nosy, nosey

[Eng. nose; -y.] Having a large and prominent nose. "Who the knight and his nosy squire were."- Jarvis : Don Quixote , pt. ii., bk. ii., ch. xiv. not-, pref. [Nото-.] IMG:content-0129.png:[blocks in formation] "Neither could the no tab len e e of the place make us to marke it."- Homilies ; Against Perill of Idola not-a-bly, *not-a-blye, adv . [Eng. notab ( le ); 1. In a notable, noteworthy, or remarkable manner; remarkably. -ly.] "He sheweth before, and that notablye , of the ioepar do us times towarde the end of the worlde."- Prol . upon 2 Timothy. (Bible, 1551.) 2. Egregiously, plainly. iv., ser. 11. "Once or twice notably deceived."- South : Sermons, vol. *3. With consequence; with show of importance. "Mention Spain er Poland, and he talks very notably ." -Add is on. nōt-a-căn-tha, s. pl. [Pref. not-, and Gr. akan tha =a spine.] Entom.: A tribe of Diptera, with a single family, Stratiomyidæ (q. v.). Its chief character is the presence of spines upon the posterior margin of the IMG:content-0130.png:[blocks in formation] Ichthy .: An aberrant genus of Acanthopterygians. The development of spines in the vertical fins is the only characteristic of the order which these fishes po e . Body elongate, covered with very small scales; the snout protrudes beyond the mouth. Mediterranean, the Arctic, Atlantic, and Southern Dentition feeble. Five species known, from the Pacific Oceans. During the Challenger expedition specimens were obtained from an alleged depth of 1,875 fathoms.