*note*

1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States popularly called a bank bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank bill, 2. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A promissory note payable at a bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A promissory note issued by an authorized bank, payable to the bearer on demand and intended to circulate as government-authorized money; in the United States such notes may only be issued by a Federal Reserve Bank; as, he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty banknotes.
Syn. -- bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, Federal Reserve note, greenback. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. connoted; p. pr. & vb. n. connoting. ] [ See connotate, and cote. ] 1. To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) To imply as an attribute. [ 1913 Webster ]

The word “white” denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute “whiteness.” J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Denoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Denoting. ] [ L. denotare; de- + notare to mark, nota mark, sign, note: cf. F. dénoter. See Note. ] 1. To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour. [ 1913 Webster ]

The better to denote her to the doctor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean. [ 1913 Webster ]

A general expression to denote wickedness of every sort. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sign; indication. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A word found in some editions of Shakespeare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A note of reference or comment at the foot{ 4 } of a page. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ignotus; pref. in- not + gnotus, notus, known, p. p. of gnocere, nocere, to learn to know. ] Unknown. [ Obs. ] Sir E. Sandys. -- n. One who is unknown. Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A type of notebook with hard covers attached to metal rings which open, allowing sheets of writing paper to be conveniently inserted into it and removed from it. [ PJC ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &unr_; four. ] A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The manipulation or construction of objects with sizes in the nanometer range or smaller. Objects of the size of molecules may be moved and placed in specific locations using laser tweezers or an atomic force microscope. See nanotechnology. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ AS. hnītan to strike against, imp. hnāt. ] To butt; to push with the horns. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ AS. nāt; ne not + wāt wot. See Not, and Wot. ] Know not; knows not. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Nut. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. notu use, profit. ] Need; needful business. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to know. See Know. ] 1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

She [ the Anglican church ] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles, the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! Mrs. Humphry Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. Felton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. pl. Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A short informal letter; a billet. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A diplomatic missive or written communication. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. A list of items or of charges; an account. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here is now the smith's note for shoeing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Mus.) (a) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence: (b) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. (c) A key of the piano or organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal note. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

That note of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann. W. Pater. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. Observation; notice; heed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give orders to my servants that they take
No note at all of our being absent hence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. Notification; information; intelligence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The king . . . shall have note of this. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. State of being under observation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Small matters . . . continually in use and in note. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was scarce a family of note which had not poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

15. Stigma; brand; reproach. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Note of hand, a promissory note. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n. Noting. ] [ F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See Note, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

No more of that; I have noted it well. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. Abraham Lincoln (Gettysburg Address, 1863). [ PJC ]

2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. Maccaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They were both noted of incontinency. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To denote; to designate. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To annotate. [ R. ] W. H. Dixon. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To set down in musical characters. [ 1913 Webster ]

To note a bill or
To note a draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A book in which notes or memorandums are written. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A book in which notes of hand are registered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A case for holding paper money; a wallet.
Syn. -- wallet, billfold. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus including the tiger snakes.
Syn. -- genus Notechis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Well known by reputation or report; eminent; famous; prominent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler. -- Not"ed*ly, adv. -- Not"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Useful. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not attracting notice; not conspicuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Noteless as the race from which he sprung. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being noteless. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little or short note; a billet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who takes notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An annotator. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the trademark Post-it registered by the 3M Corporation. ] A small sheet of paper having the back part partly covered with a non-permanent gum which allows the note to be attached temporarily to another object, and easily removed without leaving any trace of glue on the object to which it was affixed. Such note papers are sold in pads of varying sizes. [ Trademark ] [ PJC ]

(Com.) A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. praenotare; prae before + notare to note. ] To note or designate beforehand. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Com.) A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the
receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the
mate's receipt, and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]