[ Contr. from ne wost. ] Wottest not; knowest not. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a return home + &unr_; pain. ]
a. [ Cf. F. nostalgique. ] Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Nostalgia. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. [ F. ] (Bot.) A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, which was formerly supposed to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names,
prop. n. A natural family of blue-green algae.
n. [ OE. nosethril, nosethirl, AS. nosþyrl; nos for nosu nose + þyrel opening, hole, from þyrel pierced, for þyrhel, fr. purh through. √261. See Nose, and Through, and cf. Thrill. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In sperm whales, porpoises, and allied animals, there is only one nostril, which is situated on the top of the head and called a spiracle. [ 1913 Webster ]
Methinks a man
Of your sagacity and clear nostril should
Have made another choice. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
The incentives of agitators, the arts of impostors and the nostrums of quacks. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]