[ Contr. from ne wot. See 2d Note. ] Wot not; know not; knows not. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Shorn; shaven. [ Obs. ]
adv. [ OE. not, noht, nought, naught, the same word as E. naught. See Naught. ] A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not one word spake he more than was need. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou shalt not steal. Ex. xx. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. Job vii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it? Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not . . . but,
Not but
‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl. of L. notabilis notable. ] Things worthy of notice. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. [ F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoepists, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. The quality of being notable. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a notable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; pertaining to the notum or back. ] (Zool.) The back or upper surface, as of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]