NOT 
NO'TARY, f [notaire, Fr. from no tar ins, Lai.’J An 
officer whofe bufinefs it is to take notes of any tiling 
which may concern the public.—There is a declaration 
made to have that very book and no other fet abroad, 
wherein their prefent authorifed votaries do write thofe 
things fully and only, which, being written and there read, 
are by their own open tellimony acknowledged to be their 
own. Hooker. — One of thofe with him, being a votary, 
made an entry of this aft. Bacon's New Atlantis. —They 
have, in each province, intendants and notaries. Temple. 
So I but your recorder am in this, 
Or mouth and fpeakerof the univerfe, 
A minifterial votary ; for ’tis 
Not I, but you and fame, that make this verfe. Donne. 
Notary, or Notary public, among us at this time, 
is a perl'on who publicly attefts deeds or writings, to make 
them authentic in another country: but'principally in 
bufinefs relating to merchants ; as, to make protells of 
bills of exchange. The flat. 41 Geo. III. c. 79, was palled 
for regulating public notaries in England. By this aft no 
perfon, after Aug. 1, 1801, ffiall aft as a notary, unlefs 
duly admitted ; nor ffiall he be admitted as a notary un¬ 
lefs he ffiall have ferved feven years’ apprenticeffiip to a 
notary, on penalty of 50]. Notaries (hall not permit 
unqualified perfonsto aft in their names. Perfons apply¬ 
ing to become notaries within the jurifdiftion of the 
Company of Scriveners in London, ffiall be free of the 
faid company. The admiffion of a notary ffiall be on a 
30I. ftamp; and every notarial aft mud have a 5s. (lamp 
on each lheetto which fuch aft may extend. 
NOTA'TION, J'. [iiotatio, Lat.] The art or praftice of 
recording any thing by marks; as by figures or letters.—- 
Notation teaches how to defcribe any number by certain 
notes and charafters, and to declare the value thereof 
being lb deferibed, and that is by degrees and periods. 
Cocker. See the article Arithmetic, vol. ii. p. 165. 
and Number, in the prefent volume.—Meaning ; figni- 
fication.—A foundation, being primarily of tile in archi- 
tefture, hath no other literal notation but what belongs 
to it in relation to a building. Hammond. —Confcience, 
according to the very notation of the word, imports a dou¬ 
ble knowledge; one of a divine law, and the other of a 
man’s own aftion ; and lb is the application of a general 
law to a particular infiance of praftice. South. 
NOTCH, f. [noelie, Teut. nocchia, Ital. See Nock.] 
A nick ; a hollow cut in any thing.—The convex work 
is compofed of black and citrin pieces in the margin, of 
a pyramidal figure, appofitely let, and with tranfverfe 
notches. Grew's Mujettm. 
From his rug the Ikew’r he takes, 
And on the itick ten equal notches ntakes : 
There, take my tally of ten thoufand pound. Swift. 
It feems to be erroneoufly ufed for niche: 
He ffiew’d a comma ne’er covild claim 
A place in any Britifh name; 
Yet, making here a perfeft botch, 
Thrufts your poor vowel from his notch. Swift. 
To NOTCH, v. a. To cut in fmall hollows.—He was 
too hard for him direftly : before Corioli, he fcotcht him 
and notcht him like a carbonado. ShakeJ'peare. 
From him whefe quills Hand quiver’d at his ear, 
To him who notches Hicks at Wellminfter. Pope. 
NOTCH, a pafs on the weHern part of the White Moun¬ 
tains, in New Hampffiire, North America. 
NOT'CH-WEED, f. The herb called orach, or fea- 
purflane. See Atriplex. 
NOTCHENGONG', a towm of Hindoofian, in the 
country of Berar: forty-feven miles fouth-fouth-wefi of 
Nag-pour, and feventy-fi”e fbuth-well of Ellichpour. Lat. 
20. 32. N. Ion. 79. 17. E. 
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N OTE, [for ne ivote .] Know not.—-But foth to fay, I 
n'ot how men him call. Chaucer. 
Deare fonne, great beene the evils which ye bore 
From firfi to laft in your late enterprife. 
That I n'ote whether praife or pi tty more. Spenfer. 
Could not; could not know how to : 
But he that laH-left helpe away did take. 
And both her hands fait bound unto a Hake, 
That ffie n'ote ltirre. Spenfer. 
Ne let him then admire, 
But yield his fenfe to be too blunt and bafe, 
That note without an hound fine footing trace. Spenfer. 
NOTE,/! \jwta, Lat] Mark; token: as, Bellarmine’s 
notes of the church.—Whofoever appertain to the vifible 
body of the church, they have alfo the notes of external 
profeffion, whereby the world knoweth what they are. 
Hooker. —Notice ; heed : 
Give order to my fervants that they take 
No note at all of our being abfent hence. ShakeJ’peare. 
I will bellow fome precepts on this virgin, 
Worthy the note. Shakejpeare's All's Well. 
Reputation ; confequence.—Divers men of note have been 
brought into England. Abbot. —Andronicus and Junia, 
who are of note among the apollles. Bom. xvi. 7.—As for 
metals, authors of good note allure us, that even they have 
been obferved to grow. Boyle. 
He will’d me 
In heedfull’H refervation to beHow them, 
As notes whofe faculties inclufive were 
More than they were in note. Shakefpeare. 
Reproach ; lligma : 
The more to aggravate the note, 
With a foul traitor’s name flufl’I thy throat. Shakefp. 
Account; information ; intelligence ; notice. Not 1 fed .— 
In fuits of favour, the firll coming ought to take little 
place; fo tar forth confideration may be had of his trull, 
that, if intelligence of the matter could not otherwil’e have 
been had but by him. advantage be not taken of the note, 
but the party left to his other means, and in fome fort re- 
compenled for his difcovery. Bacon. 
She that from Naples 
Can have no note; unlefs the fun were poll, 
The man i’ th’ moon’s too (low. Shakejpeare's Tempefi. 
State of being oblerved.—Small matters come with great 
commendation, becaufe they are continually in ufe and 
in note; whereas, the occafion of any great virtue com- 
eth but on feltivals. Bacon. —Tune; voice; harmo¬ 
nic or melodious found.—Thefe are the notes wherewith 
are drawn from the hearts of the multitude fo manyfighs; 
with thefe tunes their minds are exafperated againlt the 
lawful guides and governors of their fouls. Hooker. 
You that can tune your founding firing fo well. 
Of ladies’ beauties and of love to tell ; 
Once change your note, and let your lute report 
Thejufteft grief that ever touch’d the court. Waller. 
Single found in mulic : 
From harmony, from heavenly harmony ! 
This univerlal frame began : 
From harmony to harmony, 
Through all the compafs of the notes it ran, 
The diapafon doling full in man. Dnjdcn. 
Short hint; fmall paper; memorial regifier.—Gathering 
notes out of the world’s great book. Davies. 
He will’d me 
In hesdfull’ft refervation to bellow them, 
As notes whofe faculties inclulive were 
More than they were in note. Shakefpeare. 
3 S Abbreviation ; 
