N

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - N
Author: Noah Webster

N is the fourteenth letter of the English Alphabet, and an articulation formed by placing the end of the tongue against the root of the upper teeth. It is an imperfect mute or semi-vowel, and a nasal letter; the articulation being accompanied with a sound through the nose. It has one sound only, and after m is silent or nearly so, as in hymn and condemn. N, among the ancients, was a numeral letter signifying 900, and with a stroke over it, 9000. Among the lawyers, N. L. stood for non liquet, the case is not clear. In commerce, No. Is an abbreviation of the French nombre, and stands for number. N.S. stands for New Style.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "N," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed November 27, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UGSGN27SIQBTWBA.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "N." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 27 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UGSGN27SIQBTWBA.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'N' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 27 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UGSGN27SIQBTWBA.