NETTLE-RASH (Med.) vide Urticaria.

NEUDO'RFFLA (Bot.) the Nolana prostata of Linnæus. NEU'DRA (Bot.) a genus of plants, Class 10 Decandria, Order 5 Decagynia.

Generic Character. CAL. perianth five-parted.-COR. petals five.-STAM. filaments ten; anthers roundish.-PIST. germ inferior; styles ten; stigmas simple.—PER. capsule depressed; seeds solitary.

Species. The single species, the Neudra procumbens, is an annual.

NEURI (Anat.) Nerves.

NEUROCHONDROIDES (Anat.) an epithet for a hard substance, between a sinew and a cartilage. NEURO'DES (Med.) vsupádns, an epithet for a lingering nervous fever.

NEUROLOGY (Anat.) veupoλoyia, from por, a nerve, and Xóc, a discourse; a description of the nerves. NEUROPTERA (Ent.) the Fourth Order of Insects, comprehending the following genera, which have the wings reticulate, tail unarmed, namely-Libellula, the Dragon-Fly. Ephemera, the Day-Fly.-Phryganea. Hemerobius. Myrmeleon, the Lion-Ant.-Panorpa.-Raphidia. NEURO'SES (Med.) nervous disorders; the Second Class of diseases in Cullen's Nosology.

NEUROTICS (Med.) upwτa, remedies against nervous disorders.

NEUROTOMY (Anat.) suporquía, from supov, a nerve, and Té, to cut; a section, or cutting of the nerves. NEUTER (Gram.) an epithet for nouns which denote neither sex; also for one of the three genders, in distinction from the masculine and feminine; and for those verbs which are neither active nor passive.

NEUTRAL (Polit.) an epithet for any power which remains in amity with two belligerent powers, whence neutral ships, neutral flags, &c.

NEUTRAL Salts (Chem.) such salts as partake of the nature both of an acid and alcali, being composed of two primitive saline substances combined together.-Neutral spirits, certain spirits so called by Mr. Boyle, because he found them very different in quality from other common spirits.

NEUTRALIZATION (Chem.) the process by which two bodies, an acid and alcali, are so combined as to disguise each other's properties.

NEUTRO-Passive Verbs (Gram.) verbs neuter, having their preterperfect tense formed of a passive participle. NEW ASSIGNMENT (Law) or Novel Assignment; a fresh assignment of the case made by the plaintiff, by way of rejoinder to the evasive pleas of the defendant. NEWEL (Archil.) the upright post, or compass, round which winding stairs turn.

NEW JERSEY TEA (Bot.) the Cœnanthus americanus. NEWT (Zool.) an animal of the lizard tribe, of which the principal species are the Lacerta aquatica, the Water Newt, and Lacerta palustris, the Warted Newt. NEW STYLE (Chron.) vide Chronology.

NEXI (Ant.) free-born Romans who for debt were delivered bound to their creditors, and obliged to serve them till they could discharge their debts. Varr. de Ling. Lat. 1.6,

c. 3.

NEXUS (Anat.) a complication of substances in one part, as the membrane which involves the fœtus.

NHAMBI Brasiliensibus (Bot.) an acrimonious plant of Brazil. Marcgrav. Pis.; Raii Hist.

NIAS Hawk (Falcon.) a young hawk just taken out of the

nest.

NICA'NDRA (Bot.) a genus of plants, Class 10 Decandria, Order 1 Monogynia.

Generic Character. CAL. perianth one-leaved.-COR. petal one.-STAM. filaments ten; anthers linear.-PIST. germ ovate; style short; stigma peltate.--PER. berry roundish ; seeds many.

