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NEGLIGENT , neg'le-jent, a. Careless,heedless, habitually inattentive.NEGLIGENTLY, n?g'le-jlnt-le, ad. Care-lessly, heedlessly, without exactness.
To NEGOTIATE, ne-gi'she-ite, «. n. 542.To have intercourse of business, to traffick,to treat.
NEGOTIATION,ne-go-shJ-i'shun,s.Treatyof business.
Negotiator, nc-g6'she-&-tur,«. 521.one
employed to treat with others.
Negotiating, ne-gA'she-a-ting, a. 410.
Employed in negotiation.
NEGRO, ne gr6, s. A blackmoor.
tT Some speakers, but those of the very lowesturder, pronounce this word as if written ne-gur.
To NEIGH, nk, c. n. 249. To utter thevoice of a horse.
Neigh, na, s. The voice of a horse.neighbour, nkbur, s. 249. one who
lives near to another ; one who lives in fami-liarity with another; any thing next or near ;intimate, confident; in divinity, one partakingof the same nature, and therefore entitled togood offices.
tr For what I apprehend to be the genuine sound°f the diphthong in the tirst syllable of this word, see■bight.
To NEIGHBOUR, na'hur, v. a. 249. Toadjoin, to, to confine on. Little used.
Neighbourhood, na’bSr-hud.s. place
adjoining ; state of being near each other;those that live within reach of easy commu-nication.
neighbourly, nabur-ie,«. 249. Be-
coming a neighbour, kind, civil.
Neighbourly, na'bur-ie, ad . with
social civility.
NEITHER, ne'THur, conj. 252. Not either.A particle used in the first branch of a nega-tive sentence, and answered by Nor; as, FightNeither with small Nor great. It is sometimesthe second branch of a negative or prohibitionto any sentence; as. Ye shall not eat of it,Neither shall ye touch it.
NEITHER, ne'THur, pron. 98. Not either,not one nor other.
NEOPHYTE, ne'A-fite, *. 156. One rege-nerated, a convert.
NEOTERICK, ne-6-tir'rlk, a. 609. Modern,novel, late.
NEPENTHE, ne-pen'ike, s. A drug thatdrives away all pains.
NEPHEW, nev'vu, $. The BOB of a brothernr sister.
NEPHRITICK, n^-frlt'tlk, a. 509. Belong-ing to the organs of urine ; troubled with thestone ; good against the stone.
NEPOTISM, nep'i-tkm, s . 503. Fondnessfor nephews.
J have differed from all onr orthoepists in thepronunciation of this word, by making the first sylla-ble short; not because this e is short in ibe LatinKepos, but because the antepenultimate accent of ourown language, when not followed by a diphthongnaturally shortens the vowel it falls upon. 535. w
Nerve, nerv, s. The nerves are tiie organs»f sensation passing from the brain to all partsof the body ; it is used by the poets for sinewor tendun.
NERVELESS, nerv'les, a. Without strength.
NERVOUS, neffvus, a. 314. Well strung,strong, vigorous ; relating to the nerves j hav-ing weak or diseased nerves.
NERVY, ner've,n. Strong, vigorous.
NESCIENCE, n&h'e-ense, s, 510. Igno-rance, the state of not knowing.
NEST, nest, s. The bed formed by thebird for incubation; any place where insectsare produced ; an abode, place of residence,in contempt; boxes of drawers, little conve-niences.
To NEST, nest, t>. n. To build nests.
NESTEGG, nest'eg, s. An egg left in thenest to keep the hen from forsaking it.
£ 3 * u Books and money laid for show,
** Like nest-eggs to make clients lay.'*
Hudibras.
To NESTLE, nls's’l, v. n. 472. To settleto lie close and snug.
To NESTLE, nes's’l, v. a. 359. To house,as in a nest; to cherish, as a bird her young.
NESTLING, nest'ling, s. A bird taken outof the nest.
NET, net, s. A texture woven with largeinterstices or meshes.
NETHER, neTH ; ur, a. 9S. Lower, notupper; being in a lower place; infernal, be-longing to the regions below.
NETHERMOST, neTn'ur-inost, s. Lowest.
NETTLE, net'tl, s. 405. A stinging herbwell known.
To NETTLE, net'tl, r. u. To sting, to irri-tate.
NETWORK, net'wurk, s. Any thing re-sembling the work of a net.
NEVER, nev'ur, ad. 9S. At no time ; in nodegree. It is much used in composition ; as,Never-ending, having no end.
NEVERTHELESS, nev-ur-Tne-les', ad.Notwithstanding that.
NEUROLOGY, ni'i-rdl'lo-je, s. 518. A de-scription of the nerves.
NEUROTOMY, nu-nh'to-me, s. 518. Theanatomy of the nerves.
NEUTER, lifi'tur, a. 98,264. Indifferent,
not engaged on either side; in grammar, anoun that implies no sex.
NEUTER, nu'tfir, s. One indifferent andunengaged.
NEUTRAL, nu'tiil, a. Indifferent, not en-gaged on either side ; neither good nor bad;neither acid nor alkaline.
NEUTRAL, nu'tril, s. One who does notact nor engage on either side.
NEUTRALITY , mi-tral e-te, s. A state ofindifference, of neither friendship nor bus-tility ; a state between good anti evil.
NEUTRALLY, nii'tral-e, ad. Indifferently.
N EW, nil, a. 2G3. Fresh ; modern ; havingthe effect of novelty ; not habituated ; reno-vated, repaired so as to recover the firstslate ; fresh after any thing; not of ancientextraction.
NEW, nil, ad. This is used in compositionfor Newly.
NEWFANGLED, nu-fiing'gl’d, a. 359Formed with vain or foolish love of novelty.
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