An English dictionary explaining the difficult terms that are used in divinity, husbandry, physick, phylosophy, law, navigation, mathematicks, and other arts and sciences : containing many thousands of hard words, and proper names of places, more than are in any other English dictionary or expositor : together with the etymological derivation of them from their proper fountains, whether Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, or any other language : in a method more comprehensive than any that is extant / by E. Coles ...

N.

• NAam, sa. a distreining of a mans goods.
• Naaman, h. Come∣ly.
• Nab, c. a head.
• Nab-girder, c. a bridle.
• Nab-cheat, c. a hat.
• Nabal, h. a fool or mad.
• Nacre, f. Mother of pearl.
• Nad, (q. Ne had) o. had not.
• Nadab, h. a Prince.
• Nadir, A. the point of hea∣ven directly under our feet, and opposite to Zenith.
• Na••••a, Funeral songs.
• Naiades, g. Nymphs (or feigned Goddesses) of Rivers and Fountains.
• Nail of beef, Ss. Eight pound.
• Naiant, (f. Nageant) swim∣ing.
• Naif, f. natural, lively.
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• Nail stone, perfect in all its properties, or found so na∣turally, as if it had been ar∣tificially cut.
• Nakoners, o. brasen horns.
• Nale, o. Ale-house.
• Nam, o. for Am not.
• Namation, a distreining, or (in Scotland) an impound∣ing.
• Namaz, the Turkish Com∣mon prayer.
• Name, o. took.
• Namur, one of the Neather∣lands.
• Nantwich, a town in Che∣shire.
• Naney, the chief City of Lorrain, surrendred to the French, 1633.
• Nantes, a City on the Loirz in B••i••any.
• Nap, the tufted superficies of Cloth, also a fit of sleep.
• Nap, c. to cheat at Dice.
• Napaeae, g. Nymphs of the Woods and Mountains.
• Napper of Naps, c. a sheep-stealer.
• Napery, f. linnen-clothery, or Table-linnen.
• Naphthe, -tha, Median Oil, Babylonish Bitumen, a kind of Marle, which being fired, is more incensed by wa∣ter.
• Napkin, Y. a pocket hand∣kerchief.
• Naples, a Spanish Kingdom in Italy, tributary to the Pope.
• Narbone, a City of Langue∣doc.
• Narcissine, belonging to
• Narcissus, a beautiful youth, who (slighting Eccho, and falling in love with his own shadow in the water) pined away to a white Daffadill, also a Bishop of Jerusalem, who (they say) by his pray∣ers turned Water into Oyl to supply the Church lamps.
• Narcotic, (or Narcotique) medicines, making senseless, stupifying any member.
• Nard, Spikenard, an Indi∣an and Syrian plant.
• Narelles, o. little
• Nares, the nostrils or holes in a hawks beak.
• Narrative, l. declarative, ex∣pressing, also as
• Narration, a report or re∣lation.
• Nart, o. Art not.
• Na••, o. was not.
• Narses, an Eunuch, general (after Belisarius) of Justini∣ans army against the Goths.
• Nasal vein, between the Nostrils.
• Nasicornous insects, with horns on their noses.
• Nasie, c. drunken.
• Naskin, c. a jail or Bride∣well.
• Natal, Natural, also as
• Natalstious, belonging to
• Nativity, a birth or birth∣day.
• Natalitious gifts, (among the Grecians) sent by the Neighbours on the fifth day.
• Natation, l. a swimming.
• Nated, l. born, framed of nature.
• Nathanael, h. Gods gift.
• Nativo habendo, a writ for the apprehending and resto∣ring a Lords Villain, whom he claims for his inheri∣tance.
• Natural, a fool born.
• Naturalist, a natural Phi∣losopher, skilled in the causes of natural things.
• Natural Son, base born.
• Naturalize, f. to admit into the number of natural sub∣jects.
• Nat wilne, o. not desire.
• Naval, l. belonging to a Ship, or to a
• Navy, a Fleet or company of Ships.
• Navarre, a Kingdom of Spain.
