nonius

[See def.] A name sometimes applied to a vernier (q. v.), from Nonnius, the Latin form of Nonnez, a Portuguese mathematician of Alcazar (born in 1497), who is said to have invented it. Non-jür-ing, a. [Lat. non =not, and juro =to swear. Not swearing allegiance; belonging or pertaining to the party of Nonjurors (q. v.). Non-jür-ör, s. [Latin non-not, and juro =to swear.] Eng. Church Hist. (pl.): A term applied to those of the clergy and laity of the Establishment, who, holding that James II. was sovereign de jure after the throne had been declared vacant, refused to take the oath of allegiance to William III. and his succe ors. Among these were Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, and six bishops - Turner (Ely), shalt Lloyd (Norwich), Frampton (Gloucester), Lake (Chi chester), White (Peter borough), and Ken (Bath and Wells). Sancroft sanctioned the consecration of a bishop, and thus a schism arose. The Non themselves divided on question of 1. No one, not one, not any one. (Said of persons Nonjurors' usages (q.v.), and each party conse "Thy life shall hang in doubt, and thou have none a urance of thy life."- Deut . xxviii. 66. None is not now used attributively. B. As pronoun or substantive : or things.) " None so poor to do him reverence." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar , iii. 2. crated bishops. Gordon, the last prelate of the regular body, died in 1799, and so the Nonjurors proper came to an end. Boothe, the last of the irregularly constituted bishops, died in Ireland 2. Not any, not a part, not the least portion. "Six days shall ye gather it, but on the Sabbath there some twenty years later. ( Lathbury ; see also shall be none." - Exodus xvi. 26. 3. Nothing. "Hard food for Midas, I will none of thee." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, iii. 2. None the le (or more ): Not any the le (or more) on that account; just the same. none-so-pretty, nancy-pretty, s . Bot .: Saxifraga umbrosa. [LONDON-PRIDE.] none, s. [Fr., from Lat. non us -ninth; novem = nine.] The ninth hour of the day after sunrise at the equinoxes; about three o'clock in the afternoon. non'-ēne, s. [Lat. non us =ninth; -ene.] Chem.: C9H18. Nonylene, Pelargonene. A name given to the hydrocarbons of the olefine series, containing nine atoms of carbon. It is one of the products of the dry distillation of hydroleic or metoleic acid, is insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether, boils at 120°, and burns with a bright white flame. Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. iv.) Nonjurors' usages, s . pl . Eng. Church Hist . & Ritual : Certain ceremonies adopted by the Nonjurors in the Communion office, viz.: Mixing water with the wine, prayers for the dead, prayer for the descent of the Holy Ghost on the elements, the prayer of oblation, trine immersion at baptism, the use of chrism at confirmation, and unction of the sick. Hence the Nonjurors were sometimes called Usagers.