nænia

naething (na'thing), n. A Scotch form of nothing. næve, neve4 (nev), n. [L. nævus, mole, a birthmark, spot, blemish: see nævus.] 1. A blemish on the skin, as a mole or blotch; a birth-mark; a nævus. So many spots, like næves, our Venus soil? Dryden, Death of Lord Hastings, 1. 55. nacker, n. Another spelling of knacker2 . nacket (nak'et), n. [Cf. OF. naquer , bite, gnaw.] Hence - 2. A blemish of any kind. 1. A small cake or loaf.-2. A luncheon; a piece of bread eaten at noon. Besides these outward neves or open faults, errors, there be many inward infirmities. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 539. Plural of nævus . nævoid (nē'void), a . [ nævus + -oid.] Resembling a nævus. Trip tole mus... seldom saw half so good a dinner as his guest's luncheon, nævi, n. and even the lady herself "could not but say that the young gentleman's nacket Farquhar , Recruiting Officer, ii. 3. looked very good." Scott , Pirate, xi. bone . 3927 The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary nævose