Species. The single species is the Nicandra amara, seu Potalia. NICCOLUM (Min.) Nickel, a metallic substance, the real properties of which were first discovered by Cronstedt. It is mostly found in a metallic state, though sometimes in that of an oxide. Its ores have a coppery red colour, the most abundant of which is the Sulphuret of Nickel, or Kupfer Nickel, which is a compound of nickel, arsenic, sulphuret of iron, and sometimes cobalt and copper. It exists in combination with oxygen and a little carbonic acid, in what is called Nickel Ochre, or native oxide of Nickel, and also contaminated with iron in the mineral substance called martial nickel. The specific gravity of Nickel is about 9.000.

NICE'NE Creed (Ecc.) a particular creed, or confession of faith, drawn up by the clergy in the Council of Nice, and since adopted by the Church of England.

NICHE (Archit.) a hollow space which is made in a wall, for the purpose of placing any figure or stature therein. NICKEL (Min.) vide Niccolum.

NICKING (Man.) an operation on a horse's tail to make him carry it well.

NICODE MITES (Ecc.) a sect of heretics in Switzerland, so called from their ringleader.

NICOLAITES (Ecc.) vinohara, a sect of heretics called after their leader, one Nicholas, who held a community of wives. St. Ignat. Ep. ad Trall.; St. Iren. 1. 1, c. 27, &c.; Clem. Alexand. Strom. 1. 3; Euseb. Eccles. Hist. 1. 3, c. 29; St, Epiphan. Hæres. 25; Theodoret. Hæres. Fab. 1.3; Baron. Annal. Ann. 78.

NI'CON (Bot.) Hellebore.

NICOTIANA (Bot.) a genus of plants, Class 5 Pentandria, Order 1 Monogynia.

Generic Character. CAL. perianth one-leaved.-COR. petal one.-STAM. filaments five; anthers oblong.-PIST. germ ovate; style filiform; stigma capitate.-PER. capsule subovate; seeds many.

Species. The species are annuals, as the Nicotiana Tabacum, Petumana, Hyoscyamus, seu Fornobonia, Virginian Tobacco. Nicotiana rustica, Tabaccum, seu Priapeia, Common, or English Tobacco, &c.; but the-Nicotiana fruticosa, Shrubby Tobacco, is a perennial. NIČTITANT Membrane (Anat.) a thin membrane which covers the eyes of birds and fishes, sheltering them from excess of light and external injuries, but sufficiently transparent to admit of their seeing distinctly through it. NÌ'DDUI (Ant.) a smaller kind of excommunication among the Hebrews, which commonly continued about a month.

NIDE (Falcon.) a term applied in falconry to a flock of pheasants.

Nİ'DERLING (Archæol.) a base person.

NI'DOR (Nat.) the smell of burnt animal substances. NIDUS (Bot.) the Ophyris nidus avis of Linnæus. NIENT Comprise (Law) an exception taken to a petition as unjust, because the thing desired is not contained in that act or deed whereupon the petition is grounded.— Nient dedire is the same as to let judgment go by default, i. e. by not denying or opposing it.

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Species. The single species is a shrub, as the Nitraria schoberi, Osyris, seu Cassia, Thick-leaved Nitraria. NITRATE (Chem.) a salt formed by the union of nitric acid and different bases; as the nitrate of potash, soda, silver, &c.

NITRE (Chem.) a perfectly neutral salt formed by the union of the nitric acid with the vegetable alkali, thence called Salt-petre, or Nitrate of Potash. It derives its name from the Greek virper, and the Latin nitrum, which is, however, supposed to have been a different substance. NITRIC Acid (Chem.) a heavy liquid of a yellow colour, commonly formed by distilling a mixture of nitre and sulphuric acid. The specific gravity of nitric acid is to that of water as 1.500 to 1.000.

