Necrology

ne-krol'o-jl, n. A register of deaths. [Gr. nekros, nek us, a corpse Skr. nac, to perish, nacaya, to destroy, L. necare, to kill, E. internecine), and logos, discourse.] - Necrologue, -ical, -loj'ik-al, a. Pert, to necrology relating to an account of deaths. — Necrologist, -krol'o-jist, n. One who gives an accouut ot deaths. — Nec'roman'cy, -sT, n. Art of revealing future events by pretended communication with the dead; conjuration; enchantment; the black art, q. v., under Black. [Gr. manteia, divination.] — Nec'roman'cer, -ser, n. One who, etc.; a wizard. — Necroman'tic, -tical, a. Pertaining to, or performed by, necromancy. — Necroman' tically, adv. — Necroph'agous, -krof'a-gus, a. Eating, or feeding on, the dead. [Gr. phage in, to eat.] — Necropolis, «. A city of the dead; cemetery; graveyard. [Gr. polls, city.] Nectar, nek'tar, «. Myth. & Poet.) The drink of the gods; the honey in certain flowers and plant glands; a sweet, pleasant, or delicious beverage. [L. and Gr.] — Necta'real, -rean, -reo us, -re-us, Nec'taro us, a. Pert, to, containing, or resembling nectar; delicious. — Nec'tarine, -tar-in, n. (Bot.) A variety of peach, witli a smooth rind. — Nec'tary, -ta-ri, n. (Bot.) The honey-gland of a flower. — Necta'rial, -rX-al, a. Pert, to a nectary. Nee, na, p. p. Born,- used to denote the family name of a woman before her marriage. [F., p. p. of naitre, L. nasci, to be born: see Nation.] Need, ned, ». A state that requires supply or relief: urgent want; poverty; indigence; exigency; strait; extremity. — To be in want of, lack. [With another verb, need is used like an auxiliary, and undergoes no change of termination in the 3d pers. sing, of the pres. tense.] — v.i. To be wanted, be nece ary. [AS. nyd, ned, Ru . nyjda, need; AS. anijd(ti), Skr. nud. to repel, Ru . nydite, to force.] — Needs, adv. Of nece ity; nece arily; indispensably. — Need'y, a. [-ier, -iest.j Distre ed by want of the means of living: nece itous. — Need'ily, adv. — Need'ine , n.— Need'lesB, a. Having no need: in want of nothing; unnece ary; not requisite.— Need'le ly, adv.— Need'le ne , n. — Need'er, n.— Need'ful, -ful, a. Full of need; needy; requisite. — Need'fully, adv.— Need'fulne , n. Needle, ne'dl, A slender, pointed steel instrument with an eye, used in sewing a knitting-needle a magnetized oar of steel, resting on a pivot, in a compa , so as to turn freely toward the magnetic poles of the earth any slender pointed object a pointed crystal; a sharp pinnacle of rock, etc. — v. To shoot into the form of needles. [AS. nsedl, OHG. nadela, needle, nahen, to sew L. nere, Gr. nee in, to spin, Ir. snaidhe, thread, snathad, needle, E. snare, nerve.] — Nee'dleful, -ful, pi. -fuls. As much thread as put at once'into a needle. Nee'dle-gun, w. A re-arm loaded at the breech by a cartridge containing detonating powder, which exploded by a slender pin, or needle, which pa es in at the breech.— -wom'an, n. pi. -wom'en. A seamstre .