non-egoistical 
Non-egoistical idea, an idea which has a substantial 
existence illHtinct from it* i \istcn< r * ;i ni-Hlt- of the 
niitiil. Non-egoistical ideallsm.thL- doctrine that non- 
egoistical Ideas ure concerned in rxtrrn;i) p.TiTiition. 
non-elastic (noM-e-las'tik),</. Not e] astir; with- 
out tlir property of elasticity. I.i,mids were for- 
merly termed nan-elastic fluid*, because tiiey dilfer from 
t:;i*t's in IK-INK non-cx|iiin*il'lr ami nearly incompressible. 
non-elect (non-e-lekf), a. and n. I. a. Not 
eleeted oi 1 chosen. 
II. n. ( >ne who is not elected or chosen ; spe- 
cifically, in Ilieol., a person not chosen or pre- 
destined to eternal life. 
non-election (non-e-lek'shon), n. The state of 
not lieing elected. 
non-electric (non-e-lek'trik), n. and n. I. a. 
Not electric; conducting electricity : now dis- 
used. 
II. n. A substance that is not an electric, or 
one that transmits electricity, as metals. 
non-electrical (non-e-lek'tri-kal), a. Same as 
tiiiit-i'tectric. 
non-empirical (uon-em-pir'i-kal). n. Not em- 
pirical; not presented in experience; trans- 
cendental. 
nonentity(non-eu'ti-ti),.; pi. nonentities (-tiz). 
[< MOM- + entity.] 1. Non-existence; the ne- 
gation of being. 2. [Tr. of ML. non-ens.] A 
thing between being and nothing; a negation, 
relation, or ens rationis. 
There was no such thing as rendering evil for evil when 
evil was a nan-entity. Soutft. 
3. A figment; a nothing. 
We are aware that mermaids do not exist : why speak 
of them as if they did ? How can you find interest in speak- 
ing of a nonentity ! Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xiii. 
4. Nothingness; insignificance; futility. 
Armies in the West were paralyzed by the inaction of a 
captain who would hardly take the pains of writing a des- 
patch to chronicle the nonentity of his operations. 
Brougham. 
5. A person or thing of no consequence or im- 
portance: as, he is a mere nonentity. 
I mentally resolved to reduce myself to a nonentity, to 
go out of existence, as it were, to be nobody and nowhere, 
if only I might escape making trouble. 
B. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 283. 
non-entry (non-en'tri), . In Scots law, the 
casualty or advantage which formerly fell to 
the superior when the heir of a deceased vas- 
sal failed to renew the investiture, the superior 
being then entitled to the rent of the feu. 
nonepowerti See non-power. 
nones't, See nonce. 
nones' 2 (nonz), n.pl. [< F. nones = Sp. Pg. wo- 
ii as = It. none, < C. nonce, ace. nonas, the nones, 
so called because it was the ninth day before 
the ides, fern. pi. of nonus, ninth, for "noviinus, 
< M0rej = E. nine: see nine. Cf.nooM 1 .] 1. In 
the Roman calendar, the ninth day before the 
ides, both days included : being in March, May, 
July, and October the 7th day of the month, 
and in the other months the 5th. See ides. 
Given at Lincoln, on the Xantt of September, A. D. 1337. 
Knglith Gilds (E. E. T. 8.), p. 181. 
2. In the Roman Catholic and Greek churches, 
in religious houses, and as a devotional office 
in the Anglican Church, the office of the ninth 
hour, originally said at the ninth hour of the 
day (about 3 p. M.), or between midday and that 
hour. See canonical hours, under canonical. 
3f. The ninth hour after sunrise ; about three 
o'clock in the afternoon; the hour of dinner. 
Chaucer. 
Ouer-sopede at my sopor and som tyinc at turn* 
More than my kynde myghte wel defye. 
Piert Plowman (C\ yii. 429. 
none-SO-pretty (nun'so-prifi), n. SeeLondon- 
jiridf, and St. Patrick's cabbage (under cabbage). 
none-sparing (nun'spar'ing), n. Sparing no- 
body or nothing ; all-destroying. [Rare.] 
Is'tl 
That chase thee from thy country, and expose 
Those tender limbs of thine to the event 
Of the nane-rparing war? 
Shak., All's Well, ill. 2. 108. 
non-essential (non-e-sen'shal), <i. and H. I. a. 
Not essential or necessary ; not absolutely ne- 
cessary. 
II. M. A thing that is not essential, absolute- 
ly necessary, or of the utmost consequence. 
non est (non est). An abbreviation of the legal 
phrase MOM est iiireiiliiK; used adjectively, not 
there; absent: as, they found him won est; he 
was MOM est. [Colloq.] 
non est factum (non est fak'tum). [L., it was 
not done : IHI, not; eat. 'M pers. sing. pres. ind. 
of <>', \n': fiiflinn. neut. ufj'uctux, pp. of fa ft re. 