NITRITE (Chem.) a salt formed by the combination of nitrous acid with any base, as the nitrite of potash, &c. NITROGEN (Chem.) another name for azote, so called because it is a component part of the nitric acid. This is a simple body which is not perceptible by the senses, and, though very abundant, is not to be procured in a separate state. Its existence is nevertheless ascertained by observing its passage from one combination to another, and tracing the laws of chemical attraction to which it is subject. It is the radical principle of atmospheric air, and forms a part of nitric acid, ammonia, and other substances. Its most remarkable combination is that which it enters into with light and caloric, so as to form the compound well known by the name of nitrogen gas, or azotic gas. [vide Chemistry]

NITRO-MURIĂTIC Acid (Chem.) a compound acid formed by uniting the nitric and muriatic acids. NITROUS Acid (Chem.) an acid which has less of oxygen than the nitric acid has.-Nitrous gas, an aeriform fluid consisting of nitrogen and oxygen combined with caloric. NI'TRUM (Chem.) in Hebrew na, in Greek virpor; a substance spoken of by the ancients, which has given its name to the neutral salt now called nitre; but it is supposed to have been an alkaline salt, otherwise called fixed nitre, now the carbonate of potash. It abounded in Egypt, and is said to derive its name from a lake called Natron. NO Near! (Mar.) or No Nearer! an order to the helmsman to steer the ship no higher to the direction of the wind than the sails will operate to advance the ship in her

course.

bearing the arms of France [semé de tys], quartered with those of England. On the upper part of the ship's side are lions passant guardant towards the left, and Fleurs-de-Lys alternately. Under these are two tiers of ports, the lower of which has four projecting spikes placed alternately with the ports. The inscription EDWARD DEI.GRA. ANGZ. FRANC. D. HYB:-The reverse bears, in a double tressure of eight arches with trefoils in the outward angles, a cross fleury voided. Over each limb of the cross a Fleur-de-Lis. In the quarters, the lion of England under a crown. In the centre, a rose of four leaves pointed with as many trefoils saltirewise, including the letter E. (Edward). The inscription IHC. AUTEM. TRANSIENS. P. MEDIUM. IBA. Iba is put for ibat, the T having been omitted, as is supposed, by mistake. [vide Coinage]

NOCTA'MBULO (Med.) one who walks in his sleep. NOCTA'NTER (Law) i. e. by night, or in the night time; a writ directed to the sheriff to make inquisition relative to any ditch or fence that is thrown up in the night time. Stat. Westm. 2; 13 Ed. 1, st. 1, c. 46; 2 Inst. 476. NO'CTES (Law) et Noclem de Firma, an expression in Domesday book implying meat and drink for any given number of nights.

NOCTI'LUCA (Chem.) a species of phosphorus, so called because it shines in the night. NOCTUA'NUM (Ent.) a division of the genus Phalana, comprehending, `according to Fabricius, those insects of this tribe, which have their wings expanded, or flat, and incumbent.

NOCTISURGIUM (Med.) walking in one's sleep. NOCTURLA'BIUM (Astron.) vide Nocturnal. NOCTURNAL (Astrol.) an epithet for planets and signs in which passive qualities excel, as moisture and dryness. NOCTURNAL Arc (Astron.) the arc of a circle described by the sun, or a star in the night.-Nocturnal, or Nocturlabium, an instrument chiefly used at sea to take the altitude, or depression of the pole-star, and some other stars about the pole.

NOCTURNAL Emissions (Med.) gonorrhea dormientium. NODATED Hyperbola (Math.) an hyperbola, so called by Newton, which, by turning round, decussates or crosses itself.

NO'DDY (Orn.) a sea-fowl of the tern kind, the Sterna stolida of Linnæus.

of the Arkshell.

NO'BILES (Ant.) the nobles among the Romans were those who had the Jus Imaginum, or the right of using the pictures or statues of their ancestors, a right which was allowed only to those whose ancestors had borne some Curule office. The nobiles were otherwise called Patricii, because originally none could hold any Curule office who was not of the Patrician order. They were distinguished from the novi homines, who had only their own pictures; and the ignobiles, who had none at all. Sigon. de Antiq. Jur. 1. 2, c. 20; Panvin. de Nom. Rom. apud Græv. Thes. Antiq. Rom. tom. ii. &c.

