note 
Therysas they nay yt the Ifyngerof Seynt John l'.:ipti-i. 
whych he luttydor whfwyd rrlnt Jim whainic In- *-'y I LIT.- 
Agnus Dei, tber I otttra. 
Turkingtiin, Dlurie i>f Eng. Travel!, p. 3. 
Tymu is mi iilliTlinii of tin' irrb uniting th differences 
uf tymi>, anil IB either present, past, or to cum. 
A. Hum,-, drill. >u'l:iphii- (!'.. I). T. S.), p. SI. 
Black antics mil:- wlirrr their ]iniuil city stood. 
.;/, tjueen Mab, Iv. 
7f. To put u murk upon ; ln-nnil; stigmatize. 
Von li:ivc oMilemn'd and wiled Lucius Pella 
I 1 '"! lukiri'j bribes here of tile Sardiuns. 
Shale., J. C., iv. ::. 2. 
To note a bill of exchange, to get a notary public to 
ri-i'i'iil upon the back of the bill the fact of itn hrintiflis- 
honored, along with the date, and the reason, if as- 
signed, of non-payment, the record being initialed by the 
notary. To note an exception, to enter In the minutes 
of the judge or court the fact that a ruling was excepted 
to, the object being to preserve the right to raise the ob- 
jection in an appellate court. =8yn. 3. To record, register, 
minute, jot down. 6. Note, Denote, Connote (KG the defi- 
nitions of these words), mark. 
II. t intrant. To sing. 
1 thou Mynstrall, ttiat canst so note and pipe 
Unto folkes for to do pleasaunce. 
Lyilgate, Daunue of Macabre. 
note't (t), . and M. a [< L. ;>/.<, known, pj>. 
of noxcere, know : see note 1 , .] I. a. Known ; 
well-known. 
Now nar xe not fer fro that note place 
That se han spied & spuryed so specially after. 
Sir Oaumjne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. 3.), 1. 2002. 
II. n. A well-known or famous place or city. 
In ludee hit is that noble note. 
Alliterative Poeins (E. E. T. S.)> i. 921. 
note'- 3 (not), n. [< ME. note, noote, < AS. >u>tu. 
use, profit, advantage, employment, office, busi- 
ness (= OFries. not, use; cf. Icel. not, pi., 
use) (cf. also nyt, nytt, use, = OHG. nuzzi = 
Icel. nyt, use, enjoyment), < ncotan, use, = OS. 
niotan = OFries. nieta = D. tfe-nieten = MLG. 
ge-neten = OHO. nipzan, MHG. nie:en, Or. nies- 
sen, also OHG. gi-nio:an, MHG. ge-niezen, G. ge- 
niessen = Icel. njota = Sw. njuta = Dan. nyde, 
use, enjoy, =Goth. niutan, take part in, obtain, 
yaniutan, take (with anet) ; cf. Lith. nauda, use- 
fulness. From the same verb are derived E. 
neat 1 and nait 1 .] 1. Use; employment. [Now 
only prov. Eng.] 
A graue haue I garte here be ordande, 
That neuer was in noote ; It is newe. 
York Plays, p. 371. 
But thefte serveth of wykked note, 
Hyt hangeth hys maystbr by the tlirote. 
MS. Uarl. 1701, f. 14. (HaUiicell.) 
2f. Utility; profit; advantage. 
And than bakeward was borne all the bold Trolens, 
With myche uoye for the note of there noble prinse. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 8240. 
3f. Affair; matter; business; concern; event; 
occasion. 
My lorde, ther is some note that is nedfull to neven you of 
new. York Plays, p. 295. 
This millere gooth agayn, no word he seyde, 
But dooth his note. Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 148. 
To noye hym nowe is youre noote, 
Hut ,-it t the lawe lyes In my lotte. 
York Play,, p. 222. 
The chief note of a scholar, you say, is to govern his 
passions ; wherefore I do take all patiently. 
Beau, and ft, Woman. Hater, v. 3. 
