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^-M-a -(-'-,;-);:-"- ,> f "ZbZfSd fo?^or1a^ 
(-j-rf-), < L. </*, naked, + ;'* (/</-) 
/oof.] I. a. Having naked feet. 
translating the technical designation 
nudum. See nomen Nude matter, a^bai 
" f'e-ra), !>< C NL - 
neut: pl. of *udipellifer: see ntidipellijerou*.'] 
The amphibians or batrachians : so called trom 
the naked skin, in distinction from scaly rep- 
^i^ttaS^nS^^'itoimdn^humB. t;les . Se e Amphibia, 2 (<"). 
nudipelliferous(nu"di-pe-lif'e-rus), . [< NL. 
"nudipellifer, < L. rf.s, naked, + /(, skin. 
troops, etc. 
An Egyptian nuggar, laden with troops for Khartoum, 
has been wrecked on the river Nile. 
A'ew Km* Herald, Sept. JO, 1*84. 
il. 
1UC UUUG, . .v^r.*. - , 
figure, considered as a special branch or art. 
Of anything distinctly American there is little trace, ex- 
>pt an occasional negro. Of the nude, or the ideal, 01 
cept an occasional negro. 
the fanciful, there is no example. 
The Academy, No. 891, 
= Syn. 1. See list under naked. 
nudely (nud'li), adr. In a nude or naked man- 
ner ; nakedly. 
nudeness (nud'nes), t. Nakedness; nudity. 
nudge (nuj), v. t.; pret. and pp. nudged, ppr. 
niKlgiiKj. [A var. of dial, nodge (Sc.), tor 
"TenodM, "knotch, assibilated form of knock. Cf. 
Dan. knuge, press, ult. related.] To touch gen- 
tly, as with the elbow; give a hint or signal 
to by a covert touch with the hand, elbow, or 
foot. 
nudge (nuj), n. [< nudge, .} A slight pusn. 
as with the elbow; a covert jog intended to 
call attention, give warning, or the like. 
Mrs. General Likens bestows a nudge with her elbow 
upon the General, who stands by her side. 
W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 130. 
nudibrachiate (nu-di-bra'ki-at), a. [< L. nu- 
dus, naked, + brachium, bracchium, the fore- 
arm: see brachium.] In zool., having naked 
arms; specifically, having tentacles which are 
not ciliate, or which are not lodged in a special 
cavity. 
nudibranch (nu'di-brangk), a. and n. [Cf. Nu- 
dibranchiata.] I. a. Same as nudibranchiate. 
II . A member of the Nudibranchiata. 
Nudibranchia (nu-di-brang'ki-a), n. pl. [NL.J 
Same as Nudibranchiata. Latreille, 1825. 
nudibrancbian (nu-di-brang'ki-an), a. and n. 
I. a. Same as nudibranchiate. 
II. n. Same as nudibranclt. 
Nudibranchiata (iiu-di-brang-ki-a'tii), n. pl. 
[Nli., neut.pl. of nudibranchiatns: see nudibran- 
chiate.'] An order of opisthobranchiate Gaste- 
ropoda; the naked-gilled shell-less gastropods. 
The branchiae, when present, are external and uncovered, 
on various parts of the body ; they are in some cases sup- 
pressed entirely. The order is a large one, represented by 
+ ferre = E.' bear 1 ."] Having a naked (that is, 
385. not scaly) skin, as an amphibian; of or per- 
taining to the Nudipellifera. 
mdirostrate (nu-di-ros'trat), . [< L. <(, 
naked, + rostrum, beak: see rostrate.] Having 
the rostrum naked, as a hemipterous insect, 
mdiscutate (nu-di-sku'tat), . [< L. MN&M, 
naked, + scutum, a shield: see scutate.] Hav- or lumps 
ing the scutellum naked, as a hemipterous m- 
mdity (nu'di-ti), w.; pl. nudities (-tiz). [< F. 
nuilite = Pr. nudetat = Pg. nuidade = It. nudita, 
< L. nudita(t-)s, nakedness, bareness, < nudus, 
naked : see nude.'] 1 . A nude or naked state ; 
nakedness; bareness; exposedness; lack ot 
covering or disguise. 