• Naucifie, l. to flight or dis∣esteem.
• Nave, that part of a wheel in which the Axel-tree runs, also the largest Temple (or Room) in a Church.
• Naufrage, l. shipwrack.
• Navi••ular, l. pertaining to a small ship.
• Navigable, l. Sailable, which may be sailed on.
• Navigate a ship, carry or di∣rect her at Sea.
• Navigation, l. [the art of] Sailing.
• Navigator, l. a Sailer.
• Navity, l. diligence.
• Naulage, f. the fraight or mony for passing the Wa∣ter.
• Naumachy▪ g. [the place of] a sea-sight.
• Nau••lius, King of Eubaea, to revenge the death of his Son Palamedes (by Vlysses's means) he drew the Greek Navy (by a false fire) on the Rocks.
• Naus••ate, l. to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to be ready to vomit, also to make one so.
• Nauseous, -ca••ive, loathsom, making one ready to vomit.
• Nausicae, she met Vlysses shipwrackt and naked, and brought him to the Palace of her Father Al••inous.
• Naustible, a haven for ships.
• Nautick, -cal, l. belonging to Ships or Sea-men.
• Nautilus, a fish resembling a ship under sail.
• Naxos, Strongyle, Dia, one of the Cyclad-Isles, where Ariadne (left by Theseus) married Bacchus.
• Nazal, f. the nose-piece of an helmet.
• Nazarene, one of
• Nazareth, the place where Christ and his Parents dwelt, hence
• Nazarenes, -rites, Christi∣ans.
• Nazarite, h. (separated) one who for a while (wherein he abstained from wine, shav∣ing, &c.) dedicated himself to God.
• Ne admittas, a writ for the Plantiffe in a quare impedit, least the Bishop should ad∣mit the Defendants Clerk du∣ring the suit.
• Nead, a beast in Samos, whose great bones are kept as miraculous, and whose

• voice (they say) shakes the Earth.
• Ne, o. now.
• Neaera, the Mother of Lam∣p••tia and Phaethusa.
• N••al-too, a deep bank or shore without Showling.
• Neopolitan, belonging to
• Neapolis, Nap••es, (Parthe∣nope) in Campania in Italy.
• Neap-tides, (Sa. Napte, scar∣city) the small tides which happen seven dayes after the Moons change and full.
• Dead Neap, at lowest, four dayes before the full or change.
• Be-Neaped, wanting water to carry her off the ground, out of a d••ck or barr'd har∣bour.
• Near now, Nf. just now.
• Nearre, Li. Neather.
• Nea••, (D. Nieten, to but) an Ox, Cow or Steer.
• Neat-land, let out to the Yeomanry.
• Neb, a Tooth.
• Nebuch••dnezzar, h. the mourning of the Generati∣on.
• Nebule, (in Herald.) a re∣presentation of the Clouds.
• Nebulon, l. a knave or Ra∣scal.
• Ne••ulous, -osous, l. misty or cloudy.
• Necessitate, l. to force (as a thing of necessity▪)
• Necessitous, indigent, poor.
• Neck-stamper, c. a pot-boy.
• Neckabout, Y. any [womans] Neck-linnen.
• Necromantick, belonging to a
• Necromancer, one that practiseth the wicked Art of
• Necromancy, g. Conjurati∣on by raising the dead, or the Devil in their shape, also the black Art in general.
• Necromancers, (in a sort) command, and Witches (saith K. James) obey the Devil.
• Nectarine, a kind of Peach, also as
• Nectar••an, belonging to
• Nectar, g. the drink of the ••••igned Gods, ••endring the drinkers immortal.
• Nedely, o. of necessity.
• Nedes cost, Sa. [by tempta∣tion] of necessity.
• Neders, o. adders.
• Nefandous, l. hainous, not to be named.
• Nefarious, l. very wick∣ed, accursed.
• Negation, l. a denying.
• Negative, belonging there∣to, also that manner of ex∣pression.
• Negative pregnant, includ∣ing an affirmative, when a man denies not the thing laid to his charge, but the circumstance.
