Nervengeist
(See Psychic Body and Spiritualism .)
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Single-source entries: N (16)
These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Nervengeist, Nervii, Nervous Diseases.
Nervii
a powerful and warlike people of the ancient Gallia Belgica, whose territory stretched from the Sambre to the ocean, not subdued by Cæsar without an obstinate resistance.
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Nervous Diseases
diseases due either to actual changes in the structure of nerve-fibers or nerve-centers, or to some irregularity of nerve function without actual structural change. Thus nervous diseases may be due to inflammation or degeneration of nerve substance; to the pressure on some part of the nervous system of tumors, effused blood, or other fluid; to the death of some part by the cutting off of its blood supply, etc.; or may be the result of lowered nervous action as a part of general bad health.
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Ness
LOCH, a long, narrow lake of Inverness-shire, the second largest in Scotland, Scotland, 6½ 61/2 miles S. W. of Inverness; 50 feet above sea-level; length N. N. E. 22½ miles; average breadth 1 mile; area 19 square miles. It receives the Morriston, Oich, Foyers, and other streams, and sends off the river Ness to the Moray Firth. It lies in the valley of Glenmore, on the line of the Caledonian Canal, and is inclosed by steep mountains the highest, Mealfourvonie (2,284 feet). Owing to its great depth (in places 780 feet) it never freezes to any considerable extent.
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Nestor
in the legend of Troy, a Greek hero--"The wisest of the Greeks." He was king of Pylos. He was an old man when the expedition against Troy set sail , but he insisted on leading his own force of twenty ships. He enjoyed a high reputation for courage, wisdom, and eloquence. He took no part in fighting, but played the part of the aged counselor without whose advice no step of importance could be taken. The term is still used in modern politics. After his retirement from the presidential office, James Madison, for instance, whose advice was sought by the younger leaders, was called the Nestor of his party. See Troy
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Nestor
A son of Neleus and Chloris, nephew to Pelias , and grandson to Neptune. He was present at the bloody battle between the Lapithae and the Centaurs, which took place at the nuptials of Pirithous . As king of Pylos he led his soldiers to the Trojan war, where he distinguished himself among the Grecian chieftains by eloquence, wisdom, and prudence. Homer makes his character as the most perfect of all his heroes. After the Trojan war, Nestor retired to Greece, where he lived during his declining years in peace and tranquillity. The manner and time of his death are unknown. 2026 Editor's Note: The Mycenaean-era palace at Pylos is known as the Palace of Nestor despite a lack of evidence that he was an actual person (Ed: BR 2026-07-08)
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Nestor
in Greek legend, son of Neleus and Chloris. His father and 11 brothers were killed by Hercules; but the conqueror spared Nestor's life and placed him on the throne of Pylos. As ing of Pylos and Messenia, he led his subjects to the Trojan war, where he distinguished himself the the Grecian chiefs by eloquence, wisdom, and justice.
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Nestor
a Russian historian; born about 1056, was a monk at Kiev, and wrote a chronicle in his vernacular tongue, which has been the foundation of Slavonic history. He died after 1116.
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Nestorianism
the doctrine taught by NESTORIUS (q. v.), that there were two persons as well as two natures in Jesus Christ, and that the Virgin Mary was in no sense Theotokos, Mother of God, as she was the mother of the man Jesus and not of the Word. This doctrine was condemned by the Council of Ephesus, convened by Pope Celestine I., in A. D. 431. Nestorius was deposed, and the use of the Nicene Creed made obligatory. Nestorianism made rapid strides in the East. Since 1553 a portion of the Nestorians have been in communion with Rome, and are known as Chaldeans.
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Nestorius
Bishop of Constantinople (428-431). He incurred the charge of heresy (see NESTORIANISM). Cyril of Alexandria, at the Council of Ephesus in 431, procured the condemnation of the doctrine taught by Nestorius and the deposition of the patriarch. He was banished to the deserts of Egypt, where he suffered much and died in 440.
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Netting
in the manufacture of fabrics, the process of knotting cords into regular meshes to form nets. The handicraft of netting is so ancient that it is impossible to trace its origin. Originally, it was employed to furnish nets for catching fish and animals for food. As the ornamental arts developed netting of finer material was made to serve as foundation for lace and embroidery and for various articles of dress. Hand netting is in itself a simple process readily learned. The thread is wound lengthwise upon a flat wooden needle; the meshes are formed over a round stick, called the spool or mesh pin. The form of the knot having been learned, a little practice only is needful to the acquiring of dexterity. Machines for netting have been in use since about 1778. They are used with steam power, and for ordinary work require but one attendant. The word netting is at present in use to designate a large class of open work fabrics, not all of which are produced by the knotting of the threads. In bobbinet, or Brussel's net, for instance, two systems of thread are used, and are twisted about each other, instead of knotted, to form the mesh. Mosquito netting is a woven fabric, the threads in which are far apart.
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Nettlerash
or URTICARIA, the term applied to a common form of eruption on the skin. The eruption consists of wheals, or little solid eminences of irregular outline, and either white or red, or most commonly both red and white, there being a white center with a red margin. The rash is accompanied with great heat, itching, and irritation, but is always aggravated by scratching; the appearance on the skin and the sensation being very much like the appearance and feeling produced by the stinging of nettles; and hence the origin of its names.
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