NUPTIAL Nup"tial, a. Etym: [L. nuptialis, fr. nuptiae marriage, wedding, fr. nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the head of the bride was covered with a veil; cf. Gr. nuptial.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton.
NUPTIAL
Nup"tial, n.; pl. Nuptials (.
Defn: Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; — now only in the plural.
Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come.
Shak.
Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials. Prescott.
NUR
Nur, n. Etym: [Cf. Knur.]
Defn: A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in
playing hockey.
I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather. W. Howitt.
NURAGHE; NURAGH Nu*ra"ghe, n.; It. pl. -ghi. Also Nu"ragh, etc. [It. dial. (Sardinia) nuraghe).]
Defn: One of the prehistoric towerlike structures found in Sardinia.
The so-called nuraghi, conical monuments with truncated summits, 30- 60 ft. in height, 35-100 ft. in diameter at the base, constructed sometimes of hewn, and sometimes of unhewn blocks of stone without mortar. They are situated either on isolated eminences or on the slopes of the mountains, seldom on the plains, and usually occur in groups. They generally contain two (in some rare instances three) conically vaulted chambers, one above the other, and a spiral staircase constructed in the thick walls ascends to the upper stories. Baedeker.
NURL
Nurl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nurled; p. pr. & vb. n. Nurling.] Etym:
[Cf. Knurl.]