NOBILIS (Anat.) an epithet for a valve of the heart, which is, by way of eminence, thus distinguished. NO'BLE (Numis.) a gold coin value 6s. 8d. which was struck in the reign of Edward III, and stamped with the impression of a ship that is supposed to have been commemorative of a naval victory obtained by Edward over the French at Sluys in 1340. The obverse of this coin bears, as in the annexed figure, the effigy of the king armed and crowned standing in a ship which has a streamer at the mast-head with St. George's Cross,

a naked sword in his right-hand, and in his left a shield

the shadow or light of which is shown, either the hour of the day in dials without furniture, or the parallels of the sun's declination and his place in the ecliptic, &c.

NODE (Surg.) nodus, a hard circumscribed tumour rising out of a bone, and caused by a swelling of the periosteum. They appear on every part of the body, but particularly on such parts as are thinly covered with muscles; as the Os Frontis, the fore-part of the Tibia, &c.

NODES (Astron.) Nodi, vidios; two points where the orbit of a planet intersects the Ecliptic, which are northern and southern.-The Northern, or Ascending Node, called by Ptolemy σύνδεσμος αναβιβάζων, the Dragon's Head, in respect to the moon, is that where the planet ascends from the south to the north side of the Ecliptic, marked thus 8.-The Southern or Descending Node, cúrdioμos xaτaßißlar, the Dragon's Tail, E marked thus 8, is the opposite point where the planet descends from the North to the South side: thus, suppose A EBD to represent the moon's orbit, A CBF the Ecliptic; then A is the Southern, and B the Northern Node.-The Line of the Nodes is a line drawn from one node to the other, as the line A B. Ptol. Almag. 1. 5, c. 12; Regiomant. in Epist. Almag. 1. 5, prop. 14;

D F

Copern. 1. 4, c. 15; Keil. ad Ver. Astron. Lect. 9; Ricciol. Almag. nov. 1. 4, c. 12. NO'DUS Gordii (Ant.) the Gordian Knot, a particularly intricate knot with which Gordius, a Phrygian peasant, who was raised to the throne, fastened his implements of husbandry together, and hung them up in the temple of Jupiter. The empire of the world was accordingly promised by the oracles to him who should untie it, which Alexander not being able to effect, cut it with his sword, and thus animated his followers with fresh hopes of suc

? cess.

NOELA Tali (Bot.) the Antidesma alexituria of Linnæus. NOEL-VA'LLI (Bot.) the Dalbergia lanceolargia of Lin

næus.

NO'EM (Bot) the Cynosurus coracanus of Linnæus. NOE'TIANS (Ecc.) a branch of the Sabellians, who took their name from one Noetus of Smyrna, an heresiarch, in the third century.

NOG (Mar.) a tree-nail driven through the heel of each shore that supports the ship on the slips.

NO'GGING (Mar.) the act of securing the heels of the , shores with tree-nails.

NOLA'NA (Bot.) a genus of plants, Class 5 Pentandria, Order 1 Monogynia.

Generic Character. CAL. perianth one-leaved.-COR. petal one.-STAM. filaments five; anthers sagittate.-PIST. germs five; style straight; stigma capitate.-PER. none; seeds five.

Species. The single species, the-Nolana prostata, Aropa Walkeria, seu Neudorffia, is an annual. NOLEʼNGU (Bot.) the Impatiens nolengu of Linnæus. NO'LI me tangere (Med.) a sort of corrosive ulcer, so called because it is exasperated by medicines.

NOLI me tangere (Bot.) the Impatiens noli me tangere of

Linnæus.

NO'LLE Prosequi (Law) an acknowledgement or agreement by the plaintiff that he will not farther prosecute his suit. NOMA'DA (Ent.) a division of the genus Apis, comprehending, according to Fabricius, those insects which have the tongue three-cleft, hind-feelers tongue-shaped. NOME (Med.) voal, from view, to eat away; corrosive ulcers, that, by creeping on, consumes any part of the body.

