2. A nest; a receptacle. [Obs.] Bacon.
NESTLING
Nes"tling, a.
Defn: Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.
NESTOR
Nes"tor, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.
NESTORIAN
Nes*to"ri*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Ant: Eutychian.
NESTORIAN
Nes*to"ri*an, a.
1. Of or relating to the Nestorians.
2. relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.