nebris (nebris)

[L. nebris, (Gr. νεβρίς, a fawnskin (see def.), the Magellanic clouds, and the clusters Berenice's nebulæ. 2. In pathol., a cloud-like spot on the cornea. To her allowing husband! Shak., W. T., 1. 2. 183. Dumb-bell nebula, a nebula which, seen in a telescope of a said a surface.-3. In her., same as nebulé. nebulosity (neb-u-los'i-ti), n.; pl. nebulosities (-tiz). [= F. nébulosité = Sp. nebulosidad = Pg. nebulosidade = It. nebulosità, losita ( t- ) s, cloudine , obscurity, cloudy: see nebulous.] 1. The state of being nebulous or cloudy; cloudine ; hazine ; the e ential character of a nebula. All the material ingredients of the earth existed in this diffuse nebulosity , either in the state of vapour, or in some state of still greater expansion. Whewell. 2. The faint misty appearance surrounding certain stars; an ill-defined nebula without local condensation; also, a nebula in general. Various connected nebulosities stretching in marvellous ramifications along the heavens. J. N. Lockyer, Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 590. A nebulosity of the milky kind, like that wonderful, inexplicable phenomenon about @ Or i on is. A. M. Clerke, Astron. in 19th Cent., p. 29. nebulous (neb'u-lus), a. [= F. nébuleux = Sp. Pg. It. nebuloso, Epicurus is impatient of the nebulous regions which only exist. according to him, for highly sensitive and sentiW. Wallace, Epicureanism, p. 146. IMG:content-1256.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary nece