• Negatory, belonging to a denial.
• Negotiation, l. a merchandi∣zing or traffiquing, also any managing of business.
• Negotious, l. full of busi∣ness.
• Negrepont, an Island in the Archipelago.
• Negro, I. a Negar or Black∣amore.
• Nehemiah, h. the Lords rest.
• Writ of Neif••y, whereby a Lord claimed his
• Neif, (f. Naive) a bond∣woman or shee-villain.
• Nieffe, Neive, No. a fist.
• Ne injus••è vexes, a writ for∣bidding the Lord to distrein, the Tenant having formerly prejudiced himself by doing or paying more than he need∣ed.
• Nemaean (lion, games, &c.) belonging to
• Nemaea, a woody part of Greece, where Hercules slew a lion of monstrous bigness.
• Neld, (D. Naelde) a needle.
• Neme, Staf. Uncle.
• Nemene, o. to name.
• Nemes••s, Adrastia, Ramnu∣sia▪ the Goddess of revenge.
• Nemine contradicente l. no man contradicting it.
• Nemoral, -rous, l. woody.
• Nemorivagant, l. wandring in the woods.
• Nempne, No••pt, o, named.
• Nenuphar, A. a water∣lily.
• Neogamist, g. a new-mar∣ried man.
• Neopolitan, as Neapolitan▪
• Neophyte, g. a new-set plant, also a new disciple or Con∣vert.
• Neot••rique, -ical, g. of late time or new.
• St. Neots, a town in Hun∣tington, and another in Corn∣wall, with a Well dedicated to St. Keyne, whereof (they say) whether▪ Husband or Wife drink first, they get the Ma∣stery.
• Nep, Nepeta, Cat-mint.
• Nepe, Heref. a navew or Turnip.
• Nepent••e, g. an herb put into wine to remove sadness, by some Bugloss.
• Nephele, g. (a cloud) the Mother of H••lle and Phryx••s by A••••amas.
• Nephelian Crook-horn, the sign Aries, or the Ram from whose back Helle fell.
• Nephritick, g. troubled with pain in the Reins of the Back.
• Nepotation, l. riotousness, luxury.
• Neptunian, belonging to the Sea, or to
• Neptune, (Son of Saturn and Ops) the God of the Sea.
• Nequient, l. unable.
• Nere, o. (for near) untill, as far as.
• Nere, o. (for Ne were) were it not.
• Neread, a Mermaid (whose males are Tritons) one of the
• Nereides, Sea-Nymphs, Daughters of
• Nereus, a God of the Sea.
• Nerfe, o. for Nerve.
• Nero's, Tyran••s, from
• Domitius Nero, a R••man Em∣perour▪ who kild his Mo∣ther, Wife, Master▪ St. Paul, &c.
• Nerthes, o. Heardsmen.
• Nervosity, a being
• Nervous, -v••, l. f••ll of
• Nerves, l. sinews, by which the brain gives sense and notion to the body.
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• ...Nery••, o. ••eins.
• Nes••ience, a being
• Nescient, -ious, l. igno∣rant.
• Nescock, N••stcock, a wanton fondling, that was never from home. See C••ckney.
• Nesh, Nash, No. tender, weak.
• Nesse, Orford haven in Suf∣folk.
• Nessus, a Centaur slain by Hercules for attempting to ravish his wife.
• Nest, o. Next.
• Nest of rabbets, a Company.
• Nestorian, belonging to
• Nestor, an Eloquent Greci∣an who came with 50 ships to the Trojan Wars; he lived almost 3••0 years.
• Nestorius, a German Bi∣shop of Constantinople, his tongue rotted ••n his head, he was the first founder of the
• Nestorians, Hereticks hold∣ing (among other things) that there were two persons (as well as Natures) in Christ.
