nasalization (na"zalizashon)

[ nasalize (nāʼzal-iz), v.; pret. and pp. nasalized, ppr. nasalizing. [ II. in trans. To speak or pronounce with a nasal sound; speak through the nose. nasally (nā'zal-i), adv . In a nasal manner; by or through the nose. nasard (naz'ärd), n . [= Sp. nasardo , na sard, an organ-stop (cf. OF. nasart, nazart, part of the helmet which protected the nose: same as nasal , n., 1), nas us = E. nosel.] In organ - building , a mutation-stop, usually similar to the twelfth. Also nasarde , and corruptly na art , nazard , nazad , nas at .