nopstert nopstert (nopster)

[ s occupation a norm "Hev a dog, Mi ! - they're better friends nor any Christian," said Bob. George Eliot, Mill on the Flo , iv. 3. norate (no'rāt), v . t .; pret. and pp. no rated, ppr. no rating . [A back formation, no ration . The form norate could not arise from orate.] To rumor; spread by report. [Southern U. S.] Purty soon it was no rated around that Ike was going to banter me for a ra el [wrestle], and shure enuff he did. Quoted in Trans. Amer. Philol. A ., XVII. 40. no ration (nộ-rāʻshon), n. [An erroneous form, due to misdivision of an oration.] 1. A speech. [Prov. Eng.] -2. Rumor. [Prov. Eng. and U. S.]