nosopbobia 
nosophobia (ims-o-to'bi -a;, . [M... < <ir. 
ii'iniu , disease, + -i^i.lni, < ipi.iintliit, fear.] Fear 
of disease; pathophobia. 
ffosojthofnn U rrrtninly much more frequent in men, 
probably because WODMO at-t as nurses, and consequently 
have nti feat of infection. Lancet, No. 3454, p. DWi. 
nosophyta (iw-sof'i-til), //. /</. [< Gr. 1-601^, dis- 
ease, + 01-7:11-, plant.] Dermatomyi'oses. 
nosopoietic (nos'o-poi-et'ik), . [< Or. "woo- 
-uir/i-iMii;, capable of making sick, < voaonoieiv, 
make sick (cf. voaorroiof, making sick), < vuaof, 
sickness, disease, + iroteiv, make, do: see 
/""tic.] Disease-producing. Also 
[Rare.] 
The qualities of the air are nosnpoetic -that is, have a 
1 1"\\ < r of producing diseases. Arbuthiuit, Ktt ects of Air. 
nosotaxy (nos'o-tak-si), H. [< Gr. v6aof, sick- 
ness, disease, H- rai-ic, an arranging in order: 
see tactic.] The classification of diseases. 
noss (nos), n. [A form of ness.] A promon- 
tory. 
Who was 't shot Will Paterson off the Sast t - the Dutch- 
man he saved from sinking, I trow. Scott, Pirate, xl. 
nostt A contraction of ne wost, knowest not. 
t'haucrr. 
nostalgia (nos-tal'ji-ji), H. [= F. nostalijiv = 
Sp. iinntnlijiit = 1'g. It. Htixtulijiu. < NL. iiHxtuli/iii 
(NGr. voaTaZyia) (cf. Gr. voara^-jtlv, be home- 
sick), < Gr. v6oT<>f, a return, + a/'.jof, pain, grief, 
distress.] Morbid longing to return to one's 
home or native country; homesickness, espe- 
cially in its severe forms, producing derange- 
ment of mental and physical functions. 
Long-drawn faces and continual sighs evidenced iwxtalyia. 
R. F. Burton, El-Medlnah, p. 464. 
nostalgic (nos-tal'jik), n. [< nostalgia + -it:] 
Relating to, characteristic of, or affected with 
nostalgia; homesick. 
nostalgy (nos-tal'ji), M. Same as nmttalyia. 
nostoc (nos'tok), . [Also noxtock, <G. nontoch, 
noxtok (NL. nostoc); said to have been first used 
by Paracelsus and perhaps invented by him.] 
1. A plant of the genus Sostoc. 
The appearance is sometimes produced by the growth of 
gelatinous protophytes, like the nostocs. 
Pop. Sri. Mo., XXVIII. 713. 
2. [en/).] [NL.] A genus of fresh-water algie 
belonging to the Cryptopliycca! or Cyanophycea', 
the lowest group of algae, and typical of the fam- 
ily Nostocacfa: and subclass Nostochinea;. They are 
characterized by having a gelatinous or coriaceous frond 
which is globose or lobed and filled with curled moniliform 
filaments formed of spherical or elliptical, usually colored, 
cells ; reproduction is effected by means of heterocysts and 
hormogonla. They are abundant In moist places, in fresh 
water, or even on other plants. From their sudden appear- 
ance after rains in summer they have been called witches', 
butter, fallen-stars, spittle-of-the-starit, etc. Several of the 
species are edible, .V. i-itulr of Caina being a favorite in- 
gredient in soup. 
Nostocacese (nos-to-ka'se-e), H. pi. [NL., < 
A'ostoc + -aceif.] A family of fresh-water al- 
ga< belonging to the subclass Nostovliinete of the 
class Ci/ini/ilii/ci'(i' (1'rii/itopliycea-), and typified 
by tho genus \ostoc. 
nostocaceous (nos-to-ka'shius), . Of, per- 
taining to, or resembling the Xostocucxr. 
