the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 243-246.
The letter N came into English through the Latin and Greek from the Phoenician, which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It is etymologically most closely related to M. See M.
n. (Print.) A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.
a. & adv. No, not. See No.
n. n>1.n> The summit of an eminence.
n>2.n> (Firearms) The cock of a gunlock. Knight.
n>3.n> (Locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot. Knight.
v. t. n>1.n> To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.
n>2.n> To capture; to arrest;
n. Pulverized sugar candy. Crabb.
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n. n>1.n> A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
n>2.n> One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth. “A bilious old nabob.” Macaulay.
n. n>1.n> A pale red color, with a cast of orange. Ure.
n>2.n> Fine linen or crape dyed of this color. Ure.
n. n>1.n> A small boat.
n>2.n> The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc.
n>3.n> A streamlined enclosure on an airplane, as for the engine or for the cargo or passengers; -- formerly used to refer to the boatlike, inclosed body of an airplane which is usually now called the