NATIVE, n[=a]'tiv, adj. arising or appearing by birth: produced by nature: pertaining to the time or place of birth: belonging by birth, hereditary, natural, original: occurring uncombined with other substances, as metals.--n. one born in any place: an original inhabitant: (pl.) oysters raised in artificial beds.--adv. N[=A]'TIVELY.--ns. N[=A]'TIVENESS; N[=A]'TIVISM, the belief that the mind possesses some ideas or forms of thought that are inborn, and not derived from sensation: the disposition to favour the natives of a country in preference to immigrants; N[=A]'TIVIST.--adj. NATIVIS'TIC.--n. NATIV'ITY, state or fact of being born: time, place, and manner of birth: the birth of Christ, hence the festival of His birth, Christmas--also a picture representing His birth: state or place of being produced: a horoscope.--NATIVE ROCK, stone not yet quarried. [Fr.,--L. nativus--nasci, natus, to be born.]

NATRIX, n[=a]'triks, n. a genus of colubrine snakes. [L.,--nat[=a]re, to swim.]

NATROLITE, nat'ro-l[=i]t, n. one of the most common of the group of minerals known as Zeolites.

NATRON, n[=a]'trun, n. native carbonate of sodium, or mineral alkali, the nitre of the Bible.--n. NATROM'ETER, an instrument for measuring the quantity of soda in salts of potash and soda. [Fr.,--L. nitrum--Gr. nitron.]

NATTER, nat'[.e]r, v.t. and v.i. (prov.) to find fault.--adjs. NATT'ERED, NATT'ERY, peevish.

NATTERJACK, nat'[.e]r-jak, n. a common European toad. [Cf. Adder.]

NATTES, nats, n.pl. surface decoration or diaper resembling plaited or interlaced work. [Fr.]

NATTY, nat'i, adj. trim, tidy, neat, spruce.--adv. NATT'ILY.--n. NATT'INESS. [Allied to neat.]

NATURAL, nat'[=u]-ral, adj. pertaining to, produced by, or according to nature: inborn: not far-fetched: not acquired: tender: unaffected: in a state of nature, unregenerate: (math.) having 1 as the base of the system, of a function or number: illegitimate: (mus.) according to the usual diatonic scale.--n. an idiot: (mus.) a character ([Natural]) which removes the effect of a preceding sharp or flat: a white key in keyboard musical instruments.--adj. NAT'URAL-BORN, native.--n.pl. NATUR[=A]'LIA, the sexual organs.--n. NATURALIS[=A]'TION.--v.t. NAT'URALISE, to make natural or easy: to adapt to a different climate or to different conditions of life: to grant the privileges of natural-born subjects to.--ns. NAT'URALISM, mere state of nature: a close following of nature, without idealisation, in painting, sculpture, fiction, &c.: the belief that natural religion is of itself sufficient; NAT'URALIST, one who studies nature, more particularly zoology and botany: a believer in naturalism.--adj. NATURALIST'IC, pertaining to, or in accordance with, nature: belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.--adv. NAT'URALLY.--n. NAT'URALNESS.--NATURAL HISTORY, originally the description of all that is in nature, now used of the sciences that deal with the earth and its productions--botany, zoology, and mineralogy, esp. zoology; NATURAL LAW, the sense of right and wrong which arises from the constitution of the mind of man, as distinguished from the results of revelation or legislation; NATURAL NUMBERS, the numbers 1, 2, 3, and upwards; NATURAL ORDER, in botany, an order or division belonging to the natural system of classification, based on a consideration of all the organs of the plant; NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, the science of nature, of the physical properties of bodies: physics; NATURAL SCALE, a scale of music written without sharps or flats; NATURAL SCIENCE, the science of nature, as distinguished from that of mind (mental and moral science), and from pure science (mathematics); NATURAL SELECTION, a supposed operation of the laws of nature, the result of which is the 'survival of the fittest,' as if brought about by intelligent design; NATURAL SYSTEM, a classification of plants and animals according to real differences in structure; NATURAL THEOLOGY, or NATURAL RELIGION, the body of theological truths discoverable by reason without revelation.

NATURE, n[=a]'t[=u]r, n. the power which creates and which regulates the material world: the power of growth: the established order of things, the universe: the qualities of anything which make it what it is: constitution: species: conformity to nature, truth, or reality: inborn mind, character, instinct, or disposition: vital power, as of man or animal: course of life: nakedness: a primitive undomesticated condition.--adj. N[=A]'TURED, having a certain temper or disposition: used in compounds, as good-natured.--ns. N[=A]'TURE-D[=E]'ITY, a deity personifying some force of physical nature; N[=A]'TURE-MYTH, a myth symbolising natural phenomena; N[=A]'TURE-PRINT'ING, the process of printing in colours from plates that have been impressed with some object of nature, as a plant, leaf, &c.; N[=A]'TURE-WOR'SHIP, N[=A]'TURISM, worship of the powers of nature.--n. N[=A]'TURIST.--adj. NATURIST'IC.--DEBT OF NATURE, death; EASE, or RELIEVE, NATURE, to evacuate the bowels. [Fr.,--L. natura--nasci, natus, to be born.]

NAUGHT, nawt, n. no-whit, nothing.--adv. in no degree.--adj. of no value or account: worthless: bad.--BE NAUGHT, an obsolete form of malediction; COME TO NAUGHT, to come to nothing, to fail; SET AT NAUGHT, to treat as of no account, to despise. [Another form of nought. A.S. náht, náwiht--ná, not, wiht, a whit.]