Nostochineae (nos-to-kin'e-e), w. pi. [NL., < 
.\iixlnr + -iiii-d'.] A subclass or group of al- 
ga?, of the class Cyano/ihyeeff, including the 
families Aiwtotv/mc, KiritliiriaeetB, Scytoncma- 
cc(i', and Oxrillttriacea', in which the individual 
consists of a cellular or pseudocellular filament, 
reproduced by motile hormogouia, and in some 
families forming heterocysts. 
nostologic (nos-to-loj'ik), . [< nosMoy-y + 
-if.] ( haracterized by extreme senility; be- 
longing to the last period of old age, or " second 
childhood"; relating to nostology. Inthenosto- 
logic stage of the life of any animal there Is exhibited a 
return to the characteristics of the youthful state, owing 
to disappearance of the adult characters. This Is shown 
in ammonites, for example, by the partial or entire loss of 
the ornamentation which characterizes the adult stage, and 
a marked decrease in size. In consequence of these pro- 
gressive changes, a specimen may finally acquire some- 
thing of the aspect of its own youthful stage. 
The last change in the ontology of the animal may be 
termed the Xottolotjic stage. Amer. Sat., XXII. 863. 
nostology (nos-tol'o-ji), H. [< Gr. vworof , return, 
+ ->ii;m, < Myuv, speak: see -ology.] The 
science of extreme old age ov senility ; especial- 
ly, tho doctrine of the correlations bet ween 110S- 
tologic stages of one organism and the adult 
stages of aberrant or degraded forms of other 
organisms belonging to the same group. /Ii/>itl. 
I'roc. Most. s,e. Nat. Hist,, XXIII. 1887. 
nostomania (nos-to-ma'ni-a), H. [< Gr. voorof, 
a vet urn. + nin-iii, madness: see mania.] A high 
degree of nostalgia. 
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nostrificate (nos'tri-ti-kiit), r. /.; prct. ami pp. 
ini.-iti-itii-iili-il, ppr. niixtrijii-nliiiii. |< L. </.*/ / 
(nostr-), our (see noxtrum), + -jimn; < J'H- 
i-i-ri; make.] To adopt as our own; accept as 
equally valid with our own. 
A special examination was re. i nth held ... for the 
purpose of nostrificatiny the Edinburgh M. I), hcl.l by 
br. John Biodie. l.nnr-i. No. :u:.l, p. 810. 
nostriflcation (uos'tri-fi-ka'slion), . [< <- 
Inlii-nli + -/.] The act of adopting a for- 
eign diploma, degree, paper, etc., as of equal 
validity with our own. 
There are no definite rules for the nottrijlcatwn of for- 
eign diplomas (in Austria). 
U. S. Colts. Rep., No. 54 (1886), p. 482. 
nostril (nos'tril), M. [Early mod. E. noeethrill, 
< ME. nostril, nostrel, nosterl, nosthirl, none- 
thril, nosethirl, nootthril, nosethyrl, noitftlnirl, 
nrxrlliirl, nesthyri/lle, tiaxcthirl, nexctlirull, etc'.X 
AS. iioxtliyrl, na-ythyrl, pi. nonthyrlv, na'sthyilii, 
and reduced iiosterle (= OFries. nosterle, nos- 
terlen, noxterline), lit. 'nose-hole,' < nosu, vutv, 
nose. + thyrl, thyrcl, a hole : see nose 1 and thirl, 
thrill. The second element became obs. as an 
independent word, and suffered corruption in 
the compound.] 1. One of the external open- 
ings of the nose; a nasal orifice; a naris or 
narial aperture. The word Is commonly restricted to 
the external opening. Nostrils are paired, but may be so 
united as to appear more or less as one. They usually 
present more or less directly forward, often sidewise, less 
frequently upward, seldom downward as In man. They 
arc found In almost every shape that a hole can take, and 
details of their configuration and position often furnish 
zoological characters. In animals below mammals the nos- 
trils are usually, if not always, motionless. In most m:im- 
mals they are mobile, much more so than in man, being 
furnished with well-developed muscles for dilatation and 
contraction or even complete closure. Thus, among eeta. 
ceans and various other aquatic mammals the nostrils are 
perfectly valvular, guarding against the entrance of water. 
In those animals whose nose is a tactile organ the nostrils 
are sometimes fringed with proce&ses like tentacles, as in 
the star-nosed mole. The nostrils of birds are often prom- 
inent homy tubes, as those of petrels and some goat- 
suckers. See cuts under bill, fulmar, and Condyiura. 
