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{ } n. [ Ar. burnus a kind of high-crowned cap: cf. F. bournous, burnous, Sp. al-bornoz, a sort of upper garment, with a hood attached. ] 1. A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A combination cloak and hood worn by women. [ Variously written bournous, bernouse, bornous, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Ethnol.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Washington -- a nickname. See Chinook, n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The saury pike; -- called also gofnick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus. [ Written also hoonuman. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Per. koh-i-nūr, lit., mountain of light. ] A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindu legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindu and Persian rulers. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; being, substance, essence. ] (Theil.) Having but one and the same nature or essence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Noddle, Noddy. ] 1. A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The chuckling grin of noodles. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The head; also, noddle; -- used jocosely or contemptuously; as, use your noodle.
Syn. -- noggin. [ PJC ]

n. [ G. nudel vermicelli. ] A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. nok; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc. ] A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat. [ 1913 Webster ]

How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to noology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in no0logy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the mind + -logy. ] The science of intellectual phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take rest and refreshment at noon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. No. See the Note under No. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. nōn, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See Nine, and cf. Nones, Nunchion. ] 1. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the highest point; culmination. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

High noon, the exact meridian; midday. --
Noon of night, midnight. [ Poetic ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Midday; twelve o'clock in the day; noon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to midday; meridional; as, the noonday heat; only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun. “Noonday walks.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Bot.) The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rest at noon; a repast at noon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Nunchion. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The position of the sun at noon. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From noon + tide time; cf. AS. nōntīd the ninth hour. ] The time of noon; midday. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. OF. nous, nom. sing. or acc. pl. of nou knot, F. nœud, L. nodus. Cf. Node. ] A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Noosed p. pr. & vb. n. Noosing. ] To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare. [ 1913 Webster ]

See 1st Not. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. snōd. Cf. Snare. ] 1. The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And seldom was a snood amid
Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing or having a snood. “The snooded daughter.” Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Prov. E. snook to search out, to follow by the scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG. snöggen, snuckern, snökern, to snuffle, to smell about, to search for. ] To lurk; to lie in ambush. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. snoek. ] (Zool.) (a) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo. (b) The cobia. (c) The garfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. snooze to sleep; cf. Dan. & Sw. snus snuff. ] A short sleep; a nap. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Snoozed p. pr. & vb. n. Snoozing. ] To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without nooks and corners; guileless. [ Obs. ] “Unnooked simplicity.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]