• Netherlands, Low Coun∣tries, the Dukedomes of Lim∣bu••gh, Luxenburgh, Gelder∣land▪ Bra••ant the Marqui∣sate of the Holy Empire▪ the Earldoms of Flanders, Artois, Hainault, Namur, Zutphen, Holland, Zealand, and th•• B••ron••e•• of West-friezland, Vtretcht, O••er-Issel, Mach∣lin, Gr••ening, beside the Bi∣shopricks of Li••ge and Cam∣bray.
• N••thinims, Hewers of wood and Drawers of water for the Temple.
• N••tting-sails, laid upon the
• N••ttings, sm••ll ropes seised together with rope-yarns (〈◊〉〈◊〉 form of a net) to shadow the men in a close fight, &c.
• Neven, o. named.
• Nevi••, a town in Caernarvan∣shire
• Nevers, the chief City of Niv••rnois.
• Neuf chasteau, a town in Lo••rain.
• Nevosity, a being full of moles, warts or freckles.
• Neustria, Westric••, Norman∣dy, part of Gallia Celtica.
• Neutrality, being
• Neutral, Neuter, indiffe∣rent, belonging to neither.
• Newark, (q. New-work) a pleasant town on the River Trent in Notinghamshire.
• Newbourg, a Dukedom in Bavaria.
• Newberry, a town in Berk∣shire.
• New-castle, a town on the River Tine in Northumber∣land.
• New-castle under Lyne, in Staffordshire.
• Newent, a town in Glocester∣shire.
• Newing, E. Yeast, barm.
• New-Colledge, (in Oxford) built by W. Wickham Bishop of Winchester.
• New-Market, a town in Suffolk and in Cambridgshire.
• Newport, a town in Flan∣ders, in the Isle of Wight, Shropshire, Bucks, &c.
• Newsta••, a town in the Pa∣latinate of the Rhine.
• New-years-gifts, offered by the Roman Knights (Jan. 1.) in the Capitol to the Empe∣rour, whether he were there or no. In Italy the greatest present the meanest.
• Newnham, a town in Glo∣cestershire.
• Newton▪ the name of above a hundred small towns in Eng∣land.
• Nexible, l. which may be knit or tied.
• Nexili••y, l. pithiness, close∣ness and compactness [of s••eech]
• Ni••••sery, f. simplicity, child∣••shness.
• Nias-hawk, taken out of the nest before she prey'd for her self.
• Nicean, Nicene, belonging to
• Nice, -ea▪ a City of Bithy∣nia, fam••us for the Council of 3••8 Bishops, An. 314.
• Ni••ct••▪ f. idleness, or sim∣plicity.
• Nices, the same as
• Niches, I. hollow places in walls, wherein Images are set.
• Nicholaitans, Hereticks who had their wives in com∣mon, &c. from
• Nicholas, (q. Conquerour of the People) a Deacon of Antioch.
• Nicia, g. victorious, a wo∣mans name.
• Nicias, an Athenian gene∣ral, overthrown by the Syra∣cusians.
• Nic••••emites, Hereticks in Switzerland, professing their Faith in private like.
• Nicodem••s, g. Conquerour of the pe••ple.
• Nicome••t••, Nichor, a City in Bithynia, where Constantine the great died.
• Nicopolis, Gallipoly, a City of Epirus, near to which Au∣gustus overcame M. Anthony and Cleopatra.
• Nicostrata, Carpen••a, the mother of Evander.
• Nicotian, Tabacco, from the Authour John
• Nicot, A••bassadour Leiger for France in Portugal, where he made that g••eat
• Nicots Dictionary, French and Latin.
• Nictation, l. a winking or twinkling with the eyes.
• Nidgeries, Nig-, f. trifles, fooleries.
• Nidifie, l. to make a
• Nidifice, l. a birds-nest.
• Niding, Nithing, Niderling, Nidering, o. a Coward, or base low-minded man.
• Niddesdale, part of South-Scotland.
• Nidor, l. brightness, also the smell of any thing burnt or roasted.
• Nidulation, Nidification, l. the making of a nest.
• Nient comprise, an excepti∣on to a petition as unjust, be∣cause the thing desired is not conteined in the Deed on which it is grounded.
• Nifle, o. a toy of no value.
