1. (Roman Cal.) The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November,
and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before
the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.
2. [F. none, fr. L. See Noon.] The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary, recited at noon (formerly
at the ninth hour, 3 P. M.) in the Roman Catholic Church.
3. The hour of dinner; the noonday meal. [Obs.]
At my supper and sometimes at nones.
P. Plowman. Nonessential
(Non`es*sen"tial) a. Not essential.
Nonessential
(Non`es*sen"tial), n. A thing not essential.
Non est factum
(||Non` est` fac"tum) [Law L. it is not (his) deed.] (Law) The plea of the general issue in
an action of debt on bond.
Non est inventus
(||Non` est` in*ven"tus) [L., he is not found.] (Law) The return of a sheriff on a writ,
when the defendant is not found in his county. Bouvier.
Nonesuch
(None"such`) n. A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a
thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a
species of medic a variety of pottery clay, etc.
Nonet
(No*net" ||No*net"to) , n. [From L. nonus ninth, like E. duet, fr. L. duo.] (Mus.) A composition
for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices.
Nonett
(Non"ett) n. (Zoöl.) The titmouse. [Obs.]
Nonexecution
(Non*ex`e*cu"tion) n. Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
Nonexistence
(Non`ex*ist"ence) n.
1. Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity. A. Baxter.
2. A thing that has no existence. Sir T. Browne.
Nonexistent
(Non`ex*ist"ent) a. Not having existence.
Nonexportation
(Non*ex`por*ta"tion) n. A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.
Nonextensile
(Non`ex*ten"sile) a. Not extensile; incapable of being stretched.
Non-feasance
(Non-fea"sance) n. [Pref. non- + OF. faisance a doing, fr. faire to do.] (Law) An
omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance.
Nonfulfillment
(Non`ful*fill"ment), n. Neglect or failure to fulfill.
Nonillion
(No*nil"lion) n. [L. nonus ninth + -illion, as in E. million.] According to the French and American
notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a
million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
Nonimportation
(Non*im`por*ta"tion) n. Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
Nonimporting
(Non`im*port"ing) a. Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.
