Defn: The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives.

NUMBLESS
Num"bless, n. pl.

Defn: See Nombles.

NUMBNESS
Numb"ness, n.

Defn: The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.

NUMERABLE
Nu"mer*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. numerabilis. See Number, v. t.]

Defn: Capable of being numbered or counted.

NUMERAL Nu"mer*al, a. Etym: [L. numeralis, fr. numerus number: cf. F. numéral. See Number, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals. A long train of numeral progressions. Locke.

2. Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.