Wypo not thi nose nor tin nog-lhiriyg, 
Than mene wylle sey thou come of cherlya. 
MM Boot (E. E. T. S.X p. 25. 
Every man myght se it openly, 
Huge mouth and large gret nogtretlet also. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 1164. 
His note-thurlt* blake were and wyde. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., L 55". 
Every creature . . . hath life in its nostrils. 
1. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 25. 
The front-stall of the bridle was a steel plate, with aper- 
tures for the eyes and nostriU. Scott, Talisman, i. 
He took the sponge, dipped It In and moistened the 
corpse-like face ; he asked for my smelling bottle, and ap- 
plied it to the noftrilt. Charlotte Brontr, Jane Eyre, xx. 
2f. Scent. [A Latinism.] 
Methinks a man 
Of your sagacity and clear luatril should 
Have made a better choice. B. Joiuon. 
Breath of the nostrils. See i>,-i,,>/,. 
nostriled, nostrilled (nps'trild), a. [< nostril 
+ -fA] Having nostrils; especially, having 
nostrils of a specified size, shape, or position : 
as, double-noxfn'fed. See monorliine. 
nostrum (nos'trum), n. [< L. nostrum, neut. 
of nogter, our, ours, < nos (Ken. nostrum), we 
(= Gr. dual vui, Attic vu = Skt. nas), pi. of ego, 
I : see / 2 . The name is supposed to refer to the 
habit of quacks and other advertisers of claim- 
ing special virtue for their wares as "our own 
make."] 1. A medicine the ingredients of 
which, and the method of compounding them, 
are kept secret, for the purpose of restricting 
the profits of sale to the inventor or proprietor ; 
especially, a quack medicine. 
What drop or nostrum can this plague remove? 
Pope, Prol. to Satires, 1. 29. 
Hence 2. Any scheme or device of a quack 
or charlatan. 
They (the people) will fall a prey ... to the Incentives 
of agitators, the arts of impostors, and the nnttrums of 
quacks. Brougham. 
In guld time comes an antidote 
Against sic poison VI nostrum. 
Burnt, Holy Fair. 
nosy (no'zi), a. [Also nosey; < nosel + -yl.] 
1 laving a large or prominent nose. 
The knight . . . and his no*y squire. 
Jarnt, tr. of Don Quixote, II. II. 14. (Danes.) 
Has heer'd of the Duke of Wellington ; he was Old A'OMJ/. 
Mayheit; London Labour and London Poor, I. 474. 
not 1 (not), inli'. [< ME. not, nott, not. a reduced 
form of nuiiiilit, null/, etc.. naualit, unlit, naught: 
see natiijlit. ndr. The three letters of Mofrepre- 
sent three words, n(r) + n*(ny l ) + (irhi)!.] A 
word expressing negation, denial, refusal, or 
notability 
prohibition: a>, I will nnl go; lie shall not re- 
main: will von an-wei-.' I will nut. When / 
qualifies a verb, either Individually or as the main word 
of a proposition, It now almost invariably follows the verb ; 
but in tiimis , ]>.>uii.lril with auxiliaiiefl, it follows the 
auxiliary, or the tlrst of them : as, 1 think not: I do not 
think no; I should no! have thought to. Except In !< 
vated style, the use of not Is now almost always accom- 
panied by the use of an auxiliary : as, ' I do not see It,' 
for I see It iuil.' Not, spoken with emphasis, often stands 
for the negation of a whole sentence referred to : as, 1 
hope not (that 1s, I hope that the state of things you de- 
scribe does not exist). 
In that Chapelle syngen Prcstea, Yndyenes ; that 1* to 
eye, Preste* of Ynde ; noght af tlr oure Lawe, but aftlr here. 
MandeciUt, Travels, p. M. 
The lordls seld to hyni anon, 
Joly Kohyn let hym nojt gon 
Tllfe that he have etyn. 
MS. Cantab. Ft. v. 48, f. 52. (llalliarU.) 
Item, In an old Chyrch nott fer ffrom the Castell of Myl- 
lane ys a Solatory and a Dilectable Place, wher lyes the 
Holy Body of Seynt Ainbros. 
Torlrinyton, Dlarle of Bug. Travel), p. 4. 
