nesodon

[Gr. nesos an island, and odous (gen it. odontos )=a tooth.] -ne , suff . [A. S.-nes, -ne ,-nis, -nys.] A common English suffix appended to adjectives and past participles of Teutonic or Romance origin, to form abstract nouns, denoting the prominent characteristic or distinctive quality or state; immense, im IMG:content-0014.png:[blocks in formation] * něst-cock, * něs'-cock, * nes-sle-cock, s . [Eng. nest , and cock .] 1. Lit .: An unfledged bird. ( Bride 1640.) 2. Fig.: A delicate, spiritle , or timid person. něst-egg, s. [Eng. nest, and egg.] from forsaking it; an artificial egg so used. 1. Lit.: An egg left in the nest to prevent the hen 2. Fig .: Something laid up as a start or begin IMG:content-0015.png:[blocks in formation] mensene ; false, falsene ; white, whitene . Něsş'-ler, s. [The name of the inventor.] (See comfort; to lie close.' compound.) Ne ler's test, s . "Their purpose was to fortify some strong place and there nestle till succors came."- Bacon. (3) To move about uneasily; to fidget. *B. Transitive: Chem.: A very delicate test for ammonia, consist- ta ium, and made alkaline with solution of soda. It ing of iodide of mercury di olved in iodide of po. gives a brown precipitate or color according to the tecting one part of that substance in ten million quantity of ammonia present, and is capable of dea nest. parts of water. něst, *neest, s. [A. S. nest; cogn. with Dut. nest; Sw. näste ; Ger. nest ; Gael. & Ir. nead ; Bret. neiz ; Lat. nidus (for nisdus ); Lith. lizdas (for nizdas ); Sansc. nid a. According to Skeat, from a root nas = to go to, to visit; and hence, a place to go to, a home.] 1. Lit .: In the same sense as II. 3. 2. Figuratively : (1) A snug abode. (Spenser: F. Q., ΙV. ν. 82.) (2) A place of resort, a haunt; also (usually in a bad sense), the persons who frequent a resort. "A nest of traitors." -Shakesp.: Winter's Tale , ii. 3. (3) A set of articles arranged one within another, or sometimes serially; as, a nest of tubs or of drawers. II. Technically : 1. Gearing, .: A connected series of cogwheels or pulleys. 2. Geol.: An isolated ma of any ore or other mineral within a rock. ( Dana . ) 3. Natural History : (1) Properly, the place chosen or constructed by a bird for incubation and rearing its young. Nests are extremely diversified in situation and charac- of the ostrich in the sand, of the flamingo on a ter; as, that of the woodpecker in a hole in a tree, mound raised for the purpose, of the grosbeak and ... IMG:content-0016.png:[blocks in formation] oriole in a hanging chamber. Various materials nestor , the specific name having reference to the are used in making nests, as, gra , leaves, twigs, mo , earth, pebbles, fish-bones. ties, from New Zealand, the kaka of the natives and II. Ornith.: A genus of Parrots of doubtful aff in i colonists. It was named by Latham Psittacus hoary head of the bird. Feathers olive-brown, with being covered with scales; crown light-gray; ear darker tips, which give the body the appearance of coverts and nape purplish-bronze; rump and abdomen crimson, often varying to orange or bright sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. -sious = shus. -ble, -dle, . = bel, del Nestor i an yellow. Many supposed species have been described, but Dr. Buller admits but one - Nestor meridional is , with several varieties, one of which, the kea feeds on raw flesh. N. product us , the Nestor of Philip Island, is extinct. [NESTOR IDE.] Nes-tör-I-an, a. & s. [See def.] A. As Adj .: Pertaining or relating to Nestor i us or his follower [NESTOR I AN ISM.] B. As subst.: A follower of Nestor i us; a supporter of the views or opinion of Nestor i us. Něs-tör-i-an-işm, s. [Eng. Nestor i an ; -ism.] Church Hist .: The doctrine taught by Nestor i us, Bishop of Constantinople, and one of the school of Theodore of Mopsuestia, that there were two persons as well as two natures in Jesus Christ, and that the Virgin Mary was in no sense Theotokos, or Mother of God, as she was the mother of the man Jesus and not of the Word. This doctrine was condemned by the Council of Ephesus, convened by Pope Celestine I., in A. D. 431. Nestor i us was deposed, and the use of the Nicene Creed made obli gatory. Nestor i an ism made rapid strides in the east, and Cardinal Newman says that in the eleventh century "its numbers, with those of the Monophysites are said to have surpa ed those of the Greek and Latin Churches together." Since 1553 a portion of the Nestor i ans have been in communion with Rome, and are known as Chaldeans. Blunt was of the opinion that Nestor i us did not hold the doctrine of a dual nature, but that his chief offense in the eyes of the orthodox was opposition to the growing devotion to the Virgin Mary. něs-tor-i-dæ, s. pl. [Lat. nestor; fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Ornith.: (See extract.) "Like so many of the New Zealand forms, Nestor seems to be isolated, and may fairly be deemed to represent a separate family- Nestor ide -a view which is fully justified by a cursory examination of its osteology."- Prof . A. Newton in Encyc . Brit . (ed. 9th), xvii. 355. nět, *nett, *nette, s . [A. S. net, nett ; cogn. with Dut. net ; Icel. & Dan. net ; Sw. nät ; Goth. nat i ; Ger. netz , root uncertain; cf. Goth. natijan =to wet; Ger. netzen to wet, to steep; Sansc. nada a river.] 1. An instrument for catching fish, birds, or other animals. It is made from a texture woven or knotted with large interstices or meshes. The fabric is also used for securing or containing articles of various kinds. "And nets of various sorts, and various snares." Fawkes: Theocritus; Idyl. xxi. Various kinds of nets are employed in dredging and fishing; these will be found under their distinctive name: as, Stalte-net, Seine, Trawl-net, . For nets used by entomologists in collecting see Ring-net, Sweep-net, Umbrella-net. 2. A kind of lace made by machinery. In the eighteenth century various kinds of these fabrics were made; called Whip-net, Mail-net, Patent-net, Drop-net, Spider-net, Balloon-net. The present varieties, deriving their name from the kind of mesh, are Point-net, Warp-net, and Bobbinet (q. v.). Several kinds of machine-made net are named from some peculiarity in their manufacture. 3. A covering for horses in harne , to prevent their being annoyed by flies. 4. Anything made with interstices or meshes like a net. " Nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters."-1 Kings vii. 17. 5. A trap, a snare. "Amorous nets."-Milton : P. L., ii. 162. net-loom, s. A machine for making nets.