nævose (nevos)

[ nævous (nē'vus), a. [NL. *nævosus, nævus (nē'vus), n.; pl. nævi (-vi). [L., a mole, wart, birth-mark, spot, a blemish, prob. for *gnævus, cutaneous nerves. Also called papilloma neuropath i cum. - Nævus vascular is, a vascular nævus, an angioma of the skin or skin and subcutaneous ti ue, which may or may not rise above the level of surrounding skin, may be from a bright-red to a dark-purple color, according to its depth, and may be small or very extensive. Also called strawberry- mark and claret - cheek. - Nævus verrucosus, a pigmented mole with a warty surface. nagl (nag), v.; pret. and pp. nagged, ppr. nag ging. [Also written knag; prop. (orig.) gnag, related to gnaw as drag to draw; cf. Sw. Norw. nagga, gnaw, nibble, tease; a secondary form of the verb represented by gnaw, q. v.] v.] Ι. trans. 1. To nick; chip; ck; chip; slit. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.]-2. To irritate or annoy with continued scolding, petty faultfinding, or urging; pester with continual complaints; torment; worry. You always heard her nagging the maids. Dickens , Ruined by Railways. Is it pleasing to. have your wife nag - nagging you because she has not been invited to the Lady Chancellor e 's soirée or what not? Thackeray, Lovel the Widower, iii. II. in trans. To scold pertinaciously; find fault constantly. Forgive me for nagging ; I am but a woman. C. Reade, Cloister and Hearth, xcvii. nag1 (nag), n. [ naggs upo' ilk side. Jock o' the Side (Child's Ballads, VI. 83). nag2 (nag), n. [Formerly also neg , Sc. naig, early mod. E. nagge ; negge , a small horse; akin to neigh1, q. v.] 1. A horse, especially a poor or small horse. He neyt as a nagge at his nos eth rilles! Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 7727. Like the forced gait of a shuffling nag . Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 1. 135. I saw but one horse in all Venice, and that was a little bay nagge. Coryat , Crudities, I. 287. 21. A worthle person; as applied to a woman, a jade. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 205. [Slang.] Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt [Cleopatra], Whom leprosy o'ertake! Shak., A. and C., iii. 10. 10. Gull with bombast lines the witle sense Of these odd nags , whose pates' circumference Is fill'd with froth. Marston , Scourge of Villainy, vi. 64.