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AS. n&?;ntīd the ninth hour.]
The time of noon; midday.

Noose (?), n. [Prob. fr. OF.
nous, nom. sing. or acc. pl. of nou knot, F.
n&?;ud, L. nodus. Cf. Node.] A running
knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

Noose (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Noosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Noosing.] To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to
entrap; to insnare.

Noot (?). See lst Not. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

No"pal (?), n. [Mexican
nopalli.] (Bot.) A cactaceous plant (Nopalea
cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal
insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes
given to other species of Cactaceæ.

No"pal*ry (?), n.; pl.
Nopalries (&?;). A plantation of the nopal for
raising the cochineal insect.

Nope (?), n. (Zoöl.) A
bullfinch. [Prov.

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