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[Eng. neap; -ed.] Left aground. (Applied to a ship when left aground, particularly on the height of a spring tide, so that she will not float off till the next spring-tide.) Eort ., .: Viola odorata , pallid a -plena. Neapolitan-yellow, s . [NAPLES-YELLOW.) is "neere leg'd before"-i. e., foundered in his fore- feet; having, as the jockeys term it, "never a fore- leg to stand on." ( Malone , followed by Dyce .) near-side, s . The left side. [NEAR, a., 9.] near-sighted, a. Short-sighted; not able to dis- tinguish objects at a distance. (MYOPIC.] near-sighted ne , s. The quality or state of being near-sighted; short-sighted ne . [MYOPY.] nëar, *neare, v . t . & i. [NEAR, a.] Cole ridge: Ancient Mariner , iii. ne-arc-tic, a. [Pref.ne(o-), and English arctic New World. nearctic-region, s . IMG:content-1600.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1601.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] "Beetles black, approach not near." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, IL. 2 2. Close in point of time; at hand. 3. Closely; in a manner affecting one's interests or feelings. IMG:content-1602.png:[blocks in formation] west. In the central plateau it should perhaps include all the open highlands of Mexico and Guat emala. ( Wallace : Geog. Dist . Animals , i. 79.) 2. Closely; by close ties of relationship or con nection; as, They are nearly related. *3. Closely. intimately, pre ingly. "What most nearly appertains to us both."-Shakesp.: Lear, i. 1. 1. Cattle collectively; as bulls, oxen, and cows. " Neat or buffles, called uri or bisontes."-P. Holland. Pliny, pt. ii., p. 323. 2. A single head of cattle; a cow, an ox, . "Who both by his calf and his lamb will be known, May well kill a neat and a sheep of his own." 2. In a neat or tasteful manner; with good taste. 3. With neatne and skill; skillfully, deftly. "His poem so exactly limn'd And neatly jointed." IMG:content-1603.png:[blocks in formation] B. As adj .: Pertaining or relating to animals of well-developed antennules, antenne, mandibles, the neat kind; as, neat cattle. neat-cattle, s. The same as NEAT, А. neat's-foot, s. The foot of an ox, a cow, . Neat's - foot oil : An oil obtained from the feet of nebria něb'-ri-a, s. [NEBRIS.] numerous. Entom.: A genus of Car abide from arctic and temperate regions. The species, of small size, are Nebria arenaria , bright yellow with black lines, is from the northern coast of Africa. něb-ris, s . [Gr.] Art : The skin of a fawn, worn by hunters and others. In art it appears as the characteristic apparel of Bacchus, bacchanals, fauns, and satyrs. něb-u-lạ (pl. něb-u-læ), s. [Latin=a mist, a little cloud, allied to nubes a cloud; Gr. nephelē , dim in. from nephos =a cloud, mist; Ger. nebel = mist, fog.] 1. Astron.: A slight cloudy patch of light, retaining its form unchanged except under keen and long-continued observation. More than eight you sand nebulæ, or star-clusters closely resembling them, have been found in both hemispheres, and in nearly every constellation. A few, as the great nebule of Orion, Argo Navis, and Andromeda, are visible on very clear nights to the naked eye; the rest are telescopic. When greatly magnified some are found to be composed of many you sand remote stars, others remain only as diffused ma es of light. Sir William Herschel divided them into six cla es: (1) Clusters of stars, globular or irregular in form. (2) Resolvable nebulæ, which look as if they might be resolved into stars under powerful telescopes. (3) Nebulæ which look quite irresolvable. (4) Planetary nebulæ, circular or slightly oval, like a planetary disk, and often colored. (5) Stellar nebulæ, i , e ., those having in their middle a condensation of light. (6) Nebulous stars (q. v.). The great nebula of Orion surrounds a multiple star, Theta Or i on is, consisting of six, apparently revolving round their common center of gravity. It has been found to alter its form very slightly. The late Earl of Ro e and his a istant, Mr. Storey, detected in its densest part multitudes of minute stars, but the bluish light of parts of it has remained irresolvable, and Dr. Huggins has ascertained by means of spectrum analysis that this portion of it is a gaseous body, containing hydrogen, nitrogen, and an unidentified substance. The nebula in Andromeda has a bright ball in the center and is spindle-shaped. IMG:content-1604.png:[blocks in formation] 2822