Noisy
(Nois"y) a. [Compar. Noisier ; superl. Noisiest.] [From Noise.]
1. Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.
2. Full of noise. "The noisy town." Dryden.
Nolde
(Nol"de) [Contr. fr. ne wolde.] Would not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Nole
(Nole) n. [See Noll.] The head. [Obs.] Shak.
Noli-me-tangere
(||No"li-me-tan"ge*re) n. [L., touch me not.]
1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe,
discharge their seeds. — See Impatiens. (b) The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
2. (Med.) A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted
to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.
Nolition
(No*li"tion) n. [L. nolle not to will, to be unwilling; ne + velle to will, to be willing.] Adverse
action of will; unwillingness; — opposed to volition.
A nolition and a direct enmity against the lust.
Jer. Taylor. Noll
(Noll) n. [OE. nol, AS. hnoll top; akin to OHG. hnol top, head.] The head; the noddle. [Obs.]
Nolleity
(Nol*le"i*ty) n. [L. nolle to be unwilling.] The state of being unwilling; nolition. [R.]
Nolle prosequi
(||Nol"le pros"e*qui) [L., to be unwilling to prosecute.] (Law) Will not prosecute; — an
entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either
wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.
Nolo contendere
(||No"lo con*ten"de*re) [L., I do not wish to contend.] (Law) A plea, by the defendant,
in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea
of guilty.
Nol. pros.
(Nol. pros.) An abbrev. of Nolle prosequi.
Nol-pros
(Nol`-pros") v. t. [imp. & p. p. -prossed ; p. pr. & vb. n. -prossing.] To discontinue by entering
a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.
Nolt
(Nolt) n. sing. & pl. Neat cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