4t. Expedition; undertaking; enterprise; con- 
flict; fray. 
The nowmber of the noble shlppes, that to the note yode. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.), I. 41S3. 
Then Synabor, forsothe, with a sad pepull, 
Negllit to the note. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 6509. 
note 2 (not), t>. t. ; pret. and pp. noted, ppr. nutimj. 
[ME. noti-ii, nulii'H, < AS. notion, enjoy, < until, 
use: see iioti'-, .] 1. To use; make use of; 
t-njoy. 
svin-ii.; me myn hache; 
And I schal note hit to-day, my strengthe is so newed. 
Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. T. S.\ p. 19. 
2. To list- for food ; eat: as, he notes very little. 
3. To need; have occasion for. 
Tyliers that tyleden the erthe tolden here maystres 
By the seed that the! sewe what tlu-i shoulde twtyt, 
And what lyue by and lene the londe was so trewe. 
Piers Moii-mon (C), xvlli. 101. 
[Obsolete or prov. Eng. in all uses.] 
note :1 t, A dialectal variant of neat 1 . 
A tfreut nuinluT of cuttle, both note and sheep. 
Adventures agaiiut the Scott (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 128). 
note 4 (not), M. Aii obsolete or dialectal form of 
nut. 
note 5 t, '' ' [Cf. AS. liiiituii, thrust with the 
horns.] To butt : push with the horns: gore. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
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note-book ( not' i, uk i. < A book in which notes 
or memoranda are or may be entered. 
All his faults observed, 
Set in a note-book, learn'd, and conn'd by rote. 
To cut into my U-Hh. Shak., J. ('., IT. .H. 98. 
noted (no'tcci), /. a. [< i;/ci + -iii-.] if. 
Marked; observed. 
I do not like examinations; 
We shall find out the truth more easily 
Sum: other way less noted. 
Beau, ami Ft.. Woman-Hater, II. 1. 
2. Conspicuous; remarkable; distinguished; 
celebrated; eminent; famous; well-known: as, 
a noted traveler; a noted commander. 
She Is a holy Druid, 
A woman noted for that faith, that piety, 
Helor'd of Heaven. 
Fletcher (awl another '!), Prophetess, I. 3. 
It [Tyre] is not at present noted for the Tyrian purple. 
Pocockt, Description of the East, II. i. 83. 
There are two brothers of hla,Willlam and Walter Blunt. 
Esquires, both members of parliament, and noted speakers. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 1. 
Not to draw our philosophy from too profound a source, 
we shall have recourse to a noted story in Don Quixote. 
Hume, Essays, I. 23. 
3f. Notorious ; of evil reputation. 
Neither is It for your credit to walk the streets with a 
woman so noted. Beau, and Fl., Woman-Hater, T. 3. 
= 8yn. 2. Celebrated, Notable, etc. (teefamout), well-known, 
conspicuous, famed. 
notedlyt (no'ted-li), adv. With particular no- 
tice; exactly; accurately. 
Ludo. Do you remember what you said of the duke? 
l>uke. Most notedly, sir. Shale., M. for M., v. 1. 335. 
notedness (no'ted-nes), n. The state or quality 
of being noted ; distinction ; eminence ; celeb- 
rity. 
notefult(not'ful),a. [ME., <ioe2 + -//.] Use- 
ful; serviceable. 
suitn-th this man to be cured and heeled by myne Muses, 
that is to seyn by noteful sciences. 
Chaucer, Boethius, I. prose 1. 
notefulheadt, n. [ME. notefulhed; < noteful + 
-head.'} Utility; service; profit. 
Notelaea(not-e-le'S), n. [NL. ( Ventenat, 1803), 
< Gr. vorof, the south or southwest, + c?Mia, 
the olive-tree: see o/ire.] A genus of shrubs 
or trees of the order Oleacew and the tribe Olei- 
nece, known by the broad distinct petals and 
fleshy albumen. There are 8 species, mostly Austra- 
lian. They bear opposite leaves, small flowers in axillary 
clusters, and roundish drupes. A', ligustrina Is the Tas- 
manian ironwood, found also in southeastern Australia, a 
bush or small tree with extremely hard and close-grained 
wood, mottled at the center like olive, used for pulley- 
blocks, turnery, etc. IT. longifolia is another ironwood 
or mock-olive of Norfolk Island and parts of Australia. 
.V. ovata is the dunga-runga of New South Wales, 
noteless (not'les), a. [< note 1 , n., + -less."] I. 
Not attracting notice ; unnoticed ; unheeded. 
A courtesan, 
Let her walk saint-like, noteless, and unknown, 
Yet she '- betray'd by some trick of her own. 
Dekker and Middleton, Honest Whore, II. IT. 1. 
Thou noteless blot on a remembered name ! 
xl,:'l/,'H, Adonais, xxxvll. 
2. Unmusical. [Kare.] 
Parish-Clerk with noteless tone. 
D'Ur/ey, Two Queens of Brentford, i. (Danes.) 
notelessness (not'les-nes), n. The state of be- 
ing noteless, unmarked, unnoticed, or insignifi- 
cant. 
notelet (not'let), n. [< note 1 , n., + -let.] A 
little note. [Rare.] 
A single epigram or a notelet to a voluminous work. 
Quarterly Rev., CXXVII. 477. 
Notemigonns (no'te-mi-go'nus), n. [NL., ir- 
reg. < (Tr. vwroc, the back, + r/fu-, half, + yuvia, 
angle.] A genus of American breams having 
a compressed and almost carinated back, as 
A r . clirysoleucus. which abounds in the eastern 
and northern United States, and is known as 
the shiner or silverfish. See cut under silverfish. 
notemugt, M. A Middle English form of 'nitt- 
nn'if. ( 'huucr r. 
notencephalocele (no-ten-sef'a-lo-sel), n. [< 
Gr. I'iirof, the back, + ^ictya/lof, brain. + icr//?, 
a tumor.] In teratol., protrusion of the brain 
from a cleft in the back of the head. 
notencephalus (no-ten-sef'a-lus), n. rNL.,<Gr. 
I'dirof, the baok, + f jnf^a^or, brain.] In teratol., 
a monster exhibiting imtcncephalocele. 
note-paper (not 'pa' per), n. Folded writing- 
paper of small si/.os, defini tely described by spe- 
cilii' names. ( ine leaf "f iMminrrcial note is 5 x 8 inches ; 
octavo note. 4j x 7 inches : billet note, 4x6 inches ; 
queen note, 3i x 5g inches ; Prince of Wales note, 3x4} 
inches: packet note, M x 9 inches; Bath note, 7x8 Inches. 
noter (no'ter), M. [< null' 1 , r., + -er l . Cf. no- 
tary 1 , notator.'] 1. Ono who notes, observes, 
or takes notice. 2f. An annotator. 
nothing 
rostellus, and the noter UJKIII him, ,>eveitius have much 
admired this manner. (Jrcyory, Posthuma, p. 30H. 
3. A note-book. [Colloq. and local.] 
noterert, n. An obsolete variant of notary 1 . 
noteum, " ^'' i /n<^. 
noteworthily (not 'wer'Tlli-li), aitr. In a niun- 
ner worthy of l>eing noted; noticeably, 
noteworthiness (not ' wi-r Tiii-iu-s), . Tin- 
>inti- or I'ui'i of being noteworthy, 
noteworthy (not 'wer'THi), . [< note 1 + 
worthy.] Worthy of being noted or carefully 
observed ; remarkable ; worthy of observation 
or notice. 
This by way is noteunorUiie, that the Danes had an TII- 
perfect or rather a lame and limping rule in this hind. 
Uolinskeil, Ili-t. Kng., vll. 1. 
Think <>n thy Proteus, when thou haply seest 
Home rare noU-uvrthy object in thy travel. 
