Defn: An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls. [India]
NAUTIC
Nau"tic, a. Etym: [See Nautical.]
Defn: Nautical.
NAUTICAL Nau"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. nauticus, Gr. nautique. See Nave of a church.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.
Syn.
— Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval. Nautical almanac. See under
Almanac.
— Nautical distance, the length in nautical miles of the rhumb line
joining any two places on the earth's surface.
— nautical mile. see under Mile.
NAUTICALLY
Nau"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affais.
NAUTIFORM
Nau"ti*form, a. Etym: [Gr. -form.]
Defn: Shaped like the hull of a ship.