noxious (nokshus)

[= Pg. noxio, ful. Thus do ye recken; but I feare ye come of clerus, A very noyfull worme, as Aristotle sheweth us. Bale , Kynge Johan, p. 86. ( Hall i well .) A small or imperfect ear of maize. [Colloq., U. S.] Little nubbins [of early corn], with not more than a dozen grains to the ear. Mrs. Terhune , The Hidden Path. IMG:content-1487.png:[blocks in formation] I nubbled him so well favouredly with my right, that you could see no Eyes he had for the Swellings. N. Bailey , tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, Notes, II. 456. 4034 neck of the meta notum; the part of the thorax to which is joined the petiole of the abdomen. - Fascia nuche. See fascia. - Lig amentum nuche. See lig amentum. nuchadiform (nūka-di-fôrm), a. [Irreg. nubs, knots, or protuberances. Ungainly, nubbly fruit it was. R. D. Black more , Chris to well, xxxvi. (Encyc. Dict .) nubby (nub'i), a. [ knobby .] Full of entanglements or imperfections; lumpy: as, dirty, nubby cotton. nubecula (nu-bek'ū-lä), n.; pl. nubeculæ (-lē). [NL., matter suspended in urine.