n. [ Corrupted fr. Indian nookhik meal. Palfrey. ] Indian corn parched, and beaten to powder, -- used for food by the Northern American Indians. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A criminal. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere to hurt. See Nuisance, Noxious. ]
adv. Hurtfully; injuriously. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. nocivus, fr. nocere to hurt. ] Hurtful; injurious. [ R. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Notch. ]
He took his arrow by the nock. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. nox, noctis, night + ambulare to walk: cf. F. noctambulation. ] Somnambulism; sleepwalking; walking in one's sleep. Quain. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
n. Somnambulism.
n. A somnambulist; a sleepwalker. [ 1913 Webster ]