• Nig••lla, the herb Gith.
• Nightertale, (q. -deal) o. by night.
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• Night-Mare, (D. Nach••-Maer, Ni••ht-evil) as Incubus.
• Nigh, No. to touch or come nigh.
• Night-shade, Vva Vulpis, Cucu••us, Morella, Dwale or Petty-mor••el.
• Nig••t-spel, a prayer against the Night-Mare.
• Nigg, o. for niggard.
• Nigon, Nigeon, Nigeo••, an Idiot or fool.
• Nigrefaction, the action of
• Nigrefying, making black.
• Nigromancy, as Necro-.
• Nihil dicit, (he saies no∣thing) a failing to answer the Plaintiffs plea, so that Judg∣ment passes, &c.
• Nihil capi•••• per breve, the Judgment given against the Plantiff.
• Nihilorum Clericus, Clerk of the
• Nihils, Nichils, Issues which the Sheriff (being apposed) saies are illeviable and no∣thing worth.
• Ni••ilif••e, l. to flight, or account as Nothing.
• Nil, Pompholy••, Spodium, the sparkles that fly from metals tried in a furnace.
• Nil, (q▪ Ne will) will not.
• Nil ultra, l. nothing far∣ther, the inscription of Her∣cules's pillars.
• Nilling▪ o. unwilling.
• Nilus, the Father of Rivers, running through Ethiopia and Egypt (almost three thousand miles) yearly overflowing and fatning the Land.
• Nim, Nem, (D. N••mmen. to take) to filch or steal away.
• Nimbiferous, l. bringing storms or Tempests.
• Nimbot, f. a Skip-jack, Dandiprat, or dwarfe.
• Nimiety, a being
• Nimious, l. too much, ex∣cessive, superfluous.
• Nimmeguen, a Town in Gel∣derland.
• Nine Nations, the Common∣alty of Brussels.
• Ningid, -guid, l, Snowy.
• Ninus, the Son of Jupiter Belus, and King of Assyria, who mightily enlarged the Empire, and was (at last) se∣cretly made away by his wife Semiramis.
• Niobe, Tantalus's Daughter and Amphion's Wife, while she was rai••ing against Juno (who had perswaded Apollo to kill her children) she was carried by a whirlwind into Asia and turn'd into a stone.
• Niphates, a hill between Armenia and Assyria, whence Tigris flows.
• Nippers, small ropes (with a little truck, or wale-knot, at one end) to hold off the Cable from the Capstain.
• Niseus, a Tyrant of Syra∣cuse, who spent that little time the Augurs told him he had to live, in Luxury and Riot.
• Nisi prius, a writ for the Sheriff to bring an Enquest empanel'd to Westminst••r at a certain day, or before the Judges of the next Assises.
• Nisroch, h. flight, a Syrian idol.
• Nist, (q. Ne wist) knew not.
• Nisus, King of Megara, feigned to be turn'd into a Hawk.
• Nithing, as Niding.
• Nitidity Nitour, a being
• Nitid, l. bright, clean or neat.
• Nittle, No. handy, neat.
• Nitrous, full or savouring of
• Nitre, l. a spongy salt-like substance (ruddy and white) mistaken by some for Salt-petre.
• Nival, Niveous, l. snowy.
• Nivernois, a Province of France.
• Nixij, feigned Gods assist∣ing Child-bed women.
• Nix••••, Ingeniculum, Engo∣nasin, Hercules striking at the Serpent.
• Nizie, c. a fool.
• N. L. Non Li••••et, it doth not plainly appear, the cause is difficult.
• No. (sa. N••••h,) o. near.
• No, Alexandria in Aegypt.
• Noah, h. ceasing, resting.
• Nobilitate, l. to ennoble or promote.
• Noblesse, f. Nobility (of blood or mind.)
• Nocent, l. guilty, also as
• Nocive, l. hurtful.
• Noctem de firma, entertain∣ment for a night.
• Noctiferous, l. night-bring∣ing.
• Noct••vagant, l. wandring by night.