Manysouls in theiryoung nudity are tumbled out among 
incongruities, and left to " find their feet " among them, 
'et), M. [Early mod. E. also niggot; 
. of n ug, nig, a lump, a small piece : see 
,.,,..., . Hardly, as some suppose, for ingot, 
unless 'through a form *nigot, with initial n 
adhering from the indef. article.] A lump; a 
mass; especially, one of the larger lumps o! 
native gold found in alluvial deposits or placer- 
mines. 
He had plenty, he said, displaying a pocketful of doub- 
loons and a nugget as big as a doughnut. 
J. W. Palmer, The New and the Old, p. 80. 
nuggety (nug'et-i), a. [< nugget + -j/1.] Hay- 
ing the form of a nugget; occurring in nuggets 
alluvial gold in South Africa] is coarse and miffyettii 
a a rule, well rounded, and generally coated with oxide 
of j ron . Quoted m Ures Diet., IV. 412. 
LUggy (nug'i), .; pl. nuggies (-iz). [Origin ob- 
scure.] In the Cornish mines, a spirit or gob- 
lin ; a knocker. See knocker, ,2. 
nonsense, 
To render trifling, silly. 
nuaifi/i 
cere, make (see -/).] 
or futile. [Rare.] 
The stultifying, nuijifyiny effect of a blind and uncritical 
study of the Fathers. Goteridj/e. 
It mav appear that I insist too much upon the nuany . / - / \ . r/ 'Mtv ,,,/;,,/,,,, HH 
u.. :* ..^..,t a it a Kopo. nuisance (nu sans), n. [\ -M-Hi. nui&uncc, H 
, noixancefhoisaitnce, noysauncc,<. OF. noi- 
while their elders go about their business. 
George F.liot, Middlemarch, I. 213. 
of the Provencal horizon. . . . But it is an exquisite bare- 
ness ; it seems to exist for the purpose of allowing one to 
follow the delicate lines of the hills, and touch with the 
eyes as it were, the smallest inflections of the landscape. 
H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 189. 
2. In a concrete sense, a nude or naked thing; 
also, a representation of a nude figure; any- 
thing freely exposed or laid bare. 
Sometimes they took Men with their heels upward, and 
hurry'd them about in such an undecent manner as to ex- 
pose their Nudities. Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 95. 
The world 's all face ; the man who shows his heart 
Is hooted for his nudities, and scorn'd. 
Young, Night Thoughts, viii. 
He [Harry Tidbody] had piles upon piles of gray paper 
at his lodgings, covered with worthless nudities in black 
and white chalk. Thackeray, On Men and Pictures. 
nudum pactum (nu'dum pak'tum). [L. : - 
dmn.iieut. of ntidim, bare, naked; pactum, a cov- 
enant, a contract: see pact."] See nude pact, 
under mule. 
. 
numerous species especially in tropical and warm seas g (mi-a'), a. [F., pp. of nuer, shade: see ntt- 
The diversity in the character of the gills, as well as of " "- . ' 
the jaws and teeth of the odontophpre, has caused them 
In Jier., same as inveckee. 
Gymnobranchiata, Notobranchiata. 
nudibranchiate (nu-di-brang'ki-at), a. and H. nug a c ioust (nu-ga'shius), a. 
[< NL. nudibranchiatus, < L. nudus, naked, + ,jac-), trifling. < nugte, trifles: 
branchial, < Gr. fipa-yxta, gills.] I. . Having 'fli n g ; futile: as, nugacious dis 
_ r aitce.] 
tobe"p^BtedTnto"mimerourfamUie8i'the"nioBtconBpic- nUg (nug), . [Cf. nog 1 , nig 1 .] 1. A rude 1111- 
IOUB of which are the Dorididas and JioKdidce. Also called shaped piece of timber ; a block. [Prov. Eng.] 
