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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nitric \Ni"tric\, a. [Cf. F. nitrique. See {Niter}.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically,
designating any one of those compounds in which, as
contrasted with {nitrous} compounds, the element has a higher
valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid.
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{Nitric acid}, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by
distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully
corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a
strong oxidizer.
{Nitric anhydride}, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen
({N2O5}), called {nitric pentoxide}, and regarded as the
anhydride of nitric acid.
{Nitric oxide}, a colorless poisous gas ({NO}) obtained by
treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air
or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the
formation of nitrogen dioxide ({NO2}, also called nitric
dioxide or nitric peroxide).
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
No \No\, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n[=a]; ne not + [=a] ever. AS. ne
is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni,
L. ne, Gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-.
[root] 193. See {Aye}, and cf. {Nay}, {Not}, {Nice},
{Nefarious}.]
Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word
expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after
another negative, no is emphatic.
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We do no otherwise than we are willed. --Shak.
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I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no
I dare accept this your congratulation. --Coleridge.
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There is none righteous, no, not one. --Rom. iii.
10.
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No! Nay, Heaven forbid. --Coleridge.
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from
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No \No\ (n[=o]), a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf.
E. a, an. See {None}.]
Not any; not one; none; as, yes, we have no bananas; -- often
used as a quantifier.
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Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee.
--Gen. xiii.
8.
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That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.
--Byron.
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Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was
used. "No man." "Noon apothercary." --Chaucer.
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nay \nay\ (n[=a]), adv. [Icel. nei; akin to E. no. See {No},
adv.]
1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request
made, now superseded by {no}. Opposed to {aye} or {yea}.
See also {Yes}.
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And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay."
--Chaucer.
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I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all
likewise perish. --Luke xiii.
3.
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And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily;
but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
--Acts xvi.
37.
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He that will not when he may,
When he would he shall have nay. --Old Prov.
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Note: Before the time of Henry VIII. nay was used to answer
simple questions, and no was used when the form of the
question involved a negative expression; nay was the
simple form, no the emphatic. --Skeat.
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2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to
mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or
more emphatic phrase.
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Note: Nay in this sense may be interchanged with yea. "Were
he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir." --Shak.
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from
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
No
or No-A'mon, the home of Amon, the name of Thebes, the ancient
capital of what is called the Middle Empire, in Upper or
Southern Egypt. "The multitude of No" (Jer. 46:25) is more
correctly rendered, as in the Revised Version, "Amon of No",
i.e., No, where Jupiter Amon had his temple. In Ezek. 30:14, 16
it is simply called "No;" but in ver. 15 the name has the Hebrew
Hamon prefixed to it, "Hamon No." This prefix is probably the
name simply of the god usually styled Amon or Ammon. In Nah. 3:8
the "populous No" of the Authorized Version is in the Revised
Version correctly rendered "No-Amon."
It was the Diospolis or Thebes of the Greeks, celebrated for
its hundred gates and its vast population. It stood on both
sides of the Nile, and is by some supposed to have included
Karnak and Luxor. In grandeur and extent it can only be compared
to Nineveh. It is mentioned only in the prophecies referred to,
which point to its total destruction. It was first taken by the
Assyrians in the time of Sargon (Isa. 20). It was afterwards
"delivered into the hand" of Nebuchadnezzar and Assurbani-pal
(Jer. 46:25, 26). Cambyses, king of the Persians (B.C. 525),
further laid it waste by fire. Its ruin was completed (B.C. 81)
by Ptolemy Lathyrus. The ruins of this city are still among the
most notable in the valley of the Nile. They have formed a great
storehouse of interesting historic remains for more than two
thousand years. "As I wandered day after day with ever-growing
amazement amongst these relics of ancient magnificence, I felt
that if all the ruins in Europe, classical, Celtic, and
medieval, were brought together into one centre, they would fall
far short both in extent and grandeur of those of this single
Egyptian city." Manning, The Land of the Pharaohs.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "no":
Australian ballot, Hare system, I refuse, I will not, abnegation,
au contraire, aye, ballot, by no means, canvass, canvassing,
casting vote, certainly not, con, contradiction, count me out,
counting heads, cumulative voting, deciding vote, declension,
declination, declinature, declining, denial, deprivation,
disagreement, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, disobedience,
dissent, division, enfranchisement, fagot vote, far from it,
franchise, from scratch, graveyard vote, hand vote, holding back,
impossible, in no way, include me out, interest, list system, nay,
naysaying, negation, negative, negative answer, negative attitude,
negativeness, negativism, negativity, nein, nix, no such thing,
non, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, none, nonobservance,
nontransferable vote, not, not a bit, not a jot, not a whit,
not at all, not likely, not really, not so, nothing doing, nyet,
plebiscite, plebiscitum, plumper, plural vote, poll, polling,
preferential voting, pro, proportional representation, proxy,
quite the contrary, recantation, record vote, referendum, refusal,
rejection, representation, repudiation, retention, right to vote,
rising vote, say, secret ballot, show of hands, side, single vote,
snap vote, straw vote, suffrage, the affirmative, the negative,
thumbs-down, to the contrary, transferable vote, turndown,
unwillingness, viva voce, voice, voice vote, vote, voting,
voting right, withholding, write-in, write-in vote, yea,
yeas and nays, yes
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