noose (nos)

[Early mod. E. also nooze; ori gin unknown, no early record (ME.) existing. If it existed in ME., it might have come from OF. *nous, nou, nod, F. nœud, Langue doc nous, The honest Farmer and his Wife... Had struggled with the Marriage Noose . Prior, The Ladle. IMG:content-1445.png:[blocks in formation] noose (nös), v. t.; pret. and pp. noosed, ppr. noos ing. [ He'll think some other lover's hand, among my tre es noosed, From the ears where he had placed them my rings of pearl unloosed. Lockhart, Zara's Earrings. 2. To catch or insnare by or as by a noose. To noose and entrap us. Government of the Tongue, p. 40. 3. To furnish with a noose or running knot. As we were looking at it, Bradford was suddenly caught by the leg in a noosed Rope, made as artificially as ours. Capt. John Smith's Works, II. 222. 4. To decorate with something resembling a noose. The sleeves of all are noosed and decorated with laces and clasps. Atheneum , No. 3044, p. 303. Nootka dog. A large variety of dog domesticated by the natives of Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It is chiefly remarkable for its long wool-like hair, which when shorn off holds together like a fleece, and is made into garments. Nootka hummer. A humming-bird, Selaspho rus rufus, originally described from Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, notable as being by far the most northerly representative of its family.