noue, n.f., gutter-lead; pantile; pasture ground; cod-sound.

noué, -e, part., knotted, tied, rickety. Enfant —; rickety child; (of fruits) set. Une pièce de théâtre bien —e; dramatic piece, with a skillfully drawn plot.

nouement (noo-mān), n.m., knotting, tying.

nouer, v.a., to tie, to knot, to join; to get up, to concoct; to twist; to clasp, to form; (nav.) to hitch.

se nouer, v.r., to attach, to fasten one’s self; to grow rickety; (of fruits) to set.

nouer, v.n., (hort.) to set (of fruit).

nouet, n.m., little bag.

noueur, n.m., tier, binder.

noueu-x, -se, adj., knotty, gnarled, knotted, full of knots, nodose.

nougat, n.m., almond-cake.