nothing 
But, yet, methinks, my father's execution 
Was nothing less than bloody tyranny. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 5. 100. 
No tiling off! a cautionary order to a helmsman to keep 
the ship close to the wind. Privative nothing, the ab- 
sence of being in a subject capable of being. TO come 
to nothing, to go for nothing. See the verbs. To 
make notning of. See makei. 
nothing (nuth'ing), arfr. [< ME. notMng, no- 
things; prop. ace. or instr. of nothing, .] In 
no degree ; not at all; in no way; not. 
Thou art nothynge curteyse. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.^ i. 127. 
But for my mistress, 
I nothing know where she remains, why gone, 
Nor when she purposes return. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 3. 14. 
Our social monotone of level days 
Might make our best seem banishment : 
But it was nothing so. Lowell, Agassiz, iv. 2. 
nothingarian (nuth-ing-a'ri-an), a. and n. [< 
nothing + -arian.'] I. a. Having no particular 
belief, especially in religious matters ; indiffer- 
ent. 
The blessed leisure of wealth was not to him the occa- 
sion of a nothingarian dilettantism, of idleness or selfish 
pursuits of vanity, pleasure or ambition. 
Open Court, Jan. 3, 1889, p. 1393. 
II. n. One who is of no particular belief, es- 
pecially in religious matters. [Colloq.] 
nothingarianism (nuth-ing-a'ri-an-izm),. [< 
nothingarian + -ism."] Absence of definite be- 
lief, especially in religion. [Colloq.] 
A reaction from the nothingarianism of the last century. 
Church Times, Sept. 9, 1881. p. 594. (Encyc. Diet.) 
nothing-dot, n. [< nothing, n., obj., + do 1 , 0.] 
A do-nothing ; an idler. 
What innumerable swarms of nothing-does beleaguer 
this city ! Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 182. 
nothing-gift (nuth'ing-gift), n. A gift of no 
worth. [Rare.] 
Laying by 
That nothing-gift of differing multitudes. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iii. 6. 86. 
nothingism (nuth'ing-izm), n. [< nothing + 
-ism.~\ No thingness ;nihility. Coleridge. [Rare.] 
The attempted religion of Spiritism has lost one after 
another every resource of a real religion, until risu solvun- 
tur tabulae, and it ends in a religion of Nothinqixm. 
F. Harrison, Pop. Sci. Mo., XXV. iv. 451. 
nothingness (nuth'ing-nes), . [< nothing + 
-ness.] 1. The absence or negation of being; 
nihility ; non-existence. 
It will never 
Pass into nothingness. Keats, Endymion, i. 3. 
2. Insignificance; worthlessness. 
Good night ! you must excuse the nothingness of a super- 
numerary letter. Walpole, Letters, II. 390. 
The insipidity, and yet the noise the nothingness, and 
yet the self-importance of all these people ! 
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, p. 22. 
3. A thing of no consequence or value. [Rare.] 
I, that am 
A nothingness in deed and name. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, I. ii. 1039. 
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Notidanidse 
Nothochlsena (noth-o-kle'nii), w. [NL. (Eob- thus destroy the inference. (6) Such circumstances 
ert Brown, 1810), < Gr. voOof, spurious, + %/iaiva, as ought to excite the attention of a person 
a cloak.] A genus of polypodiaceous ferns, the of ordinary prudence, and lead him to make 
cloak-ferns, with marginal sori which are at further inquiry which would disclose the fact: 
first roundish or oblong, soon confluent into a more specifically designated constructive notice. 
narrow band, without indusium, but sometimes 
covered at first with the inflexed edge of the 
frond. The genus is widely dispersed and is closely al- 
lied to Cheilanthes, from which it differs by the absence of 
the indusium. About 35 species are known, of which num- 
ber 12 are North American. See cut in preceding column. 
Notholaena (noth-o-le'na), H. Same as Xotho- 
chl&na. 
nothpsaur (noth'o-sar), n. 
family Nothosauridce. 
Constructive notice is imputed by the law irrespective of 
the existence of actual notice, as where a deed is recorded, 
and a purchaser of the land neglects to consult the record, 
in which case the record is constructive notice; or where 
a purchaser takes a title from the former owner of land, 
relying on the fact that the record title is in him, while 
in fact a prior purchaser is in actual possession of the 
land, having paid for it, in which case the possession is 
constructive notice ; and in either case the later purchaser, 
not having made inquiry, may be chargeable as if he had 
had actual notice of the prior purchaser's right. Con- 
. structive notice originated in the equitable rule that a man 
Nothosauna (noth-9-sa'ri-a), n. pi. [NL. : see may, for the protection of the rights of a third person, be 
Nothosaurus.'] An 'order of extinct saurians treated as if he had notice, when he had the means of in- 
formation, (c) Information communicated by 
one party in interest to another, as where a 
contract provides that it may be terminated by 
either party on notice : more specifically des- 
ignated express notice, (d) A written commu- 
A reptile of the 
named from the genus Nothosaurus. By recent 
herpetologists they are associated with the 
sauropterygians. See Sauropterygia. 
nothosaurian (noth-6-sa'ri-an), a. andx. I. a. 
Of or pertaining to the NotKosauria. 
II. . A nothosaur. 
nication formally declaring a fact or an inten- 
Nothosauridae (noth-o-sa'ri-de), n.pl. [NL., < tlon > as wnere notice is required m legal pro- 
Nothosaurus + -idle.] A family of extinct eeedmgs ; a notification. 7. Written remarks 
sauropterygian reptiles, typified by the genus or comments; especially, a short literary an- 
nouncement or critical review Due notice. See 
due*. Judicial notice, that cognizance of matters of 
common knowledge, such as historical, geographical, and 
meteorological <acts, the general usages of business, etc., 
which a judge or court may take and act upon without re- 
quiring evidence to be adduced. Notice of dishonor, 
~ r , ^^^.j ,.. -...,.. L 1 !,? 07 "- la T ' a not , ice S iven to drawer or indorser that a 
Ttfnt.rinQaiirna fnntli n an'mol n i"NTT, ( Kr " 1 or note nas Deen presented for acceptance (or pay- 
(notn-9-sa rus), . [JNL., < Ur. ment) ^ the demand na8 . bee n refused The effect of 
votiof, spurious, + aavpoc, a lizard.] A genus such a notice is to charge the drawer or indorser with lia- 
of extinct plesiosaurs of the order Sauropte- bility as such. Notice of protest, in com. law, a notice 
rygia, or giving name to the Nothosauria. N. 9* dishonor which states that a bill or note has been pro- 
mirabilis is an example. 
notice (no'tis), n. [< OF. notice, notisse, notesee, 
notece, F. notice = Sp. Pg. noticia = It. notizia, 
notice, < L. nolitia, a being known, fame, know- 
Nothosaurus. They had many peculiarities in the ver- 
tebrae and members. The scapula had a small ventral or 
precoracoidal plate, and the coracoids had a short median 
symphysis. The humerus and femur were elongated, and 
the former only slightly expanded distally; the terminal 
phalanges were clawed. The species lived in the Triassic 
epoch, and were apparently of terrestrial habits. 
ledge, idea, conception, < nottis, pp. of noscere, 
~ 
tested. But this term is often used in the popular sense 
of protest as not necessarily implying technical notarial 
protest, except in the case of paper, such as a foreign bill, 
which requires such technical protest. Reading no- 
tice, a paid advertisement in a newspaper inserted in 
such form, style of type, etc., as to have the appearance 
of current news-matter or of an editorial utterance. To 
.. _ ._ mi i t ' "* \ju.ncu i* iic*o-iJittii,ci \ji \ji nil cu HIM lill uilclcllHJc. \j 
know: see note*.] 1. The act of observing, givenotice. (a) To inform; announce beforehand; warn; 
notify, (b) Specifically, to warn an employer that one is 
about to leave his or her service. =Syn. 1. Attention, ob- 
servation, remark. 3. Notification, advices. 
notice (no'tis), v. t.; pret. and pp. noticed, ppr. 
noticing. [= Sp. Pg. noticiar = It. notiziare, no- 
tice; from the noun.] 1. To take notice of; 
perceive; become aware of; observe; take cog- 
nizance of: as, to pass a thing without no- 
ticing it. 
He did stand a little forbye, 
And noticed well what she did say. 
Willie's Ladye (Child's Ballads, 1. 166). 
She was quite sure baby noticed colours ; . . . she was 
absolutely certain baby noticed flowers. 
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, iv. 12. 
2. To refer to, consider, or remark upon ; men- 
tion or make observation on ; note. 
This plant deserves to be noticed in this place. 
Home Toolce. 
I have already noticed that form of enfranchisement by 
which a slave was dedicated to a god by his master. 
C. T. Newton, Art and Archffiol., p. 193. 
3. To treat with attention and civilities. [Col- 
loq.] 
" But of course, my dear, you did not notice such peo- 
ple?"inquireda lady-baronetess. 
Mrs. Gore, Two Aristocracies, xliil. 
4. To give notice to; serve a notice or intima- 
tion upon ; notify. 
Mr. Duckworth, . . . when noticed to give them up at 
the period of young Mason 'scorning of age, expressed him- 
self terribly aggrieved. Trollope, Orley Farm, i. 
noting, or remarking; observation. [Rarely 
in the plural.] 
To my poor unworthy notice, 
He mock'd us when he begg'd our voices. 
Shak., Cor., ii. 3. 166. 
See what it is to trust to imperfect memory, and the 
erring notices of childhood ! Lamb, Old Benchers. 
The notice of this fact will lead us to some very impor- 
tant conclusions. Trench. 
2. Heed; regard; cognizance; note: as, to take 
notice. 
Bring but five and twenty : to no more 
Will I give place or notice. Shak., Lear, ii. 4. 252. 
Mr. Endicot, taking notice of the disturbance that be- 
gan to grow amongst the people by this means, . . . con- 
vented the two brothers before him. 
N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 148. 
The rest of the church is of a gaudy Renaissance ; yet 
it deserves some notice from the boldness of its construc- 
tion. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 50. 
3. Intimation; information; intelligence; an- 
nouncement; warning; intimation beforehand : 
as, to bombard a town without notice. 
I have . . . given him notice that the Duke of Corn- 
wall and Regan his duchess will be here. 
Shak., Lear, ii. 1. 8. 
God was pleased, in all times, to communicate to man- 
kind notices of the other world. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 131. 
I had now notice that my deare friend Mrs. Godolphin 
was returning from Paris. Evelyn, Diary, April 2, 1676. 
At the door thereof I found a small Line hanging down, 
which I pull'd ; and a Bell ringing within gave -notice of 
my being there : yet, no body appearing presently, I went 
=Syn. 1 and 2. Perceive, Observe, etc. (see see), mark, note, 
remark. 
in and sat down. " Jtompfe^Voyages,'!!. j. gt, 
Spiritual things belong to spirits; we can have no no- noticeable (no'ti-sa-bl), a. 
[< notice + -able.'] 
tices proportionable to them. 
Evelyn, To Kev. Father Patrick. 
Before him came a forester of Dean, 
Wet from the woods, with notice of a hart 
Taller that all his fellows. Tennyson, Geraint. 
I shall send Miss Temple notice that she is to expect a 
new girl, so that there will be no difficulty about receiv- 
ing her. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, iv. 
4. Instruction; direction; order. 
To give notice, that no manner of person 
At any tune have recourse unto the princes. t . ,, , -,,. ,,., 
Shak., Rich. III., iii. 5. 109 noticeably (no ti-sa-bli), adv. In a noticeable 
His Epistles and Satires are full of proper notices for the nianll <?i' r degree;" so as to be noticed or ob- 
conduct of life in a court. Steele, Tatler, No. 173. served : as, she is noticeably better to-day. 
5. Any statement, note, or writing eonveving notice-hoard (no'tis-bord), n. A board on 
information or warning: as, a notice warning w hih a notice to the public is displayed. 
off trespassers ; an obituary notice. Specifically They will be punished with the utmost rigour of the 
a verbal or written announcement to a certain person (or law > as notice-boards observe. Dickens, Hard Times, ii. 8. 
noticer (no'ti-sr) . [< notice + -er^ One 
1. Capable of being noticed or observed. 
It became evident that a slight, a very feeble, and barely 
noticeable tinge of color had flushed up within the cheeks, 
and along the sunken small veins of the eyelids. 
Poe, Tales, I. 465. 
2. Worthy of notice or observation ; likely to 
attract attention. 
A noticeable Man with large gray eyes. 
Wordstvorth, Stanzas written in Thomson's Castle of Indo- 
[lence. 
6 
notices. 
a nk vj - ccimxa tHerii. 
a pinnule of JV. Fcndler,,. showinj; the sori. which consist of from one 
to three sporangia, and the revolute n.argin of the pinnule i t, sporan! 
mm of the same, opened, showing two spores. 
1am 
more 
tice Ar.tn.inoH 
H. Actual notice may be inferred from circumstances, 
as where proof of due mailing of a letter justifies the in 
ference that he to whom it was addressed became cogni- NotidanidSB (no-ti-dan'i-de), . pi. 
Warbiirton. 
,' # [NL " 
A family of sharks : same as Notida- 
[NL., < No- 
me con- , . . ., 
zant of its contents; but he may disprove the fact, and tidaiius + -idol.} A small family of large opis- 
