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N A M
N ABOB, a vieeroy or ¡¡overnor of one of Ihe pro·
vinces of the MoguJ's empire. in India.
NAJ;ONASSAR, or JEra if NABONASSAR . See
A'T~ONO"Y , p. 493 .
N ADIR, in aflrooomy, thal poinl of Ihe heaven.whieh
is diam«,riCllly oppofile 10 Ihe zenilh, or poinI diretlly
Qver our heads. See ASTRONOMY, p. 4 3 5.
NJEVI, iD furgery, marks or excrc(cenccs made on the
Ikin of an befure ilO binh, vulgarly fuppofed 10
be occafioned by {he im.lgination of the mOlher.
NAHUM, or ¡he prophecJ O/NA HUM, a canooieal book
of Ihe Old Teflamenl .
Nahum, Ihe feventh of Ihe Iwel.. leffer prophets,
wa. a o>ti..e of E lkoOlai, a Iiule village of G.lile<.
T he fu bjea of his propheey is Ihe deltruaion of Ni.
neveh, whieh ~e deferibes in Ihe molt lively and pa·
thetic manner. his ll yle is bold and rigurative, and
c. nnOI be ex, eeded by ,he molt perfea m.fler. of
oratory. This propheey. wa, Teri6ed a' ,he tiege of
Ihal cily by Aflya¡¡os, in Ihe year of Ihe world 3318.
622 years before Chrifl.
NAIADS. in mYlhology, Ihe nylllph. of Ihe founla;n•.
See M VTHOLO GV.
NAIANT, in heraldry, a lerm ufed in blazoning 6Ihe"
wheo borne in ao horizontal poíture, as ir fwimming.
N AJAS, in bOlany, a genu. of Ihe moowcia monandria
clafs. Th.ie.lix oflhe male i. cylindrieal and bi6d; Ihe
eorolla eoofilts offour fegmeo!S ;' .nd there are no 61a·
meats : The fem~Lle has ncitber calix nar ~orolla, but one
piflil and an ova,ed e.pfule. There i. only one fpeeies,
viz . lbe marina, found in the European fea,s.
NAIL, uJlguiJ, in anatomy. S ee AN ATOMY, p. 256.
NA I LS , io building, &c. fmaJl fpikes of iron, braf., &c.
which being druve imo wood, fe.rve to biod ft: veral
'Pieccs togcther, or to (aficn fomething upon them.
N A 1 L, is al fa a mea(ure of Icogth, containiog the fix·
,eenlh pa" of a yard.
NAIRN , a horough and pO"·lown of eighl«o
miles eafl of lhe 10lvn of Inveroefs .
N AISSANT, in heraldry, is applied 'o any animal if·
{uing ou, of ,ue midfl,of fome ordinary••nd Ihewing
ooly hi. he.d, Ihoulder., foref«1 .nd leg., \Vilh Ihe
lip of hi. lail ; Ihe refl of hi. bo?y bei~g hid i~ ,he
fhicld. or fome chi1rge upon tt ; 10 WhlCR It dtffers
from ¡cruant , which dtnotes a living creature arifing
ou' of , he bo!!om of any ordin. ry or char2e.
NAKED SE ED', in bOlany. are Ihofe lh.. are nOI io·
elof<d in an y pod or eafe.
).lAMA; in bUlany, a genu. of Ihe penl.ndria digynia
daf.. The caJix coofifl. of tive leaves, aDd ,he eorol·
N ,o
N A P
la of five fegmenlS; aod Ihe c.pfule has one ceJl and
two valves. There are tWD fpecies, ooneof tnem na·
tives of-Britaio. .
NAl\IE, de';oles a word whereby m. n have agreed 10
exprefs fome idea; or whieh ferves 10 fignify • thiog
or fubj eft fpoken of. See GRAM"-'I..
N AMUR, a flrong cily ol Ihe Auflri.n N elherland.,
capital of the province of N amurt (jruated at the con..
/luenee of Ihe Sambre aDd Maefe: E. long. 4° so'.
N . l.!. 50° 30' .
NANCY, ,he e.pilal of L orrain iD Germany. ti,uated
in E . long. 6°, N . 1.1. 48° 44'.
N ANFIO , one of Ihe in.nds in Ihe Archipelago. fi,,·
teco miles round, and uruated in E . long_ 26° , N.
lat. 35° .
NANKING, Ihe eapilal of Ihe prMince of N.nkinf.
arul forme(ly of ,he Empire of China, is fi,u.¡ed in E.
long. 118° 30', N . lat . 32°.
N ANSAMU ND , a eounly of Virginia, in North Ame–
riel, foulh of Ihe Ine of"Wíghl counly, Ihrough which
the- river of Nanfamund runs.
N ANTZ, a eily of Franee in Ihe provinee of Bri!!any,
fituated on the river Loire, ip W. long. 10 30', N.
1'1.41° 15· '
NANTWICH. a markel lown ofChelhire. li,u'led fe–
ven'een miles fou,h ·wefl of Chefler.
N APJEA, in botany, a genu. of ,he monadelphia poly–
andria cI.r,. The ealiK is fimple and eylindrical ; aDd
,he e.pfule one feed . There are two fpeeies.
none of thcm natives of Britain .
NAPHTHA, in na,ural hiUory, a Huid mineraJ body.
of a Ihin eonfinenee, bright and penueid , of a (lrong
fínell, very rcadily infbmmable, aod, when pure, bUfO–
ing away without lea\'ing any refiduum.
The naphlha is found in eonfidenble quanlilies /lo.t–
ing QO the waterof certainfpring,;principally breaking
OUt al Ihe ude. of hills in Perfia, T artary, apd 'fome
parts of Ihe empire of China ; where if a lighled eandle
be hel" near ,h,e i, I. kes 6re ;,nd overfpread.
the furface of the water' ror a great cxtent, with a
flrong while Hame, and emi.. a verydifagreeable fmell .
The genuine oaphtha i, very rare in Europe ~ it is not
known 10 be any "here n' lurally pr.odueed here, and
wh.1 we fee of it is tenerally fophifliealed . D iflilled
by 'the reton, it yields an oil fome what thinner than
it ,... originally, and of a weaker fmell. The {ub–
ftance remaiDing at the bottom of lhe retort, has much
Ihe ref. mblanee of amber; and Dr H ill Ibinks i, highly
probable, Ihal Ibe origín Ihe amber i. from ,he
f. me [O" of prioeiple í D'Y. he lells us Ihal he ha. fue-
¿cede"