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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Prob. fr. OF.

nous

, nom. sing. or acc. pl. of

nou

knot, F.

nœud

, L.

nodus

. Cf.

A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

(noōz)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Noosed

(noōzd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Noosing

To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.

Noun.

A running knot, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

Where the hangman does dispose to special friend the knot of noose.

Verb.

To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to ensnare.