(fem.) One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

(n.) The head.

(n.) A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman.

(n.) Name.

(n.) A noggin.

(n.) A kind of strong ale.

(n.) A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.

(n.) One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine.

(n.) A treenail to fasten the shores.

(v. t.) To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.

(v. t.) To fasten, as shores, with treenails.

(a.) No; not. See No, a.

(n.) The egg of a louse or other small insect.

(n.) A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.

(n.) The bill or beak of a bird; the neb.

(n.) The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.

(n.) One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.

(v. t.) To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.

(adv.) At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.

(adv.) Very lately; not long ago.

(adv.) At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.

(adv.) In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation.

(a.) Existing at the present time; present.

(n.) The present time or moment; the present.

(v. t.) To annoy; to vex.

(n.) That which annoys.

(v. t.) To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

(n.) A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story.

(n.) The nave of a church.

() Wot not; know not; knows not.

(a.) Shorn; shaven.

(adv.) A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.