NAUGHTY, nawt'i, adj. bad in conduct or speech: mischievous: perverse: disagreeable.--adv. NAUGHT'ILY.--n. NAUGHT'INESS.

NAUMACHY, naw'ma-ki, n. a sea-fight: a show representing a sea-fight.--Also NAUMACH'IA. [Gr. naus, a ship, mach[=e], a fight.]

NAUPLIUS, naw'pli-us, n. a stage of development of low Crustaceans, as cirripeds, &c.:--pl. NAU'PLII.--adjs. NAU'PLIIFORM, NAU'PLIOID. [L., a kind of shell-fish--Gr. Nauplios, a son of Poseidon, naus, a ship, plein, to sail.]

NAUROPOMETER, naw-r[=o]-pom'e-t[.e]r, n. an instrument for measuring a ship's heeling or inclination at sea. [Gr. naus, a ship, hrop[=e], inclination, metron, measure.]

NAUSCOPY, naw'skop-i, n. the art of sighting ships at great distances. [Gr. naus, a ship, skopein, to see.]

NAUSEA, naw'she-a, n. sea-sickness: any sickness of the stomach, with a tendency to vomit: loathing.--adj. NAU'SEANT, producing nausea.--n. a substance having this quality.--v.i. NAU'SE[=A]TE, to feel nausea or disgust.--v.t. to loathe: to strike with disgust.--n. NAUSE[=A]'TION.--adjs. NAU'SE[=A]TIVE, causing nausea or loathing; NAU'SEOUS, producing nausea: disgusting: loathsome.--adv. NAU'SEOUSLY.--n. NAU'SEOUSNESS. [L.,--Gr. nausia, sea-sickness--naus, a ship.]

NAUTCH, nawch, n. a kind of ballet-dance performed by professional dancers known as NAUTCH'-GIRLS in India: any form of stage entertainment with dancing. [Hind. n[=a]ch, dance.]

NAUTICAL, naw'tik-al, adj. of or pertaining to ships, to sailors, or to navigation: naval: marine.--adv. NAU'TICALLY.--NAUTICAL ALMANAC, an almanac giving information specially useful to sailors; NAUTICAL MILE, one-sixtieth of a degree measured at the Equator (=about 2025 yards). [L. nauticus--Gr. nautikos--naus; cog. with L. navis, a ship.]

NAUTILUS, naw'ti-lus, n. a Cephalopod found in the southern seas, once believed to sail by means of the expanded tentacular arms: a kind of diving-bell sinking or rising by means of condensed air:--pl. NAU'TILUSES, or NAU'TILI.--adjs. NAU'TILIFORM, NAU'TILOID.--PAPER NAUTILUS, any species of Argonauta. [L.,--Gr. nautilos, a sailor.]

NAVAL, n[=a]'val, adj. pertaining to ships: consisting of, or possessing, ships: marine: nautical: belonging to the navy.--NAVAL BRIGADE, a body of seamen so arranged as to be able to serve on land; NAVAL OFFICER, an officer on board a man-of-war: a custom-house officer of high rank in the United States; NAVAL TACTICS, the science and methods of managing and moving squadrons of ships. [Fr.,--L. navalis--navis, a ship.]

NAVE, n[=a]v, n. the middle or main body of a church, distinct from the aisles or wings.--n. N[=A]'VARCH, a Greek admiral. [Fr. nef--L. navis, a ship.]

NAVE, n[=a]v, n. the hub or piece of wood, &c., in the centre of a wheel, through which the axle passes.--v.t. to form as a nave. [A.S. nafu, nave; cf. Dut. naaf, Ger. nabe.]

NAVEL, n[=a]v'l, n. the mark or depression in the centre of the lower part of the abdomen, at first a small projection.--n. N[=A]V'EL-STRING, the umbilical cord. [A.S. nafela, dim. of nafu, nave.]

NAVEW, n[=a]'v[=u], n. the wild turnip.

NAVICULAR, nav-ik'[=u]-lar, adj. pertaining to small ships or boats: (bot.) boat-shaped: scaphoid.--n. a bone in man and animals, so called from its shape.--n. NAVIC'ULA, an incense-boat.--NAVICULAR DISEASE, an inflammation, often rheumatic, of the small bone--the navicular--in horses, below which passes the strong flexor tendon of the foot. [L. navicularis--navicula, dim. of navis, a ship.]

NAVIGATE, nav'i-g[=a]t, v.t. to steer or manage a ship in sailing: to sail upon.--v.i. to go in a vessel or ship: to sail.--ns. NAVIGABIL'ITY, NAV'IGABLENESS.--adj. NAV'IGABLE, that may be passed by ships or vessels.--adv. NAV'IGABLY.--ns. NAVIG[=A]'TION, the act, science, or art of sailing ships: shipping generally: a canal or artificial waterway; NAV'IGATOR, one who navigates or sails: one who directs the course of a ship.--NAVIGATION LAWS, the laws passed from time to time to regulate the management and privileges of ships, and the conditions under which they may sail or carry on trade.--AERIAL NAVIGATION, the management of balloons in motion; INLAND NAVIGATION, the passing of boats, &c., along rivers and canals. [L. navig[=a]re, -[=a]tum--navis, a ship, ag[)e]re, to drive.]