NATHMORE
Nath"more`, adv. Etym: [OE. na the more.]
Defn: Not the more; never the more. [Obs.] penser.
NATICA
Nat"i*ca, n.; pl. Naticas (, L. NaticÆ (. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to
Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidæ.)
They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.
NATICOID
Nat"i*coid, a. Etym: [Natica + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or belonging to Natica, or the family Naticæ.
NATION Na"tion, n. Etym: [F. nation, L. natio nation, race, orig., a being born, fr. natus, p.p. of nasci, to be born, for gnatus, gnaci, from the same root as E. kin. *44. See Kin kindred, and cf. Cognate, Natal, Native.]
1. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished
from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a
stock.
All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. Rev. vii. 9.
2. The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own. A nation is the unity of a people. Coleridge. Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. F. S. Key.