• Nocturnal, l. nightly, also a night-dial.
• Nocturne, part of the old Church-service said i•• the night. The Psalms were divided (by the Fathers) in∣to seven N••cturnes.
• Nocument, l. hurt, dam∣mage.
• Nocuous, l. hurtful.
• Node, l. a knot or hard swel∣ling.
• Nodinus, a Roman God o∣verseeing the joints in Corn∣stalks.
• Nodosity, l. a being
• Nodous, l. knotty, difficult.
• Noel, f. Christmas.
• Noie, o. for annoy.
• Nold, (q. Ne would) o. would not.
• Noli me tangere, (touch me not) an herb whose seed spurts away as soon as touch∣ed, also a piece of fresh (in the Nostrils) growing worse for being touched, also the French disease.
• Nolne, as Nold.
• Nomades, people of Scythia Europaea.
• Nomarchy, g. the Office or jurisdiction of a
• Nomarch, g. a Maior, or o∣ther Governour, having pre∣eminence in the ministrati∣on of Laws.
• Nombre de Dios, (Sp. Name of God) a ri••h town in Ca∣stell•• del oce.
• Nombre l, (f. Nombril a na∣vel) the third and lowest part of an Escutcheon, the other two (upward) being the Ho∣nour and ••esse points.
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• Nome, o. took.
• Nomenclature, the office of a
• Nomen••lator, l. a cryer in Court, calling all by their names.
• Nominal, l. belonging to a name.
• Nominally, by name.
• Nominalia, Roman Feast-days▪ when they gave names to children (to females on the eighth, to Males on the ninth day.)
• Nomination, l. a naming or appointing.
• Nomographer, g. a writer of Laws.
• Nomothetical, belonging to
• Nomothesie, g. a making or publishing of Laws.
• Nona, Decima & morta, the Latin names of the Desti∣nies, Clotho, Lachesis and A∣tropos.
• Non-ability, an exception a∣gainst any person, why he cannot commence a suit.
• Nonacris, an Arcadian moun∣tain, at whose foot is the River Styx.
• Nonage, a mans being under fourteen years in some cases (as marriage,) and one and twenty in others.
• Non-claim, a mans not claim∣ing within the time limited by Law, as within a year and a day, &c.
• Non compos mentis, not in his right wits, viz. 1. An Ideot by nature. 2. By sickness or other accident. 3. A Luna∣tick, having lucid intervals. 4. which (by his own act) de∣prives himself, as a Drunk∣ard, but this gives no privi∣ledge to him or his Heirs.
• Non-conformist, one that doth not conform [to the Church of England.]
• Non distringendo, a writ of d••vers particulars, according to divers cases.
• Non implacitando, &c. a writ forbidding a Bailiff to di∣strein a Freeholder without th•• Kings writ.
• Non est culpa••ilis, the de∣fendants general plea to an Action of trespass, utterly denying the fact.
• Non est factum, an answer to a Declaration, denying that to be his deed, upon which he is impleaded.
• Non Merchandizando, for Justices of Assize, to enquire whether victuals be sold in gross or by retail, &c.
• None of the day, the third quarter, from Noon to half Sunsetting.
• Nones of a Moneth, the ninth day before the Ides; In March, May, July and October, the six dayes (and in other moneths the four dayes) next after the Calends or first-day.
• Non liquet, it is not clear, (like our Ignoramus) refer∣ring the matter to another trial.
• Non obstante, l. notwithstand∣ing.
• Non molestando, a writ for one molested contrary to the Kings protection.
• Non omittas, commanding the Sheriff himself to exe∣cute a Writ delivered to a Bailiff, but neglected.
• Non-pareil, f. peerless, without fellow; also one sort of the Printing Characters.
• Non-plus, l. (no more) the end of his Latin, [to put to] silence.
• Non ponendo in assisa, to free, men (by reason of age, &c.) from serving on assises and Juries.
• Non ••rincipia••e, having no beginning.
• Non procedend••, &c. to stop the tryal, till the Kings plea∣sure be known.
