Name

nam, n. The title by which a particular person or thing known or designated: appellation; reputed character; reputation; renown; celebrity; eminence; memory: remembrance; a race; family; a person. v. [named (namd). naming.] To give an appellation to; to mention by name; to designate by name. denominate, style, term, call, nominate. [ME. and sim. cube, full moon, fo"6t cow, oil NARD see Mum and Mystery, a secret.]— Myth'ic, -icai, a. Relating to, described in, or of the nature of, a myth: fabulous; imaginary; fanciful. — Mythically" adv. — Mythog'rapher, -tnog'ra-fSr, n. A composer of fables. [Gr. yraphein, to write.]— Mythol'- ogy, -thoKo-il, n. Science of, or a treatise on, myths a collective body of myths esp. pert, to the gods, etc., of a heathen people. [F. my tho logie, L. and Gr. my tho logia Gr. logos, discourse.] — Mytholog'ic, -ical, -loj'ik-al, a. Pert to, etc. fabulous. — Mytho/ogist, -thol'o-jist, n. One versed in, or who writes on, mythology. —Mythol'ogize, -jlz, v. To relate or explain the fabulous history of the heathen. G. name (2 syllables), AS. nania, noma, Goth, and OHG. namo, L. nomen, Gr. onoma, Skr. nam an, a name, AS. nemn an, to name; know, cognomen, ignominious, nominal, noble, note.] — Christian name. The name a person receives by baptism, — disting. surname. — In the n. of. In behalf of; by the authority of; in the a umed character of. — Name'- le , «. Without a name undistinguished that cannot or ought not to be named. — Nam'able, a. Capable of being named. — Namely, adv. To wit; that is to say; to particularize. — Name's ake, n. One who has the same name as another; esp., one named out of regard to another. Nankeen, nan-ken r iu A yellowish cotton cloth, of firm texture, orig. manufactured at Nankin, China.