Shak.,T. O. of V., I. 1.13. 
not-for-thatt, eonj. [ME. not (tingM) for tli<n, 
i-tr.; prop, as three words.] Notwithstanding; 
nevertheless. 
And yut not-for-that OaRray tombled there, 
Anon releuing In wighty manere. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4703. 
nothagt, nothakt, . Obsolete forms of nut- 
hatch. 
not-headedt (not'hed''ed), a. Having a not 
or close-cropped head. Also nott-headed. See 
wot 2 , . 
Your nott-headed country gentleman. 
Chaptnan, Widow's Tears, L 4. 
notherf, ., jrron., and eonj. Same as neither. 
nothing (nuth'ing), M. [< ME. no thing, nn 
thing, ^ AS. nan thing, no thing : see none 1 , no'*, 
and ///(</!. | 1. No thing; not anything; not 
something; something that is not anything. 
The conception of nothing U reached by reflecting that * 
noun, or name, in form, may fail to have any correspond- 
ing object ; and nothing is the noun which by its very defi- 
nition Is of that soil, (a) The non-existent. 
Surely (that force and violence) was very great which 
consumed four Cities to nothing in so short a time. 
StiUingJteet, Sermons, I. L 
(A) A non-existent something, spoken of positively, so that 
the literal meaning is absurd. 
The poet's pen 
. . . gives to airy nothing 
A local habitation and a name. 
Shak., U. N. D., T. 1. IS. 
Oh Life, tin MI Nothing's younger Brother ! 
So like, that one might take one for the other ! 
Cotdey, Pindaric Odes, iv. 1. 
Kothing must always be less than Being. 
Keiten, Introd. to Descartes's Method, p. cxvIL 
(c) Not something^ In this sense the word is more dis- 
tinctly no thing; and the sentence containing nothing 
merely contradicts a corresponding sentence containing 
something in place of nothing. 
And from hens schal tow here no thyng; but as thou 
were born naked, righte so alle naked schalle thl Body 
ben turned in to Erthe, that thou were made of. 
MandemUe, Travels, p. -".>.-.. 
A man by nothing is so well bewrayd 
As by his manners. Spenser, F. Q., VI. iil. 1. 
You plead so well, I can deny you nothing. 
Fletcher, Sea Voyage, 11. 2. 
I can alledge nothing against your Practice 
But your 111 success. 
Wycherley, Love In a Wood, I. 1. 
I am under the misfortune of having nothing to do, but 
It is a misfortune which, thank my stars, I can pretty well 
bear. Gray. Letters, I. 11. 
2. A cipher; naught. 3. A thing of no conse- 
quence, consideration, or importance ; a trifle. 
All that he speaks ls nothing, we are resolved. 
Marlowe, Edward II., L 4. 
I had rather from an enemy, my brother. 
Learn worthy distances and modest difference, 
Than from a race of empty friends loud nothings. 
Fletcher and Koutey, Maid In the Mill, I. 1. 
Lord, what a nothing Is this little span 
We call a Man : Quartet. Emblems, II. 14. 
I will tell you, my good sir, In confidence, what he has 
done for me has been a mere nothing. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, T. 1. 
We debated the social nothing* 
We bore ourselves so to discus*. 
Lowell, Ember Picture. 
Dance upon nothing. See dance. - Neck or nothing. 
See neck. Negative nothing, the absence of being. 
Next to nothing, almost nothing. 
Laws was laws in the year ten, and they screwed chaps' 
nex for net to nothiitk. Thackeray, Yellowplush Papers, i. 
Nothing but, only ; no more than. 
Telleth hym that I wol hym vlsite, 
Have I nolhyng but rested me a lite. 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 682. 
" O Earl Brand, I see your heart's blood ! ' 
"It's nothing but the glent and my scarlet hood." 
The Brace Karl Brand and the King of England's 
[Daughter (Child's Ballads, II. 391). 
Nothing less than, fully equal to ; quite the same as. 