• Non-residency, a being
• Non-resident, unlawfully ab∣sent from his [spiritual] charge.
• Non residentia pro Cl••ricis Re∣gis, not to molest a Clerk (in the Kings service) for non-re∣sidence.
• Non sanae memoriae, an ex∣ception against the act of any man, a•• being Non comp••∣mentis.
• Non solvendo, &c. not to take the mulct imposed on the Kings Clerk for non-resi∣dence.
• Non-suit, the Plaintiffs re∣nunciation of the suit, when the Jury is ready to give in their verdict.
• Non-tenure, an exception to a Count (or declaration) by saying, he holds not the Lands contained therein.
• Non sum informàtus, as Infor∣matus non sum.
• Non-Term, time of the Kings peace, Vacation-time.
• Nonupla, a quick time (of 9 Crochets) peculiar to Jigs, &c.
• Nook, (D. Een Hoeck) a cor∣ner.
• Nore, o. nourishing.
• Nortelry, o. nurture.
• Nory, o. a nurse.
• Noryce, o. a foster-child.
• Norbertius, a Religious Or∣der called also Praemonstra∣tenses.
• Nor, no. than.
• Noricum, Bavaria in Germa∣ny.
• Normal, l. exact, according to rule or square.
• Norman, belonging to
• Normannia, -andy, a Duke∣dom in France.
• Norhallerton, North-, the cheif town of
• Northallerion-shire, part of York-shire, where Ralph ••i∣shop of Dur••am (in the bat∣tle of the Standard) over∣threw David King of Scots.
• Norrel-ware, corruptly for Lorimers.
• Norrey, Norroy, (q. North-Roy) the third of the three Kings at Arms, whose Office lies on the north-side of Trent, as Clarentius's on the South.
• Norton, above 50 small towns.
• Northleake, a Town in Glo∣cester shire.
• Northampton, (q. Northaven∣••on,) the cheif town of North∣amptonshire, near which K.H. 6

• was taken prisoner by Rich. Nevil Earl of Warwick.
• Northwich, a town in Che∣shire.
• Northgoia, the upper Pala∣tinate.
• Norwegia, -wey, (q. North∣way) part of Denmark.
• Norwich, -ck, the chief Town of Norfolk.
• Nosognomonick, See Medi∣cine.
• Nost, o. for knowest.
• Nostock, the stinking taw∣ny jelly of a fallen vapour, or (by Dr. Charlton) the noctur∣nal pollution of some pletho∣rical and wanton star.
• Not, (q. Na wot) know not.
• Notation, l. the derivation of words.
• Notted, E. shorn, polled.
• Notary, l. a scribe or Scrive∣n••••, taking notes and short draughts of Contracts, &c.
• Note, Nedes, [necessary] business.
• Note, o. St. Need.
• Notes, o. nuts.
• Note, a hawks fetching off the oyl from her tail, to prune her-self.
• Note of a fine, a brief of it (made by the Chirographer) before it be engrossed.
• Notification▪ l. an informa∣tion or advertisement.
• Note, no. to push or goar with the horn.
• Notion, l. knowledge or understanding, also a conceit or point del••vered.
• Noto, a Town in Sicily.
• Notius, -ios, the Southerly part of Pisces.
• Notorius, l. extraordinary or manifest.
• Nottingham▪ the chief town of Nottinghamshire.
• Nottehead, o. notcht pa••e.
• Novae tabula, new debt-books, an easement propo∣sed in favour of debtors at Rome.
• Novale, Land newly plow∣ed up.
• Novatians, Hereticks fol∣lowing
• Novatus, (Anno 215.) he condemned second marriages received not Apostates though penitent, &c.
• Novation, l. a making new.
• Novator, l. a renewer.
• Novel, f. new.
• Novels, 168 volumes of the Civil-law, added (by Justini∣an) to the Codex, also little Ro∣mances.
• Novel assignment, of some circumstance (in a declarati∣on) more particularly than was in the writ.
• Novempopulana, Gascoigne in France.
• Novenary, l. belonging to or consisting of nine.
