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n. the type genus of the Bennettitales.
Syn. -- genus Bennettitis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Bonito. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. being or having dark-colored skin and hair; contrasted with blond. [ Narrower terms: adust, sunburned burned brown by the sun; black, brown; black-haired, dark-haired; browned, suntanned, tanned; grizzled, roan; nutbrown ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. brunet, brunette, brownish, dim. of brun, brune, brown, fr. OHG. br&unr_;n. See Brown, a. ] A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion. -- a. Having a dark tint. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Burnettized p. pr. & vb. n. Burnettizing. ] (Manuf.) To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a process invented by Sir William Burnett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. casinete, G. cassinet. ] A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chansonnettes [ F., dim. of chanson. ] A little song. [ 1913 Webster ]

These pretty little chansonnettes that he sung. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a musician who plays the clarinet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Fort.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of mammals comprising the genets.
Syn. -- genus Genetta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, n. [ F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar. jarnei&tsdot_;. ] 1. (Zool.) One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common genet (Genetta vulgaris) of Southern Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, is dark gray, spotted with black. The long tail is banded with black and white. The Cape genet (Genetta felina), and the berbe (Genetta pardina), are related African species. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cassinette. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Kitchen + -ette. ] A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by opening folding doors. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

pos>n. [ F. ] An opera glass; pl. elaborate double eyeglasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of lune moon, L. luna. See Lune a crescent. ] 1. (Fort.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Far.) A half horseshoe, which lacks the sponge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Arch.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lunette window (Arch.), a window which fills or partly fills a lunette. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. marionette, prop. a dim. of Marie Mary. ] 1. A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d Minion. ] (Bot.) A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mignonette pepper, coarse pepper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Print.) A size of type between nonpareil and minion; -- used in ornamental borders, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Small; delicate. [ Obs. ] “His minionette face.” Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. remaining after all deductions; same as net a., 3. Contrasted to gross. [ Brit. ] [ Narrower terms: take-home ]
Syn. -- net, clear. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. resembing a net or a web.
Syn. -- lacy, netlike, webbed, weblike. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Net, n. ] 1. The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces between. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

Netting needle, a kind of slender shuttle used in netting. See Needle, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Urine. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezzïla, nazza, Dan. nelde, nälde, Sw. nässla; cf, Lith. notere. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracilis is common in the Northern, and Urtica chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. The common European species, Urtica urens and Urtica dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. Urtica pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus Laportea (as Laportea gigas and Laportea moroides); -- also called nettle tree. --
Bee nettle,
Hemp nettle, a species of Galeopsis. See under Hemp. --
Blind nettle,
Dead nettle, a harmless species of Lamium. --
False nettle (Baehmeria cylindrica), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles. --
Hedge nettle, a species of Stachys. See under Hedge. --
Horse nettle (Solanum Carolinense). See under Horse. --
nettle tree. (a) Same as Hackberry. (b) See Australian nettle (above). --
Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family (Jatropha urens). --
Wood nettle, a plant (Laportea Canadensis) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. --
Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. --
Sea nettle (Zool.), a medusa. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nettled p. pr. & vb. n. Nettling ] To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger. [ 1913 Webster ]

The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) the European whitethroat. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who nettles. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ See Knittle. ] (Naut.) (a) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting. (b) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams. (c) Reef points. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as irritating, 1.
Syn. -- annoying, galling, chafing, irritating, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. pr. & a. Stinging; irritating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nettling cell (Zool.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Rope Making) (a) A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are joined end to end so as to form one rope. (b) The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a net, or network; netted. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The titmouse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ From L. nonus ninth, like E. duet, fr. L. duo. ] (Mus.) A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of piano. ] (Mus.) A small piano; a pianino. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Point. ] A bodkin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See 1st Rennet. ] (Bot.) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of a breed of fancy frilled pigeons allied to the owls and turbits, having the body white, the shoulders tricolored, and the tail bluish black with a large white spot on each feather. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

A jellyfish, or medusa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small European sole (Solea minuta). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. toilinet. See Toil a net. ] A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. vignette, fr. vigne a vine. See Vine, and cf. Vinette. ] 1. (Arch.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A device used by photographers in printing vignettes, consisting of a screen of paper or glass with a central aperture the edges of which become opaque by insensible gradations. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A maker of vignettes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Dim. of villa; formed on the analogy of the French. ] A small villa. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Vignette. ] A sprig or branch. [ Archaic ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]