NO'-Man's-Land (Mar.) a space in mid-ships, between the after part of the belfry and the fore part of a ship's boat when she is stowed upon the booms, as in a deep-waisted|| vessel.

NOMA'RCHES (Polit.) ven, a name given to one who had the pre-eminence in administering the laws of Egypt. NO'MBLES (Sport.) the entrails of a stag or deer. NO'MBRIL (Her.) or Navel Point in the escutcheon marked F. [vide Heraldry]

NOME (Med.) vide Noma.

NOME (Algeb.) any quantity with a sign set before it, by which it is usually joined with some other quantity. NO'MEN (Ant.) from nosco, to know: the name by which any person or thing was known. Among the Romans the Nomen proprium consisted of three, sometimes four, parts; : namely, the Prænomen, the Nomen, the Cognomen, and the Agnomen. The Prænomen was so called because it stood before the Nomen, as Lucius Quintus.-The Nomen was the gentile, family, or sur-name, as Claudius.-The Cognomen, so called because it was added to the Nomen, served to distinguish families, as Torquatus, Gracchus, &c. -The Agnomen, so called because it was affixed incidentally to the Cognomen, was a title annexed upon particular occasion; thus in the case of P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus, P. or Publius is the Prænomen, Cornelius the Nomen, Scipio the Cognomen, and Africanus the Agnomen, which was affixed because he destroyed Carthage

Mercemur servum, qui dictet nomina, lævum
Qui fodicet latus, et cogat trans pondera dextram
Porrigere.

Nomenclators were also employed at feasts to call over the names of the guests, and assign them their places. Besides which there were Nomenclatores censorii, as alluded to in ancient inscriptions, as L. VOLLUSIO URBANO NOMENCLATORI CENSORIO. Their office was to call over the names of those who offered themselves to the censor; also Nomenclatores Thensarum, who attended the Pontifex Maximus at the games, and arranged the charioteers. Cic. ad Attic. 1. 4, ep. 1; Cic. pro Mur. c. 36; Senec. de Benef. 1. 1, c. 3; Suet. in August. c. 19; Sigon. de Antiq. Jur. 1. 2, c. 30; Panciroll. Notit. Dignit. Ïmp. Occid. c. 3.

NOMINA'LIA (Ant.) festivals, or sacred ceremonies observed on the naming of children among the Romans. NOMINATION (Law) a power which a man has to ap point a clerk to a patron of a benefice, by him to be presented to the ordinary.

NO'MINATIVE Case (Gram.) nominativus, from nomino, to name; the first case of a noun in grammar, because it is the name itself, or that by which things are named. NOMINE Pœna (Law) a penalty incurred for not paying rent, &c. at the day appointed by the lease or agreement for the payment thereof.

NOMOPHY'LACES (Ant.) vouopúdanes, i. e. keepers of the laws, Athenian magistrates, somewhat similar to our sheriffs, whose office it was to see the laws put in force on malefactors, &c. There were also officers of this name belonging to the Olympic Games, who were appointed to instruct those who had to contend. Poll. 1. 8, segm. 102; Schol. Aristoph. in Acarn.

NOMOTHETÆ (Ant.) voμebitai, Athenian magistrates, a thousand in number, who were commonly chosen by lot out of such as had been judges in the court Heliæa; their office was to inspect the laws, and to cause such as were found useless or inefficient to be repealed by an act of the people. Poll. Onom. 1. 8, segm. 101; Ulpian. Demosth. in Olynth. 31; Sign. de Rep. Athen. 1. 2, c. 4. NONPAREIL (Print.) i. e. matchless; the type in size next below minion. [vide Printing]

NON LIQUET (Ant.) or abbreviated, N. L. signifying it does not appear plain; a form of expression used by the Roman judges, where the matter did not appear clear, and required a farther hearing.

