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- English Word Navigation Definition the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one place to another, including, more especially, the method of determining a ship's position, course, distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy.
- English Word Navigation Definition The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.
- English Word Navigation Definition Ships in general.
- English Word Navigator Definition One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.
- English Word Navigerous Definition Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.
- English Word Navus Definition A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries.
- English Word Navvy Definition Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc.
- English Word Navy Definition A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.
- English Word Navy Definition The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
- English Word Navy Definition The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
- English Word Nawab Definition A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.
- English Word Nawl Definition An awl.
- English Word Nay Definition No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.
- English Word Nay Definition Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.
- English Word Nay Definition Denial; refusal.
- English Word Nay Definition a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
- English Word Nay Definition To refuse.
- English Word Nayaur Definition A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.
- English Word Nays Definition of Nay
- English Word Nayt Definition To refuse; to deny.