nectariniidæ, nectar i nidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. nectar in i(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. Ornith.: Honey-suckers, Sun-birds (q. v.), a family of Insectivorous Honey-suckers, often adorned with brilliant metallic plumage, and bearing a superficial resemblance to the American humming-birds. They abound in the Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian regions as far east as New Ireland, and south to Queensland. There are sixteen genera and 122 species. ( Wallace.) něc-tär-i-ŭm, s . [NECTARY.] *něc-tar-īze, v . t . [Eng. nectar; -ize.] To mix or imbue with nectar; to sweeten. ( Cocker am .) něc-tar-o-stig-ma, s. [Gr. nektar (gen it. nek taros ), and stigma .] [STIGMA.] IMG:content-1615.png:[blocks in formation] "A stream of nectarous humor i uing flowed Sanguine." Milton : P. L. , vi. 332. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, "I spake with vehemence; and promptly seized Whate'er abstraction furnish'd for my needs Or purposes." Words worth: Excursion , bk. iii. other verbs, especially in interrogative and neg a- tive sentences, with the force of obligation, or nece ity: as, You need not come; Need he go? need-dom, s. [Eng. need; -dom.] A state of want or need. suffered much harm, the farmers determine to make a needfire. On an appointed day there must be no single flame of fire in any house or any hearth. From each house straw, and water, and brushwood must be fetched, and a stout oak-post driven fast into the ground, and a hole bored through it; in this a wooden windla is stuck, well smeared with cart-pitch and tar, and turned round so long that, with the fierce heat and force, it gives forth fire. This and sticks two or three times through it."-E. B. Tylor: Early Hist . Mankind (ed. 1878), p. 256. need-fül, *nede ful, *neod-ful, *ned-fol, adj . [Eng. need; ful(1).] *1. Full of need or nece ity; in want, or distre ; needy, distre ful. "Thou art the poor man's help and strength, for the needful in his nece ity." Cover dale : Isaiah xxv. 3. 2. Nece ary; absolutely or urgently requisite. The needful : That which is wanted; spec if., ready money, cash. ( Slang . ) need-fül-lý, adv . [Eng. needful; -ly.] Neces- sarily; of nece ity. "He more needfully and nobly prove The nation's terror." Crashaw: Hymn in Epiphany. need-fül-ne , s. [Eng. needful; -ne .] The quality or state of being needful; nece ity. need-1-lý, nede-ly, *ned-ly, *need-i-lie, adv. [Eng. needy; -ly.] 1. In need; in poverty; in distre . 2. Of nece ity; nece arily; needs. 6. Min .: A needle-shaped crystal. 7. Nautical : needle-carrier, s . [NEEDLE-BEARER.] needle-case, s . 1. A needle-book (q. v.). 2. A case in which to keep needles. needle-chervil, s . Bot.: Genista anglica . needle-guard, s. IMG:content-1616.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1617.png:[blocks in formation] needle-ore, s . [NEEDLE, 8., 1.] *needle-point, s. A sharper. needle-pointed, a. Pointed like a needle. needle-setter, s . The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia Of needle- work ; no bustle at the fire." Words worth: Excursion, bk. viii. *neēds -ly, adv . [Eng. needs; -ly.] Nece ar- ily, of nece ity. "And needsly to the southern fields wilt gad." Drayton: Pastorals , Ecl. vi. need-, *ned-1, *ned-y, a . [Eng. need; -y.] 1. In need or nece ity; nece itous, distre ed, poor, indigent. "The bread of the needy is the life of the poor."- Fryth: Works , p. 81. Shakesp.: Pericles, i. 4. *neēd'-ý-hood, s. [Eng. needy; -hood.] A state of want, need. "Flour of furze-balls, that's too good, For a man in needy hood ." IMG:content-1619.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1620.png:[blocks in formation] Hindus eat the leaves, when parched, in curries, and make them into poultices for glandular tumors, or apply them as a pulp in small-pox. ( Calcutta Exhib . Report.) Called also Margosa tree. neēp, s. [A. S. næp ; Icel. næpa; Lat. nap us .] A turnip. ne'êr, adv . [NEVER.] ne'er-be-lick it, s . IMG:content-1621.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1622.png:[blocks in formation] A. As adj .: Never likely to do well or reform; past mending or reformation. B. As subst.: One who is never likely to do well; one past all hopes of reformation or mending. neēş-běr-rỹ, s. [NASEBERRY.] *neēşe, *nese, *neeze, v. i. [Dut. niezen ; Ger. niesen: O. Icel. hnjósa ; Icel. hnerra; Dan. nyse; Sw.nys a.] To sneeze (q. v.). "He went up and stretched himself upon him; and the child neesed seven times, and opened his eyes."-2 Kings iv. 85. (1611.) *neēşe, s . [NEESE, v .] A sneeze (q. v.) neēşe'-wõrt, 8. [SNEEZEWORT.] *neēş'-ing, *nes-ing, *nes-inge, s. [NEESE, v.] A sneezing. "Nedely som word hire must asterte." Chaucer: C. T. , 6,550. IMG:content-1623.png:[blocks in formation] Conversion by Negation : Logic : [CONTRAPOSITION.] IMG:content-1624.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Phot .: A picture upon gla , in which the lights and shades of the model are exactly reversed; the actual shades being represented by the transparent gla , the lights of the object appearing dark. The negative is used to obtain positives by being laid upon a sensitive surface, which is acted upon by the rays of light pa ing through the gla . The rays, being but little impeded by the transparent portions, affect the preparation underneath; while under the opaque portions (the high lights of the original), the sensitive material remains unaltered. IMG:content-1625.png:[blocks in formation] negative-eyepiece, s. Optics: The Huygenian, or negative eyepiece, is the usual combination of lenses at the eye-end of a telescope or microscope. It was designed by its inventor to diminish the spherical aberration by producing the refractions at two glances instead of one, and also to increase the field of view. It consists of two plano-convex lenses, the eye-gla , and the field-gla , each of which presents its convex side toward the object-gla .