GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 4 definitions

1.       
   Lyrie , n. [Icel. hlȳri a sort of fish.] (Zool.) A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.
   1913 Webster
         
       

2.       
   Noble , a. [Compar. Nobler ; superl. Noblest .] [F. noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, fr. noscere to know. See know.]
   Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
   1913 Webster
   Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong
   To nobler poets for a nobler song.
   Dryden.
   
   1913 Webster
   Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
   1913 Webster
   Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.
   1913 Webster
   ☞ Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded.
   1913 Webster
   Noble gas (Chem.), a gaseous element belonging to group VIII of the periodic table of elements, not combining with other elements under normal reaction conditions; specifically, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, or radon; also called inert gas. -- Noble metals (Chem.), silver, gold, and platinum; -- so called from their resistance to oxidation by air and to dissolution by acids.  Copper, mercury, aluminium, palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes included.
   1913 Webster
   Syn. -- Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted; superior; sublime; great; eminent; illustrious; renowned; stately; splendid; magnificent; grand; magnanimous; generous; liberal; free.
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

3.       
   Noble, n.
   A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
   1913 Webster
   An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61 (in 1913).
   1913 Webster
   (Zool.) A European fish; the lyrie.
   1913 Webster
         
       

4.       
   Noble, v. t. To make noble; to ennoble. [Obs.]
   1913 Webster
   Thou nobledest so far forth our nature.
   Chaucer.
   
   1913 Webster