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make, do.] At common lair, a plea denying that 
a bond or other deed sued on w:i< in;i<l< by the 
defendant. 
non est inventus (non est in-vcn'tus). [L.,he 
has not been found : MOM, not : cut, 3d pers. sing. 
prrs. ind. of esxe. lie; iiirrutux, pp. of inreiriri , 
timl, invent: see inreii!.] In lair, the answer 
made by the sheriff in the return of the writ 
when the defendant is not to bo found in his 
bailiwick. H'liart'm. 
nonesuch (nun'such), n. [<MM* + MMfc] For- 
merly, a person or thing such as to have no par- 
allel; an extraordinary thing; a thing that has 
not its equal. 
Therefore did Plato from his None-Such banish 
Base Poetasters. Sylvester, Urania, st 42. 
Tile Scripture . . . presenteth Solomon's [temple] as a 
ni'iu'-siii'li or peerless structure, admitting no equall, much 
less asuperiour. Fuller, Pisgah sight, 111. viii. 1. (Davits.) 
Specifically (a) See blackteed, medic, and Medicago. (b) 
Lychnis Chalcedonica. (c) A variety of apple. Also spelled 
nonsuch.- Nonesuch pottery, pottery made within the 
bounds of Nonesuch Park at Ewell In Surrey, England : 
hence, hard and durable architectural ornaments and the 
like made of recent years. 
nonet (no-net'), w. [< L. nonus, ninth, + -ft. 
as in ilin i. etc.] In music, a composition for 
nine voices or instruments. Also nonetto. 
nonettt (non'et), n. [< OF. and F. nonnette, a 
titmouse, also lit. a young nun, dim. of nonne, 
nun: see nun.] The titmouse. Holland. 
nonetto (no-net'6), n. Same as nonet. 
non-existence (non-eg-zis'tens), . 1. Absence 
of existence ; the negation of being. 
How uncomfortable would it be to He down In a tempo* 
rary state of non-existence ! A. Baxter, Human Soul, i. 46. 
2. A thing that has no existence or being. 
Not only real virtues, but non-existence*. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. 
non-existent (non-eg-zis'tent), a. Not having 
existence. 
nonfeasance (non-fe'zans), . The omission of 
some act which ought 'to have been performed 
by the party: distinguished from misfeasance. 
non-folium (non-fo'h-um), n. An oval having 
no depression in its contour and no bi tangent. 
non-forfeiting (non-fdr'fit-ing), a. Not liable 
to forfeiture : applied to a life-insurance policy 
which does not fail because of default in pay- 
ment. 
non-fulfilment (nou-ful-fil'ment), . Neglect 
or failure to fulfil: as, the non-fulfilment of a 
promise or bargain. 
nonillion (no-nil'yon), n. [< L. nonus, ninth, 
+ (i)iWioH.] The number produced by involv- 
ing a million to the ninth power, denoted by uni- 
ty with fifty-four ciphers annexed ; or, accord- 
ing to the French and American system of nu- 
meration, the number denoted by unity with 
thirty ciphers annexed. 
non-importation (non-im-por-ta'shon), n. A 
refraining from importing, or a failure to im- 
port Non-Importation agreement, in Amer. hist. 
See agreement. 
noninot, n. [Like nanny, repeated nanny nanny, 
a meaningless refrain, which was often used 
as a cover for obscene terms or allusions: see 
nanny 1 .] A refrain in old songs and ballads. 
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino. 
Shot., As you Like it, v. 3 (song). 
These noninot of beastly ribauldry. 
Drayton, Eclogues. (Sarcs.) 
non-intercourse (non-in'ter-kors), n. A refrain- 
ing from intercourse Non-Intercourse Act, an 
act of the United States Congress of 1809. passed in retalia- 
tion for claims made by France and Great Britain affect- 
ing the commerce of the United States, and particularly 
the personal rights of United States seamen, continued 
1809 and 1810, and against Great Britain 1811. It prohibit- 
ed the entry of merchant vessels belonging to those coun- 
tries Into the ports of the United States, and the importa- 
tion of goods grown or manufactured in those countries. 
non-intervention (non-in-ter-ven'shon), M. 
The act or policy of not intervening or not in- 
terfering; specifically, systematic non-interfer- 
ence by a nation in the affairs of other nations, 
or in the affairs of its own states, territories, 
or other parts. 
.Vim intervention with "Popular Sovereignty" was the 
original and established Democratic doctrine with regard 
to Slavery in the Territories. 
