Nobody (Temp. iii. 2). "The picture of Nobody was a common sign. There is also a woodcut prefixed to an old play of Nobody and Somebody, which represents him" (Singer).
Noddy (Two Gent. i. 1), a fool, or rather perhaps a nobody. "Thersites, the glorious noddy" (Puttenham).
"Ere you came here poor I was somebody,
The king delighted in me; now I am a noddy."
Dam. and Pith.
It may be connected with noodle. It was also a game at cards, something like cribbage, in which the knave was called knave-noddy, to which last, it may be, Speed alludes.
Nonce (1 H. IV. i. 2), or Nones, is simply ones, once, with the paragogic n, and signifying that one time.
Novum (L. L. L. v. 2), a game at dice, at which the full number of players would seem to have been five. As the principal throws were nine and five, it was named Novemquinque.
Nuncle, i.e. uncle with the paragogic n, of which there were so many instances. In Lear, it is the term used by the Fool to the King; and in Fletcher's Pilgrim (iv. 1), Alinda uses it, when assuming the character of a fool; but this may have been a mere imitation of the Fool in Lear. Uncle and Aunt (M. N. D. ii. 1, W. T. iv. 2) may have been originally only names for elderly persons: the former at least is still used in this manner in Cornwall; and the American custom of so styling elderly negroes of both sexes may be a remnant of it.
Nut-hook (M. W. i. 1, 2 H. IV. v. 4), a hook for pulling down the branches of nuts. It was, as in these places, used figuratively of a bailiff.