NON-ABILITY (Law) an exception taken against the plaintiff in a cause upon some just ground why he cannot commence any suit in law; as præmunire, outlawry, excommunication, &c.-Non-age, in a general sense all the time of a person's being under the age of twenty-one; and in a special sense where one is under fourteen, as to marriage, &c.-Non-appearance, a default of appearance in a court of judicature.-Non-assumpsit, the general issue of an action on an Assumpsit, whereby a man denies that he made any promise.-Non-claim, an omission or neglect of one that does not claim within the time limited by law. Non compos mentis, one not of sound mind, memory, and

understanding.

Non-conformists, persons not conforming to the rites and ceremonies of the church of England as by law established.-Non-damnificatus, a plea to an action of debt, upon bond, with condition to save the plaintiff harmless.-Non decimando, or non de decimando, a writ to be discharged of all tithes, &c.-Non distringendo, a writ not to distrain; containing in it divers particulars according to divers cases.-Non est factum, an answer to a declaration, whereby a man denieth that to be his deed whereupon he is impleaded.—Non est inventus, the sheriff's return to a writ when the defendant is not to be found in his bailiwick.-Non est prosecutus. [vide Nonsuit]-Non implacitando aliquem de libero tenemento sine brevi, a writ to forbid bailiffs, &c. from distraining any man without the King's writ, touching his freehold. Reg. Orig. 171.Non intromittendo, quando breve Præcipe in Capite subdole impetratur, a writ directed to the justices of the bench, commanding them not to give one who had deceitfully obtained the writ called Præcipe in Capite, the benefit thereof. Reg. Orig. 4.-Non-jurors, persons refusing to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, &c., for which they are liable to certain penalties.-Non mercizando victualia, an ancient writ to justices of assize, to inquire whether the officers of such a town do sell victuals in gross, or by retail, during their office. Reg. Orig. 184.-Non molestando, a writ which lies for him who is molested contrary to the King's protection granted to him. Reg. Orig. 184. -Non obstante, i. e. notwithstanding, a clause often used in statutes and letters patent.-Non omittas, a writ lying where the sheriff delivereth a former writ to a bailiff of a franchise, in which the party on whom it is to be served dwelleth, and the bailiff neglecteth to serve it. 68.74; 2 Inst. 453.—Non-plevin, when land is not replevied in due time; for which none should lose his land by statute 9 Ed. 3, c. 2. Hengham Magna Charta, c. 8.Non ponendis in Assisis et Juratis, a writ granted in divers cases to men for the freeing them from assizes and juries. F. N. B. 165. 2 Inst. 127. 247.-Non procedendo ad Assisam Rege inconsulto, a writ to stop the trial of a cause appertaining to one who is in the King's service, until the King's pleasure be further known. Reg. Orig. 220.-Non prosequitur. [vide Nonsuit]-Non residentia de clericis regis, a writ directed to the ordinary, charging him not to molest a clerk employed in the King's service, for his nonresidence. Non sana memoriæ, i. e. not of sound memory, an exception taken to an act declared by the plaintiff to be done by another, implying that the party who did that act was not of right mind-Non solvendo Pecuniam ad quam clericus mulctatur pro non-residentia, a writ prohibiting an ordinary to take a pecuniary mulct imposed on a clerk of the King's for non-residence. Reg. of Writs. 59. -Non sum informatus, a formal answer made by an attorney when he is not instructed to say any thing material in defence of his client.

F.N.B.

NO'NE (Ant.) the Nones of every month, i. e. the seventh day of March, May, July, October, and the fifth of every other month. [vide Kalendarium] They were so called from nonus, the ninth, because nine days were always reckoned from them to the Ides. Varro. de Lat. Ling. 1. 5, c. 4; Isid.Orig. 1. 5, c. 33; Viola de vet. ac nov. Rom. Temp. apud Græv. Thes. Antiq. Rom. tom. 8, p. 187.None Caprotina, a festival so called because on that day the women sacrificed a goat to Juno. Varro de Lat. Ling. 1.5, c. 3; Plut. Parall.; Arrob. 1. 3; Macrob. Sat. 1. 1, c. 2; Auson. Eclog. 17; Gyrald Syntag. Deor. I. 3, p. 124. NO'NAGE (Law) vide Non.