H. Greeley, Amer. Conflict. I. .il.'. 
non-intrusionist (nou-in-tro'zhon-ist), n. In 
Scottish cedes, liist., one who was opposed to the 
forcible intrusion, by patrons, of unacceptable 
clergymen upon objecting congregations. The 
non-hit rnsioi lists formulated their dm trim- in :i resolution 
presented by Thomas Chalmers to the General AssemMy of 
the Church uf Scotland in ISM, and in 184:( withdrew in a 
nonnat 
body from the established church and founded the Free 
('linn h uf M ..tlitml. See disruption. 
non-issuable (non-ish'^-a-bl), a. 1. Not capa- 
Me of lieinn issued. 2. Not admitting of is- 
sue being taken upon it. Non-issuable plea, in 
fair, a plea whj< li '!'- not raise or allow an Issue on the 
ni-iiK nl th- BM0. Whartiiit. 
nonius (no'ni-ns), M. [A Latinized form of -Y- 
ilc:, the name of a Portuguese mathematician 
(1492 -1577), the inventor of an instrument on 
the principle of the vernier.] Same as vernier. 
non-joinder (non- join 'der), n. In laic, the 
omission to join, as of a person as party to an 
action. 
nonjurable (uon-jO'ra-bl), a. [< L. nan, not, + 
"juruliilix, <. jurare, swear: see jura at.] Inca- 
pable of being sworn; unfit to take an oath; in- 
capacitated from being a witness on oath. 
A nondurable rogue. 
Roger North, Examen, p. 264. (Danes.) 
nonjurant (non-j8'rant), . [< MOM- + jurant.] 
One of a faction in the Church of Scotland, 
about 1712, which refused to take the oath of 
abjuration pledging them to the support of the 
house of Hanover. 
nonjuring (non-j8'ring), a. [< nonjur(ant) + 
-inif-. ] N ot swearing allegiance : an epithet ap- 
plied to those clergymen and prelates in Eng- 
land who would not swear allegiance to the 
government after the revolution of 1688. 
This objection was offered me bv a very pious, learned, 
and worthy gentleman of the m>njuriny party. Swift. 
nonjuror (uon-jo'ror), N. [< MOM- + juror.] In 
Eng. hist., one who refuses to swear allegiance 
to the sovereign; specifically, one of those 
clergymen of the Church of England who in 
1689 refused to swear allegiance to William, 
Prince of Orange, and the Princess Mary, as 
king and queen of England, holding that they 
were still bound by the former oath to King 
James II., his heirs and successors. Dr. Sancroft, 
Archbishop of Canterbury, six bishops (among them Bishop 
Ken), and about four hundred other clergymen were de- 
prived of their sees and livings by the new civil authority, 
and others put in their places. An episcopal succession 
was kept up by the nonjurors in both England and Scot- 
land, but their numbers rapidly diminished, and their last 
bishop died In 1805. Part of the nonjuring bishops retained 
the use of the Prayer-book of !ii2, others restored the 
communion office of 1549. and afterward (In 1718) Intro- 
duced one founded on this, but largely conformed to 
primitive and Oriental liturgies. This exerted a strong 
Influence on the various forms of the Scottish communion 
omce till that of 1764, from which the prayer of consecra- 
tion in the American Prayer-book is derived. According 
to their acceptance or rejection of certain ceremonies, 
called flu- taageg, the nonjurors were divided into two 
parties, called utayert and non-usagers. In the years 
1716-25 the nonjurors made an attempt to establish In- 
tercommunion with the Orthodox Eastern Church, but 
without success. The nonjurors are noted for the great 
learning and piety of some of their leaders, such as Ken, 
Collier, Brett, Nelson, Law, etc. Among the Presbyterians 
of Scotland there was also a party known as nonjurors or 
nonjurants, who refused the oath of abjuration (afterward 
altered) as involving recognition of episcopacy. 
Every person refusing the same [oaths of allegiance, 
supremacy, and abjuration) who Is properly called a non- 
juror shall be adjudged a popish recusant convict. 
aiaclntone. Com., IV. Ix. 
nonjurorism (non-j6'rpr-izm), n. [< nonjuror 
+ -ism.] The principles or practices of non- 
jurors. 
non liquet (non li'kwet). [L. : nan, not; liquet, 
3d pers. sing. pres. ind. of liquere, be clear or 
apparent: see liquid.] In law, a verdict given 
by a jury in cases of doubt, deferring the mat- 
ter to another day of trial. 
non-luminous (non-lu'mi-uus), a. Not lumi- 
nous; not accompanied by or not producing 
incandescence. 
In this case we found that, with nan-luminous heat, and 
even with water below the boiling point, the polarizing 
effect was evident. Wheiceti. 
non-marrying (non-mar'i-ing), a. Not disposed 
to marry ; not matrimonially inclined. 
A non-marrying man, as the slang goes. Kingtley. 
non-metallic (non-me-tal'ik), a. Not metallic. 
non-moral (non-mor'al), a. Unconnected with 
morals ; having no relation to ethics or morals ; 
not involving ethical or moral considerations. 
For morality the world and the self remained both non- 
moral and immoral, yet each was real ; for religion the 
world is alienated from God. and the self is sunk in sin : 
and that means that, against the whole reality, they are 
felt or known as what is not and is contrary to the all and 
the only real, and yet as things that exist. 
F. H. Bradley, Ethical Studies, p. 287. 
non-mutual (non-mu'tu-al), (i. Not mutual. 
Non-mutual essential distinction, a distinction be- 
tween whole and part : originally a Scotistic term. 
nonnat (non'at), . A fish. .Ipliin iiiitnitn or 
/ Hiifiiln. of the family linlniilti', distinguished 
