naze

[A. S.næs, nes (1) the ground. (2) a promontory; Icel. nes; Dan. næs, Sw. näs.] A promontory, a headland; spec if. applied to: (1) The southern extremity of Norway, near the entrance to the Skager-rack; (2) the eastern extremity of E ex, five miles southeast of Harwich; (3) a headland of Sene gambia, to the southeast of Cape Verd. [NESS.] N. B. [See defs.] 1. A contraction for Latin nota bene =mark or note well or carefully. 2. A contraction for North Britain-that is, Scotland. *nē, adv . [A.S.ne=not; cogn. with O. H. Ger. ni; M. H. Ger. ne ; Goth. ni ; Ru . ne ; Ir., Gael., & Wel. ni ; Sansc. na =not: Lat. ne (in nonne). In Mod. Eng. we find this particle represented in nor, nay, neither, none, naught, never, .] Not, never. In Middle English ne is frequently found coalescing with the verbs have , be , and will : as, nam = ne am am not, nis = is not, nill = ne will will not, nadde = ne hadde had not, . *nē, conj . [Fr.] Nor.