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Nones [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In the Roman calendar, 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 from the ides.

2. Prayers, formerly so called.

Nones [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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. 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.

Nonessential [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Not essential.

Nonessential [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A thing not essential.

Nonesuch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An extraordinary thing; a thing that has not its equal.

2. A plant of the genus Lychnis.

Nonesuch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc.