NUMSKULLED
Num"skulled`, a.
Defn: Stupid; doltish. [Colloq.]
NUN Nun, n. Etym: [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. Nunnery.]
1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration. Wordsworth.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. (b) The smew. (c) The European blue titmouse. Gray nuns (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; — so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as Sisters of Charity of Montreal. — Nun buoy. See under Buoy.
NUNATAK
Nu"na*tak, n.; pl. -taks (#) (the pl. form Nunatakker is Swedish).
[Eskimo nunættak.]
Defn: In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet.
NUNC DIMITTIS
Nunc" di*mit"tis. [L. nunc now + dimittis thou lettest depart.]
(Eccl.)
Defn: The song of Simeon (Luke ii. 29-32), used in the ritual of many churches. It begins with these words in the Vulgate.
NUNCHION Nun"chion, n. Etym: [OE. nonechenche, for noneschenche, prop., a noon drink; none noon + schenchen, schenken, skinken, to pour, AS. scencan. See Noon, and Skink, v. i.]