[Obs.] haucer.
Nay
(Nay), v. t. & i. To refuse. [Obs.] Holinshed.
Nayaur
(||Na*yaur") n. (Zoöl.) A specied of wild sheep native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal
mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.
Nayt
(Nayt) v. t. [Icel. neita.] To refuse; to deny. [Obs.] "He shall not nayt ne deny his sin." Chaucer.
Nayward
(Nay"ward) n. The negative side. [R.]
Howe'er you lean to the nayward.
Shak. Nayword
(Nay"word`) n. A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword. [Obs.] hak.
Nazarene
(Naz`a*rene") n. [L. Nazarenus, Gr. fr. Nazareth.]
1. A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; — a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed
the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.
Nazarite
(Naz"a*rite) n. A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong
drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain
time. The word is also used adjectively.
Nazariteship
(Naz"a*rite*ship), n. The state of a Nazarite.
Nazaritic
(Naz`a*rit"ic) a. Of or pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites.
Nazaritism
(Naz"a*ri*tism) n. The vow and practice of a Nazarite.
Naze
(Naze) n. [See Ness.] A promontory or headland.
Nazirite
(Naz"i*rite) n. A Nazarite.
Ne
(Ne) adv. [AS. ne. See No.] Not; never. [Obs.]
He never yet no villany ne said.
Chaucer. Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never
(= ne ever) and none Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as nad, nam,
nil. See Negative, 2.
Ne
(Ne), conj. [See Ne, adv.] Nor. [Obs.] Shak.
No niggard ne no fool.
Chaucer. Ne . . . ne, neither . . . nor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Neaf
(Neaf) n. See 2d Neif. Shak.
Neal
(Neal) v. t. To anneal. [R.] Chaucer.
Neal
(Neal), v. i. To be tempered by heat. [R.] Bacon.
