Chapter Nervously to Neurochordal of N by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Nettle
(Net"tle), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nettled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Nettling ] To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.

The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself.

L'Estrange.

Nettlebird
(Net"tle*bird`) n. (Zoöl.) the European whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]

Nettler
(Net"tler) n. One who nettles. [R.] Milton.

Nettles
(Net"tles) n. pl. [See Knittle.] (Naut.) (a) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting. (b) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams. (c) Reef points.

Nettling
(Net"tling) n. (Rope Making) (a) A process (resembling splicing) by which two ropes are joined end to end so as to form one rope. (b) The process of tying together the ends of yarns in pairs, to prevent tangling.

Nettling
(Net"tling), p. pr. & a. Stinging; irritating.

Nettling cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso.

Netty
(Net"ty) a. Like a net, or network; netted. [R.]

Net-veined
(Net"-veined`) a. Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf.

Network
(Net"work`) n.

1. A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.

2. Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.

Neurad
(Neu"rad) adv. [Gr. nerve + L. ad to.] (Anat.) Toward the neural side; — opposed to hæmad.

Neural
(Neu"ral) a. (Anat. & Zoöl.) relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; — opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal.

Neural arch (Anat.), the cartilaginous or bony arch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segment of the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinal cord.

Neuralgia
(Neu*ral"gi*a) n. [NL., from Gr. nerve + pain. See nerve.] (Med.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion. Dunglison.

Neuralgic
(Neu*ral"gic) a. Of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia; as, a neuralgic headache.

Neuralgy
(Neu*ral"gy) n. Neuralgia.

Neurapophysial
(Neu*rap`o*phys"i*al) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a neurapophysis.

Neurapophysis
(||Neu`ra*poph"y*sis) n.; pl. Neurapophyses [NL. See Neuro-, and Apophysis.] (Anat.) (a) One of the two lateral processes or elements which form the neural arch. (b) The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine; spinous process.