nonel (nun)

and pron. [ Sc. nane ), II. pron. 1. Not one; no one; often as a plural, no persons or no things. I bydde thee awayte hem wele; let non of hem ascape. Piers Plowman (A), ii. 182. In al Rom that riche stede, Suche ne was ther nan . Legend of St. Alexander , MS . There is none that doeth good; no, not one. None of these things move me. ( Hall i well . ) Ps. xiv. 3. Acts xx. 24. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none . Shak., Macbeth, i. 3. 67. That which is a law to-day is none to-morrow. Burton , Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 55. None but the brave deserves the fair. Dryden, Alexander's Feast, 1. 15. 2. Not any; not a part; not the least portion. Catalonia is fed with Money from France, but for Portugal, she hath little or none. Howell, Letters, ii. 18. He had none of the vulgar pride founded on wealth or station. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 25. Oh come, I say now, none of that; that won't do; let 's Scribner's Mag., IV. 728. take a gla together. 3t. Nothing. visions (the other being Deciduata ) into which monodelphous mammals have been divided. See Deciduata . non-deciduate (non-de-sid'u-āt), a. Same as indeciduate. non dec i man do (non des-i-man'dō). [L.: non, not; dec i man do, dat. ger. of decimare, tithe, decimate: see decimate.] In law, a custom or prescription to be discharged of all tithes, etc. non-delivery (non-de-liv'er-i), n. Neglect or failure to deliver. non demisit (non de-mi's it). [L.: non, not; demisit, 3d pers. sing. perf. ind. of demittere, put down, let fall, demise: see demise.] In law: (a) A plea formerly resorted to where a plaintiff declared upon a demise without stating the indenture in an action of debt for rent. (b) A plea in bar, in replevin, to an avowry for arrears of rent, that the avowant did not demise. Wharton. nondescript (non'de-skript), a. and n. [ We were just finishing a nondescript pastry which François found at a baker's. B. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 197. He [the winged lion] presides again over a loggia by the seashore, one of those buildings with nondescript columns, which may be of any date. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 211. II. n. 1. Anything that has not been described. -2. A person or thing not easily described or cla ed: usually applied disparagingly. A few ostlers and stable nondescripts were standing round. Dickens, Sketches. The convention meta nucleus of intelligent and high minded men, with a fringe of nondescripts and adventurers. G. S. Merriam, S. Bowles, II. 184. non detinet (non det'i-net). [L.: non, not; de tinet, 3d pers. sing. pres. ind. of detinere, detain: see detain.] In law, a plea, in the action of detinue, denying the alleged detainer. a. Cf. no2 , adv .] In no respect or degree; to no extent; not a whit; not; no: as, none the better.- None the more, none the le , not the more or not the le on that account. His eager eye scanned Mr. D.'s downcast face none the Dickens, Dombey and Son, xlii. le closely. none2t, n. A Middle English form of noon1. non-effective (non-e-fektiv), a. and n. I. a. 1. Having no power to produce an effect; causing no effect.-2. Unfitted for active service: applied to that portion of the personnel of an army or a navy that is not in a condition for active service, as superannuated and half-pay officers, pensioners, and the like.-3. Connected with non-effectives, their maintenance, etc. The non- effective charge, which is now a heavy part of our public burdens, can hardly be said to have existed. Macaulay . II. n. A member of a military force who is not in condition for active service, as through age, illne , etc. non-efficient (non-e-fish'ent), a. and n. Not efficient, effectual, or competent. I. a. II. n. One who is not efficient; specifically, in Great Britain, a volunteer who has not attended a prescribed number of drills and shown a requisite degree of proficiency in shooting. non-ego (non-ē'gō), n. In metaph ., all that is not the conscious self or ego; the object as opposed to the subject. The ego, as the subject of thought and knowledge, is now commonly styled by philosophers the subject; and subjective is a familiar expre ion for what pertains to the mind or thinking principle. In contrast and correlation to these, the terms object and objective are, in like manner, now in general use to denote the non - ego , its affections and properties, and in general the really existent, as opposed to the ideally known. Sir W. Hamilton (in Reid), Supplementary Di ertations, [note B, § 1. 6. non-egoistical (non-e-gō-is'ti-kal), a. Pertaining to the non-ego. This cruder form of egoistical representation ism coincides with that finer form of the non - egoistical which views the vicarious object as spiritual. Sir W. Hamilton (in Reid), Supplementary Di ertations, [note C, § 1. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary Non-egoistical idea, an idea which has a substantial existence distinct from its existence as a mode of the mind.-Non-egoistical idealism, the doctrine that non egoistical ideas are concerned in external perception. non-elastic (non-e-las'tik), a. Not elastic; without the property of elasticity. Liquids were formerly termed non - elastic fluids, because they differ from gases in being non-expansible and nearly incompre ible. non-elect (non-e-lekt'), a. and n. I. a. Not elected or chosen. II. n . One who is not elected or chosen; specifically, in theol . , a person not chosen or predestined to eternal life. non-election (non-e-lek's hon), n. The state of not being elected. non-electric (non-e-lektrik), a. and n. I. a. Not electric; conducting electricity: now disused. II. n. A substance that is not an electric, or one that transmits electricity, as metals. non-electrical (non-e-lek'tri-kal), a . Same as non-electric. IMG:content-1438.png:[blocks in formation] We are aware that mermaids do not exist; why speak of them as if they did? How can you find interest in speaking of a nonentity? Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xiii. 4. Nothingne ; insignificance; futility. Armies in the West were paralyzed by the inaction of a captain who would hardly take the pains of writing a despatch to chronicle the nonentity of his operations. Brougham. 5. A person or thing of no consequence or importance: as, he is a mere nonentity. I mentally resolved to reduce myself to a nonentity , to go out of existence, as it were, to be nobody and nowhere, if only I might escape making trouble. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 283.