight to see 
(For one who hath no friend, no brother there). 
Iliiruii, Childe Harold, I. 40. 
There were HO houses Inviting to repose ; no fields rip- 
ening with corn ; no cheerful hearths ; no welcoming 
friends : no common altars. 
Story, Discourse, Sept 18, 1828. 
Mo doubt, end, go, joke, etc. See the nouns. [Like 
other negatives, no is often used ironically, to suggest the 
opposite of what the negative expresses. 
Here 's no knavery ! See, to beguile the old folks, how 
the young folks lay their heads together! 
Shot., T. of the S., 1. 2. 138. 
This is no cunning quean ! 'slight, she will make him 
To think that, like a stag, he has cast his horns. 
And is grown young again ! Mamnger, Bondman, L -'. 
.Vo is used, like not in similar constructions, with a word of 
depreciation or diminution, to denote a certain degree of 
excellence, small or great according to circumstanoML 
But Paul said, I am ... a Jew of Tarsus, a city In Cl- 
licla, a citizen of no mean city. Act* xxl. 39. 
I can avouch that half a century ago the beer of Flanders 
was no bad tap. JIT. and Q., 7th ser., VI. 306.) 
no 2 (no), adr. [< ME. wo; a reduced form of 
none 1 , adr.. as wo 2 , n., is of nowe 1 , a. It is there- 
for* different from no 1 , adr., from which it is 
not distinguishable in form, and which it repre- 
sents in all uses other than those given under 
no 1 , adr., 1, '2. 3.] Not in any degree; not at 
all ; in no respect ; not : used with a compara- 
tive: as, wo longer; no shorter; no more; no 
less. 
A"i< sooner met, but they looked ; no sooner looked, bat 
they loved ; no sooner loved, but they sighed ; no sooner 
sighed, but they asked one another the reason. 
Shot., As you Like It. v. 2. 38. 
