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Num"skull` (?), n. [Numb +
skull.] A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.
[Colloq.]

They have talked like numskulls.

Num"skulled` (?), a. Stupid;
doltish. [Colloq.]

Nun (?), n. [OE. nunne, AS.
nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr.
&?;, &?;; of unknown origin. Cf. Nunnery.]

1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who
lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and
obedience.

They holy time is quiet as a nun

Breathless with adoration.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) A
white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering
the head. (b) The smew.
(c) The European blue titmouse.

Gray nuns (R. C. Ch.), the members of
a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches
were introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called from the
color or their robe, and known in religion as Sisters of Charity
of Montreal.


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