2. A knob or protuberance. [Prov. Eng.] 
[< L. nugax (nit- 
see iiitflce.] Tri- 
_ ,...,= , ^ ~. , nugacious disputations. Glan- 
naked gills or uncovered branchiw; specifically, r| - Hf j Vanity of Dogmatizing, xvii. 
of orpertainingtothe-NHrfiferaHofciata: opposed nu gacityt (nu-gas'i-ti), w. [< L. nugacita(t-)s, 
to cryptobranchiate. a trifling playfulness, < L. nugai, trifling: see 
II. n. Same as nudibranch. ----- ^ T,..J..I.^.. . i._i._;^ii*.. . *^: *._: 
nudicaudate (nu-di-ka'dat), a. [< L. nudus, 
naked, + cauda, tail: see caudate."] In sool., 
having a tail which is hairless. 
nudicaul (nu'di-kal), a. [< L. nudus, naked, 
bare, + caulis, a stem.] In bot., having the 
stems leafless. 
nudiflcation(nu' / di-fi-ka'shon),. [<L. nudus, nug(nu'je),.^. [L.] Trifles; things of little 
naked, bare, exposed, + -Ji'care, < facere, make value ; trivial verses. 
nugationt (nu-ga'shon), n. [= Pg. nugayao = 
It. nugazione, < L. nugatus, pp. of nugari, jest, 
trifle, cheat, < iiuga; trifles: see nitgie,'] The 
act or practice of trifling. [Rare.] 
tance, , 
sauce, nuisance, F. nuisance = Pr. HOHSCIISH, no- 
zenisa = It. nocenza, nocenzia, < ML. nocentia, a 
hurt, injury, < L. noccn(t-)s, ppr. of nocere, hurt, 
harm: seewcew*,andcf.noaH<.] If. Injured or 
painful feeling; annoyance; displeasure; grief. 
Anon had thay full dolorous noysaunce; 
As at diner sate, at ther own plcsaunce. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3373. 
2. An annoying experience ; a grievous inflic- 
tion; trouble; inconvenience. 
He was pleas'd to discourse to me about my book in- 
veighing against the nuisance of y smoke of London. 
Evelyn, Diary, Oct. 1, 1681. 
The nuisance of fighting with the Afghans and the hill- 
men their congeners is this, that you never can tell when 
your work is over. 
^rcA. Forbes, Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 19i. 
In February of that year [1884] Mr. Justice Stephen de- 
livered his well-known Judgment, declaring that crema- 
tion is a legal procedure, provided it be effected without 
nuisance to others. Nineteenth Century, XXIII. 6. 
3. The infliction of hurt or injury. 
Helpe me for to weye 
Ageyne the feende, that with his handes tweye 
And al his might plukke wol at the balance 
To weye us doun ; keepe us from his nvsance. 
Chaucer, Mother of God, ] 
21. 
</CiOMS.] Futility; triviality; something tri- 
fling or nonsensical. 
But such arithmetical nugacitiex as are ordinarily re- 
corded for his, in dry numbers, to have been the riches of 
the wisdome of so famous a Philosopher, is a thing be- 
yond all credit or probability. 
Dr. H. More, Def. of Philos. Cabbala, i. 
A making naked. Westmin- 
(see - 
ster Rev. 
nudifidiant (nu-di-fid'i-an), n. [< L. nudus, 
bare, + fides, faith: see faith.] One who re- 
lies on faith alone without works for salvation. 
A Christian must work ; for no nudifldian, as well as no 
nullindian, shall be admitted into heaven. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 280. nugatory (nu'ga-to-ri), a. 
As for the received opinion, that putrefaction is caused 
either by cold or peregrine and preternatural heat, it is 
but nugation. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 836. 
