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 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.