NONAGESIMAL Degree (Astron.) the 90th degree; or the highest point in the Ecliptic.

NONAGON (Math.) a figure having nine sides and angles. NON Claim (Law) vide Non.

Nox Compos Mentis (Law) vide Non.
NONCONFORMISTS (Law) vide Non.
NON Distringendo (Law) vide Non.
NO Nearer (Mar.) vide No.
Nox est Inventus, &c. (Law) vide Non.
NONES (Ant.) vide Nona.

NONE-SO-PRETTY (Bot.) the Saxifraga of Linnæus.
NoN est, &c. (Law)
NON est, &c. (Law) vide Non.
NONE Such (Bot.) the Lychnis chalcedo of Linnæus.
NON Feasance (Law) an offence of omission in what ought
to be done.
NON-IMPLACITA'NDO, &c. (Law) vide Non.
NONJURORS (Law) vide Non.
NoN Mercigando, &c. (Law) vide Non.
NON Molestando (Law) vide Non.
NON-NATURALS (Med.) things that do not enter into
the nature of diseases, though they are the causes of them.
NON Obstante (Law) vide Non.
NoN Omitlas (Law) vide Non.
NON Plevin (Law) vide Non.
NON Ponendis (Law) vide Non.
NON Procedendo (Law) vide Non.
NON-Pros. (Law) an abbreviation for non prosequitur, or a
nonsuit: whence if a non prosequitur be entered the plain-
tiff is said to be non prossed, or nonsuited.
NON-Residence (Ecc.) a term applied to spiritual persons who
are not resident upon, or absent themselves from, their
benefices.
NON-RESIDENTIA de clericis regis (Law) vide Non.
NON Sana Memoriæ, &c. (Law) vide Non.
NONSENSE-Verse (Gram.) verses made of words taken
promiscuously, without regard to any thing but the measure.
NON Solvendo, &c. (Law) vide Non.
NONSUIT (Law) non prosequitur, or non prosecutus, a re-
nouncing or letting fall the suit by the plaintiff, which
differs from a retraxit in this, that the former is negative,
the latter positive. A plaintiff may be nonsuited by a
mere default or neglect, and consequently on the payment
of costs he may renew his suit: but by a retraxit he makes
an open and voluntary renunciation of his suit in court, and
thereby loses his action for ever.

TO NONSUIT one (Law) is to cause him to let fall his suit. NoN sum informatus (Law) vide Non. NON-TE'ÑURE (Law) an exception to a count or declaration, by saying that he, the defendant, holdeth not the lands mentioned therein.

NoN Term (Law) the vacation time between term and term. NON troppo presto (Mus.) an Italian phrase, signifying not too quick, as non troppo largo, signifies not too slow. NON-USER (Law) the not using of offices that concern the public is the cause of forfeiture. NOOK of Land (Law) the fourth part of a yard of land. NORA (Chem.) lime, or any salt. NORANTEA (Bot.) the Acium norantea of Linnæus. NO'RMAL (Math.) another name for perpendicular. NO'RMAN (Mar.) a short wooden bar thrust into one of the holes of the capstan, to take a turn for lowering any thing.

NO'RROY King at Arms (Her.) a name given to the third king at arms.

NO'RTH Light (Nat.) or Northern Light. [vide Aurora Borealis.]

NORTHERN Signs (Astron.) the six signs of the Ecliptic on the north side of the Equator; namely, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo.

NO'RTHING (Mar.) the difference of latitude which a ship makes in sailing to the North Pole.

NORTH-POLE (Astron.) a point in the northern hemisphere of the heavens, ninety degrees every way distant from the Equinoctial.