Nudifloroe (nu-di-flo're), n. pl. [NL. (Bentham 
and Hooker, 1883,), fern. pl. of nudiflorus: see 
nudiflorous.] A series of monocotyledonous 
plants. They are characterized by the solitary or cohe- 
rent carpels and by the fact that floral envelops are either 
absent or reduced to scales or bristles. The group includes 
5 orders the arum, screw-pine, cattail, duckweed, and 
cyclanthus families. 
nudiflorous (uu-di-flo'rus), a. [< NL. nudiflorus, 
< L. nudus, naked, + flos (flor-), a flower.] 1. 
Haying the flowers destitute of hairs, glands, 
etc. 2. Belonging to the series Nndiflora;. 
nudifoliOUS (nu-di-fo'li-us), . [< L. nudus, 
bare, + folium, leaf.] Characterized by bare 
or smooth leaves. 
nndilt, n. [Origin obscure.] A pledget made 
of lint or cotton wool, and dipped in some oint- 
ment, for use in dressing sores, wounds, etc. 
E. Phillips, 1706. 
[= Sp. Pg. It. nu- 
</(Ttorio,~( L. imgaiorius, worthless, futile, < nu- 
ijntor, a jester, a trifler, < nugari, pp. nugatus, 
jest, trifle: see nugatwn.] 1. Trifling; 
4. That which or one who annoys, or gives 
trouble or injury; a troublesome or annoying 
thing ; that which is noxious, offensive, or ir- 
ritating; a plague; a bore: applied to persons 
and things. 
But both of them [pride and folly] are nuisances which 
education must remove, or the person is lost. 
Sotith, Sermons, V. i. 
It is always a practical difficulty with clubs to regulate 
the laws of election so as to exclude peremptorily every 
social nuisance. Emerson, Clubs. 
It makes her a positive nuisance ! 
W. X. Baker, New Timothy, p. 39. 
5. In tow, such a use of property or such a course 
of conduct as, irrespective of actual trespass 
against others or of malicious or actual criminal 
intent, transgresses the just restrictions upon 
use or conduct which the proximity of other 
persons or property in civilized communities 
imposes upon what would otherwise be rightful 
freedom. Thus, the nseof steam-power, though on one's 
own premises and for a lawful purpose, may be a nuisance, 
if by reason of being in one of several closely built dwell- 
ings the vibration and noise cause unreasonable injury 
erious 
worthless; without significance. 
Descartes was, perhaps, the first who saw that defini- 
tions of words already as clear as they can be made are 
nugatory or impracticable. 
HaUam, Introd. to Lit. of Europe, III. iii. 101. 
2. Of no force or effect ; inoperative ; ineffec- 
tual; vain. 
For Metaphysic, we have assigned unto it the inquiry 
of formal and final causes; which assignation, as to the 
former of them, may seem to be nugatory and void. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 162. 
A second and a third proclamation . . . greatly extend- 
ed the nuyatory toleration granted to the Presbyterians. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. 
Those provisions of the edict which affected a show of 
kindness to the Jews were contrived so artfully as to be 
nearly nugatory. Pretcott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 17. 
futile ' * * ne adjacent property and occupants. 
. Any se 
obstruction to a highway or navigable river if not au- 
thorized by law is a nuisance ; but the temporary use of 
a reasonable part of a highway for a legitimate purpose, 
such as the moving of a building or the deposit of build- 
ing materials going into use, is not necessarily a nuisance. 
The question of nuisance always is, at what point the sel 
fish use of a right transcends the obligation to respect the 
welfare of others. A common nuisance, or jmblic nvisance, 
is one which tends to the annoyance of the public gener- 
ally, and is therefore to be redressed by forcible abate- 
ment or by an action by the state, as distinguished from 
a private nuisance, or one which causes special injury 
to one or more individuals and therefore will sustain a 
private action. Thus, if one obstructs a highway any per- 
son may remove the obstruction, but only the public can 
prosecute the offender, unless a particular individual suf- 
fers special injury, as where he is turned from his road 
and compelled to go another way and suffers thereby a 
specific pecuniary damage, in which case it is as to him a 
private nuisance, and he may sue. 
