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Non`bi*tu"mi*nous (?), a.
Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.

Nonce (n&obreve;ns), n. [For the
nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for then
ones, where n. in then is a relic of
AS. m in ðam, dat. of the article and demonstrative
pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.]
The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; --
chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce.

The miller was a stout carl for the
nones.

And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared
him

A chalice for the nonce.

Nonce word, "a word apparently employed only
for the nonce". Murray (New English Dict.).

||Non`cha`lance" (?), n. [F. See
Nonchalant.] Indifference; carelessness;
coolness.

||Non`cha`lant" (?), a. [F., fr.
non not (L. non) + chaloir to concern one's self
for, fr.


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