n. [ Jap. ] A type of dried seaweed, pressed into sheets and used as a seasoning or as a wrapper for sushi. [ PJC ]
n. [ Sp., from Ar. nā'ūra. ] A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From norite. ] (Geol.) Pertaining to the upper portion of the Laurentian rocks. T. S. Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Nurse. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) The cormorant. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ F., fr. Norvège Norway . ] (Min.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL. ] (Chem.) A supposed metal alleged to have been discovered in 1845 by the Swedish chemist