nordenskioldite (nor dens held it)

[ Nordhausen acid. See acid. (var. of neither ), as or of other2: see nother, neither, ne, and or1.] 1. And not: generally used correlatively after a negative, introducing a second or a subsequent negative member of a clause or sentence. (a) Correlative to neither. Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God. Rom. viii. 38, 39. And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly. Shak., Lucrece, 1. 230. (b) Correlative to another nor. [Obsolete or poetical.] Nor voice was heard, nor wight was seene in bowre or hall. Spenser, F. Q., I. viii. 20. I send nor balms nor corsives to your wound. B. Jonson, Underwoods, xlv. Of Size, she is nor short, nor tall, And does to Fat incline. Congreve, Doris. Nor age, nor busine , nor distre , can erase the dear image from my imagination. Steele, Tatler, No. 181. But nor the genial feast, nor flowing bowl, Could charm the cares of Nestor's watchful soul. Pope , Iliad, xiv. 1. Duty nor lifts her veil nor looks behind. Lowell , Parting of the Ways. (c) With the omi ion of neither or nor in the first clause or part of the proposition. [Poetical.] Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there. Dryden, Æneid, vi. 135. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail. (d) Correlative to some other negative. + -ane for- an.] Norwegian. Most gracious Norgane peeres. Alb . Eng ., B. iii., p. 71. ( Nares .)