I not doubt 
He came alive to land. 
SAfflt., Tempest, II. 1.121. 
These soft and silken wars are not for me. 
Drau. and f'l., Maid's Tragedy, 1 1. 
I hate their vices, not their persons. 
liurtnii, Anat of MeL, To the Reader, p. 76. 
I care not a flg for thy looking so big. 
IMiin Hood and the Tanner (Child's Ballads, V. 225). 
They avenge, saith he, and they protect : not the inno- 
cent, but the guilty. Milton, Hist. Eng., ill. 
Woods climbing above woods, 
In pomp that fades not. 
WordtuvrUi, Sonnets, lit 10. 
I know these Moors well, and doubt not but that they 
may readily be thrown into confusion. 
Irving, Granada, p. 78. 
1 1 n colloquial use not, following an auxiliary, Is often con- 
tracted, as can't, dimt, shan't, won't, isn't, ain't, aren't, for 
cannot, do not. shaU ntit, it ill not (icolt not), is not, am not, 
are not. Don't is often Incorrectly used for doesn't, and 
ain't for wn't. |- Hot at all. See at all (c), under all.- 
Not but, being equal to two negatives, la a weak affirm- 
ative ; hence cannot but is equivalent to must. See but ' , 
con/. 
To pleye and walke on fote, 
A'ot but with fyve or six of hlr meynee. 
Cliaucrr, Squire's Tale, 1. 383. 
Not but that. See that, cunj. , 1. Hot only. Kee only. 
Not that. See that, conj., i. Not the less, not less 
on that account. Compare natheltss, nevertheless. Not 
the more, not more on that account. Compare nathetnwre. 
So thick a drop-serene hath quench'd their orbs, 
Or dun suffusion vell'd. Yet not the more 
Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt 
.Mill, ,11. P. L. , III. 28. 
not' 2 (not), . [Also nott; < ME. not, < AS. 
linot, shaven, shorn.] Shaven ; shorn ; close- 
cropped ; smooth : as, a not head. [Prov. Eng.] 
A not heed hadde he with a broun visage. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 109. 
~Vot heads and broad hats, short doublets and long 
points. B. jonson. World in the Moon. 
not 2 (not), . t. [Formerly also nott; < no ft, a.] 
To shave; shear; poll. [Prov. Eng.] 
Ziicnnarr (It. I, to ponle, to nott, to shaue or cut off ones 
halre. Florin, 1598. 
Sweet Lirope, 1 have a lamb, 
Newly weaned from the dam, 
Of the right kind, It is notted. 
Vrayton, Muses' Elysium, II. 
not'H. A Middle English contraction of ne wot, 
know not. Also note. 
Forsothe he was a worthy man withalle. 
But sooth to seyn I noot how men him calle. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., L 284. 
nota 1 (no'ta), . [It. : see notf 1 .] In mimic, a 
note Nota buona, an accented note. Nota cambl- 
ata or camblta, either a chanirlng-nnte (see fasting- 
note), or in counterpoint an irregular resolution of a dis- 
cord by a skip to a concord. Nota cattiva, an unac- 
cented note. Nota quadrata or quadrtquarta, a Gre- 
gorian or plain-song note. Nota romana, a neume. 
nota 2 , M. Plural of notiim. 
nota Dene (no'tft be'ue). [L. : nota, 2d pers. 
sing. imp. of notare, mark, note; bent, well.] 
Note well ; mark carefully. Usually abbrevi- 
ated .V. B. 
notabilia (uo-ta-bil'i-a), n. pi. [L., neut. pi. 
of notnbilis, noteworthy, remarkable : see nota- 
hle.] Notable things: things worthy of notice. 
notability (no-ta-bil'i-ti), n.: pi. notabilities 
(-tiz). [< ME. tifitnhili'tr, < OF. nntnhilitr. F. no- 
tabilite = Sp. tuttdbilidml = Pg. iintnlnlin'aile = 
It. notabilita; as notable + -ity (see -biHty).] 1. 
The character of being notable; notableuess. 
2t. A notable saying. 
If a rethor conthe fafre endlte, 
He In a chronlque sauflv mighte It write 
As for a sovereyn notabilitee. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 38B. 
3. A notable person ; a person of note. 