• Novendial, l. of nine days.
• Novennial, l. of nine years.
• Novercal, l. belonging to a Step-mother.
• Novi••e, a new beginner in any art or Profession.
• Novitiate, l. novice-ship.
• Novity, l. newness.
• Nouth, Nowth, o. now.
• Nowe••, (f. Nouée,) tied in a knot.
• Nowel, as Noel.
• Noxious, as Nocent.
• Nubia, a Kingdom in Afri••a.
• Nubiferous, l. cloud-bear∣ing.
• Nubilous, l. cloudy.
• N••b, c. the neck.
• Nubbing, c. hanging.
• Nubbing-cheat, c. Gal∣lows.
• Nubbing-Cove, c. hangman.
• Nubbing-ken, c. Sessions-house.
• Nubivagant, l. wandring a∣mong the clouds.
• Nuceous, l. belong••ng to nuts.
• Nudation, l. a making
• Nude, l. bare or naked.
• Nude contract, without any consideration given, whence no action can arise.
• Nudils, plegets of li••t or cotton, applyed to the Womb.
• Nudity, l. nakedness, po∣verty.
• Nugal, -at••ry, belonging to
• Nugation, l. trifling.
• Nugator, l. a trifler.
• Nugipolyloquides, a great babler about trifles.
• Nuisance, Nusance, f. an∣noyance or damage.
• Nullifidian, l. a seeker, of no Religion or honesty.
• Nullity, l. nothing, the be∣ing nothing, or of no effect.
• Nullo, a Cipher standing for nothing.
• Numa Pompilius, the second King of the Romans, who in∣stituted sacred rights, by ap∣pointment (as he said) of the Goddess Aegeria.
• Numbles, f. the entrails of a Deer.
• Numeral, l. belonging to number.
• Numerical, l. the same, also particular, individual.
• Numeration, l. numbring, that part of Arithmetick which teaches the value of figures in their several places.
• Numerist, a kind of Re∣gister, Notary, or Auditor, a Roman Officer.
• Numitor, King of the Al∣bans, driven out of his King∣dom by his younger brother Amulius.
• Nunchion, an afternoons re∣past.
• Nunnery, a Colledge of
• Nunns, (f. Nonnes) Virgins devoted (from the World) to the service of God.
• Nun••iatare, a report or message.
• Nuncupation, l. a rehearsing or calling by name.
• Nuncupative, l. called, de∣clared by word of mouth.
• Nuncupative will, made by word of mouth before suffi∣cient witness.
• Nundiral, -ary, l. belong∣ing to a fair or market.
• Nundination, l. a traffick∣ing in Fa••••s or Markets.
• Nuntio, Nuncio▪ I. the Popes [Lieger] Ambassa∣dour.
• Nuper obijt, a writ for a

• Coheir d••forced by her co∣par••••ner, &c.
• Nuptial, l. belonging to weddings.
• Nuptial gifts, sent before the betrothing.
• Nuptialist, a bride, bride∣groom, or one that makes matches.
• Nurture, (f. Noutriture) a nourishing or bringing up [in good manners.]
• Nusance, as Nuisance.
• Nutation, l. a nodding.
• Nutritive, -ritious, l. belong∣ing to
• Nutriment, l. nourishment.
• Nutrition, l. a nourishing.
• Nuys, a town in the Arch-Bishoprick of Colen.
• Nyctalops▪ g. purblind.
• Nyctous, the Son of Nep∣tune, Amalthaea's husband, and Father of
• Nyctimene, having (by her Nurses help) lain with her Father, and flying from his wrath, was turn'd into an Oak.
• Nye, (f. Nid,) a nest.
• Nymphal, -phous, belong∣ing to a
• Nymph, g. a Lady or Bride.
• Nymphs of the Woods, &c, Virgin-Goddesses.
• Nymphet, f. a little Nymph.
• Nysa, a City (built by Bac∣chus) in India.
• Nysus, as Nisus.
• Nything or Nithing [of his pains, &c. No. very spar∣ing.