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 L'herbe nouée. Centinodie, Knotgrasse, Birds-tongue, Bloudwort, Swines-grasse.

Nouël: m. (The feast of) Christmas; also, a Christmas Caroll, or song made to the honour of Christ; also, a voice of acclamation, or congratulation vsed by people welcomming such as are gracious with them; See Noel. Nouël nouvelet. The burden of a Christmas Caroll: ¶Rab. Novembre. Nouember.

Nouëment: m. A knitting, tying, or fastening with knots.  Nouëment de jeunes arbres. The knotting of young trees; their springing, or shooting out from knot to knot, or from ioynt to ioynt.

Novenaire. A ninth; or the number of nine.

Novenaire: com. The ninth; also, nine.

Nouër. To knit; to tie, fasten, or bind with knots; also, to knot (as a tree thats in growing.)  Il ne peut nouër au bout de l'an les deux bouts de sa serviette ensemble. He is a cleane Gentleman, or hath nothing left him, by the yeares end.

Noverce: f. A stepdame, or stepmother.

Nouët: m. A little knot; also, a little linnen bag, or poke, hard tied vp.

Nouëure: f. as Nouëment. Neuëuse: f. Centinodie, Knotgrasse, Birds-tongue, Bloud-*wort.

Nouëux: m. euse: f. Knottie, knobbie; full of knurres, ioynts, bunches, &c.

Novice: com. A nouice, a young Monke, or Nunne; one thats but newly entred into th' Order; also, a yongling, or beginner, in any profession.

Novimestre: com. Of nine monethes; or, at nine moneths end.

Novitiat: m. A nouice; th' estate of a nouice, or the terme wherein one is in the state of a nouice; also, a beginning, or entrance in any profession.

Nourri: m. ie: f. Nourished, fed; nurtured, fostered; muzled in, brought vp to.  Fleur de lis au pied nourri d'argent. Couped, or cut off; (a tearme of Blazon.)

Nourrice: f. A Nurse.  Vn embonpoint de nourrice. A plumpe, fat, or foggie constitution of bodie.

Nourrin: m. The frie, or brood of yong fish, reserued for the storing of a pond, &c.

Nourrir. To nourish, feed, sustaine, find; nurture, foster; nuzzle in; breed, or bring vp to.  Celuy la est bon pere qui nourrit: Prov. He that maintaines, or keepes a man, may well be tearmed his father.  Qui veut avoir bon chien il faut qu'il le nourrisse: Pro. He that will haue a good dog must breed him to it.  Tel le chiē nourrit qui puis mange la courroye de son soulier: Prov. Looke Chien. Nourrissable: com. Nourishable.

Nourrissant: m. ante: f. Nourishing.

Nourrisse: f. as Nourrice. Nourrissement: m. A nourishing, feeding, sustaining; a nurturing, fostering; breeding, bringing vp.

Nourrisseur: m. A nourisher, feeder, sustainer; a foster father.

Nourrissier: m. A Nurses husband, a foster father.

Nourrisson: m. A nursling, nurse-child, or nursing child.

Nourriture: f. Nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, food, meat; finding, maintenance; also, nurture, or bringing vp; also, cattell, or beasts bred vp about a house; or the breeding thereof; whence;  Nouritures. The tending, feeding, or fattening of swine, cattell, or pulleine; also, the commodities, or prouision yeelded by a countrey house towards that part of husbandrie.  Nourriture passe nature: Prov. Nurture surpasseth nature.

Nous. We, vs.

Nouveau: m. nouvelle: f. New; fresh, recent; strange, rare; lately done, or made; vncouth, vnused, vnheard of before.  Nouveaux acquests. Looke Acquests. Faicts nouveaux. ce sont ceux qui n'ont esté articulez au procez principal; ou encores qu'ils dependent d'iceux, ils ne sont toutesfois les mesmes faicts, ains servent de les esclaircir, & en donner plus ample intelligence. Le laict nouveau. Beest, or Beestings.  Les vingt nouveaux. A certain lately erected Court, consisting of twentie Presidents, and (Assistants) Counsellors.  De nouveau tout est beau: Prov. Euerie new thing lookes faire.  De nouveau Seigneur nouvelle mesgnie: Prov. A new Maister, a new meynie.  Vieux peché fait nouvelle honte: Prov. Old sinne breeds new shame.

Nouveauté: f. A noueltie; also, newnesse, freshnesse; rarenesse, strangenesse.

Nouvelan: m. A new yeare.

Nouvelet: m. ette: f. Verie new; or prettie, and new; of late date, of a small standing.  Nouël nouvelet. See Nouël. Nouvelis. as Nouvellis. Nouvelle: f. A nouell, newes; tidings; an (unexpected) message; a strange report; a discourse, or tale vnheard of before.  Assez en dit qui apporte bonnes nouvelles: Prov. He spares no words that brings good newes.  C'est au four, & au moulin ou l'on scait des nouvelles: Prov. A common mill, and ouen, affoord much newes.  Hardiment heurte à la porte qui bonne nouvelle apporte: Prov. Looke Hardiment. Trop tost vient à la porte qui mauvaise nouvelle apporte: Pro. He that brings ill news comes too soone.

Nouvellement. Newly, lately, afresh, not long since.

Nouvelleté: f. as Nouveauté; also, Nouel dißeisin; a new, or late interruption, or impeachment, of possession; Looke Saisine. Nouvellis: m. Fallowes; ground that lies fallow euerie other yeare; or, as Novales. Nouzille. as Noisette, or Noisille. Noyau: m. The stone of a Plum, Cherrie, Date, Oliue, &c; also (but lesse properly) the kernell inclosed therin; also, the Nuell, or spindle of a winding staire; also, the mould thats within a peece of ordnance when it is cast; also, the naue of a wheele; also, the brisket of a Deere; whence;  Fendre au noyau. To take th' essay of a Deere.

Noyé: m. ée: f. Drowned, whirkened, or stifled with; ouerwhelmed in, the water: (A Bowler is said to be noyé, when his bowle toucheth th' end of th' Alley, for then it is out of play.) Noyé en debtes. Sunke, vndone, ouer shooes, out at heeles, ouer head and eares, in debt. Les bons nageurs sont à la fin noyez: Prov. Good swimmers are in th' end orewhelmd.