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Webster 1913 Edition
Note
Note
(nōt)
, Verb.
T.
[AS.
hnītan
to strike against, imp. hnāt
.] To butt; to push with the horns.
[Prov. Eng.]
Note
,Noun.
Nut.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Note
,Noun.
[AS.
notu
use, profit.] Need; needful business.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
1.
A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the
notes
of external profession. Hooker.
She [the Anglican church] has the
note
of possession, the note
of freedom from party titles,the note
of life – a tough life and a vigorous. J. H. Newman.
What a
note
of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! Mrs. Humphry Ward.
2.
A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
3.
A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
The best writers have been perplexed with
notes
, and obscured with illustrations. Felton.
4.
A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
5.
pl.
Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said;
as, to preach from
; also, a reporter’s memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings. notes
6.
A short informal letter; a billet.
7.
A diplomatic missive or written communication.
8.
A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment;
as, a promissory
note
; a note
of hand; a negotiable note
.9.
A list of items or of charges; an account.
[Obs.]
Here is now the smith's
note
for shoeing. Shakespeare
10.
(Mus.)
(a)
A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:
(b)
A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
(c)
A key of the piano or organ.
The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal
note
. Milton.
That
note
of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann. W. Pater.
11.
Observation; notice; heed.
Give orders to my servants that they take
No
No
note
at all of our being absent hence. Shakespeare
12.
Notification; information; intelligence.
[Obs.]
The king . . . shall have
note
of this. Shakespeare
13.
State of being under observation.
[Obs.]
Small matters . . . continually in use and in
note
. Bacon.
14.
Reputation; distinction;
as, a poet of
. note
There was scarce a family of
note
which had not poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold. Prescott.
15.
Stigma; brand; reproach.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Note of hand
, a promissory note.
Note
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Noted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Noting
.] 1.
To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.
Pope.
No more of that; I have
noted
it well. Shakespeare
2.
To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
Every unguarded word . . . was
noted
down. Maccaulay.
3.
To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.
[Obs.]
They were both
noted
of incontinency. Dryden.
4.
To denote; to designate.
Johnson.
5.
To annotate.
[R.]
W. H. Dixon.
6.
To set down in musical characters.
To note a bill
or To note a draft
to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
Webster 1828 Edition
Note
NOTE
, for ne wote, knew not or could not.NOTE
,Noun.
1.
A mark or token; something by which a thing may be known; a visible sign.They who appertain to the visible church have all the notes of external profession.
2.
A mark made in a book, indicating something worthy of a particular notice.3.
A short remark; a passage or explanation in the margin of a book.4.
A minute, memorandum or short writing intended to assist the memory.5.
Notice; heed.Give order to my servants that they take no note at all of our being absent hence.
6.
Reputation; consequence; distinction; as men of note. Acts 16. 7.
State of being observed.Small matters, continually in use and note. [Little used.]
8.
In music, a character which marks a sound, or the sound itself; as a semibreve, a minim, &c. Notes are marks of sounds in relation to elevation or depresion, or to the time of continuing sounds.9.
Tune; voice; harmonious or melocious sounds.The wakeful bird tunes her nocturnal note.
One common note on either lyre did strike.
10.
Abbreviation; symbol.11.
A short letter; a billet.12.
Annotation; commentary; as the notes in Scott's Bible; to write notes on Homer.13.
A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt and promising payment; as a promissory note; a bank-note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.14.
Notes, plu. a writing; a written discourse; applied equally to minutes or heads of a discourse or argument, or to a discourse fully written. The advocate often has notes to assist his memory, and clergymen preach with notes or without them.15.
A diplomatic communication in writing; an official paper sent from one minister or envoy to another.My note of January 10th still remains unanswered.
NOTE
, v.t.1.
To observe; to notice with particular care; to heed; to attend to.No more of that; I have noted it well.
Their manners noted and their states survey'd.
2.
To set down in writing.Note it in a book. Isaiah 30.
3.
To charge, as with a crime; with of or for.They were both noted of incontinency.
NOTE
,Verb.
T.