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_Douglas._
_To_ NOTE, _v. a._
1. To use, S. B.
_Doug._
A. S. _not-ian_. Isl. _niot-a_, id.
2. To use as sustenance, S. B.
Teut. _nutt-en_, uti; vesci; Isl. _nautin_, eating, _neitte_, vescor.
3. To need, Ang. Mearns.
_Ruddiman._
~Note~, ~Nott~, _s._
1. Use.
_Douglas._
2. Occasion for, S. B.
Alem. _not_, Su. G. _noed_, id.
NOTELESS, _adj._ Unnoticed, S. B.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
NOTOUR, NOTTOUR, _adj._
1. Notorious, S.
Fr. _notoire_.
_Pardovan._
2. Avowedly persisted in, notwithstanding all warnings, S.
_Erskine._
NOURISKAP, _s._
1. The place of a nurse, S.
2. The fee given to a nurse, S.
From A. S. _norice_, a nurse, and _scipe_. Su. G. _skap_, denoting state.
NOUT, _s._ Black cattle.
V. ~Nolt~.
NOUTHER, NOWTHIR, NOLDER, _conj._ Neither, S.
_Douglas._
NOUVELLES, NOUELLES, _s. pl._ News, S.
_Complaynt S._
NOW, _s._ The crown of the head.
A. S. _hnol_, vertex.
_Polwart._
NUB BERRY, _s._ The Knoutberry.
_Stat. Acc._
NUCE, NESS, _s._ Dest.i.tute, Aberd.
_Ib._
Su. G. _noed_, necessity, _nisk_, parsimonious.
NUCKLE, _adj._ Applied to a cow which has had one calf, and will calve soon again.
V. ~Newcal~.
NULE-KNEED, _adj._ Knock-kneed, S. perhaps q. _knuckle-kneed_.
V. ~Noll~.
