Noix methelle. A sleepe-procuring nut, or fruit, called by Gerard, the Thorne-apple, or Thornie apple of Peru. Noix muscade. A Nutmeg. Noix Persique. A Wallnut. Noix de pin. A Pine-clog, or Pine-apple; also, a Pinet, the nut, or fruit of the Pine-apple. Noix Pontique. The red Filbeard. Noix royale. A Wallnut. Noix vomique. Nux vomica, or, the vomiting nut: Some hold it to be the fruit of the Spurge Myrsinites; others, no fruit, but the root of an hearbe; howsoeuer, it is of a poisonous, deadlie, and stupifying qualitie. En cela gist le goust de la noix. There is the pleasure, therein rests the sport of it; or therein consists th' onely point, or chiefe substance of the matter. Nulle noix sans coque: Pro. No nut without a shell. Qui a des noix il en casse, & qui n'en a il s'en passe: Prov. Nuts are time-trifles; it is a pleasure to haue them, and tis no great losse to want them; for often-*times their crack doth cost more then their kernells are worth.
Noix chastaigne. Th' earth nut, Kipper nut, earth Chestnut.
Noix prunes. Plummes that come of a plumme grafted on a Wallnut tree.
Noleage: m. as Nolle. Nolle: f. The fraught paid for lading, the fare due for passage, in a ship.
Nom: m. A name; the tearme or title, whereby a thing is called; also, a fame, bruit, report; whence, Il en a le nom. Au nom de vostre beauté, oserions nous, &c. By your sweet fauour may we, or, may we for your beauties sake.
Nombles d'vn cerf. The numbles of a Stag.
Nombrable: com. Numberable, numerable.
Nombre: m. A number; a tallie, summe, list, reckoning, account; store, companie, multitude, quantitie of; also (in old French) a Band, Regiment, or Cohort of souldiers. Nombre sourd. Looke Sourd. Quatre mille de nombre faict. Full foure thousand.
Nombré: m. ée: f. Numbred; told, reckoned, summed, counted.
Nombrée. as Desnombrement; or, A list, catalogue, register, suruey, of.
Nombrement: m. A numbering; reckoning, telling, summing, counting.
Nombrer. To number, tell, reckon, summe, count.
Nombres. as Nombles. Nombreur: m. A numberer, reckoner, teller, summer, counter.
Nombreux: m. euse: f. Numerous, manifold, many; also, consisting of, or directed by, number; whence, nombreuses loix. Verses.
Nombril: m. The nauell. Nombril de mer. The Sea-nauell; a ruddie, & writhen shell-fish, as hard as a stone. Nombril de terre. The hearbe Sow-bread, Hogs-*bread, Swines-bread. Nombril de Venus. Ladies Nauell, great Pennie-*wort, wall Penniwort, Venus garden, Hipwort.
Nombriller: m. ere: f. Of, or belonging to, the nauell. Ligature nombrillere. A band wherwith women tie vp their great bellies, and are thereby lightened of a great part of their burthen.
Nombrillet: m. A small nauell.
Nomination: f. A nomination, or denomination; a cal-*
- ling, naming, cleaping, tearming, or stiling; also, the nominating, choice, or election of a man; th' appointing, or pointing him out, for an imployment.
Nommé: m. ée: f. Named, called, cleaped, ecleaped, hight; stiled, entitled, tearmed; minged, mentioned, alledged; nominated, appointed. À iour nommé. On a day certaine. À point nommé. Expresly, of set purpose; also, to purpose, or, at th' appointed time; Looke Poinct. Nommée: f. as Denombrement; or, A list, roll, catalogue, register, suruey.
Nommément. Namely, by name, particularly, especially, expresly.
Nommer. To name; call, cleape, hight, entitle, tearme, stile; also, to ming, mention, alledge, or speake of; also, to nominate, or appoint by name.
Nommeur: m. A namer; also, a denominator; the figure thats vnder the line in an Arithmeticall fraction.
Nomothesie: f. The making, publishing, or proclaiming of a Law.
Nompair: m. Odnesse, or an vneuen number of.
Nompair. as Nompareil; Also, odde.
Nompareil: m. eille: f. Peerelesse, passing, excellent, beyond comparison.
Nompareille: f. The name of a delicate peare.
Nompareillement. Peerelesly, passingly, surpassingly; excellently.
Non. (Substan.) vn non de la teste. A nod that imports a deniall.
Non. No, not. Non pas? Art thou not? is it not? &c. Non que. Not onely; much lesse, or, much more.
Nonain: f. A Nunne.
Nonante. Ninetie; fourscore and ten.
Nonantiesme. The ninetieth.
Nonce: m. A Nuntio, messenger, tiding-bringer; and particularly, an Embassador from the Pope.
Noncer. To tell, declare, relate, report, bring tidings, deliuer newes of; also, to shew, betoken, signifie.
Nonceur: m. A reporter, teller, declarer, tiding-bringer, shewer, signifier.
Nonchalamment. Heedlesly, carelesly, retchlesly.
Nonchalance: f. Carelesnesse, retchlesnesse, heedlesnesse; negligence, idlenesse.
Nonchalant. Careleße, retchlesse, heedlesse; negligent, idle, secure.
Nonchalemment. as Nonchalamment. Nonchalence: f. Carelesnesse, retchlesnesse.
Nonchalent. as Nonchalant. Nonchaloir. To neglect, or be carelesse of; not to reckon, heed, or accompt of; to liue in securitie.
Nonchalu: m. uë: f. Neglected, not heeded, smally tended, little cared for.
Nonciateur. as Nonceur. Nonciation: f. A report, relation, message; or, a reporting, relating, newes-telling, message bringing.
None: f. The fourth Quarter, or ninth houre, of the day; happening in Summer about foure in th' afternoone; in Winter about two.
Nones. The Nones of a Moneth; the dayes next after the Kalends: In March, May, June, and October, there be six, in the rest but foure, of them.
Nonnie. (Adverb.) Neuer a bit, not a whit, not at all, by no manner of meanes.
Nonnain: f. A Nunne.
Nonne: f. A Nunne; also, as None; the ninth houre of the day.
