Mutter - MUT'TER, v.i. [L. mutio, muttio, and musso, mussito; allied perhaps to muse, which see.]
1. To utter words with a low voice and compressed lips, with sullenness or in complaint; to grumble; to murmur.
Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare,
And mutter to himself.
2. To sound with a low rumbling noise.
Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.
MUT'TER, v.t. To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low murmuring voice.
Your lips have spoken lies,your tongue hath muttered perverseness. Isa 59.
They in sleep will mutter their affairs.
MUT'TER, n. Murmur; obscure utterance.
Near - NEAR, a. [This seems to be a contracted word, from nigher, the comparative of neh, nih or nieh; strait, narrow; to narrow]
1. Nigh; not far distant in place, time or degree. Regularly, near should be followed by to, but this is often omitted. We say, a house stands near a river; a friend sits near me; the man fell and was near destruction.
And Jacob went near to Isaac his father. Gen 27.
Now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Rom 13.
2. Closely related by blood.
She is thy fathers near kinswoman. Lev 18.
3. Not distant in affection, support or assistance; present; ready; willing to aid.
Call upon the Lord, while he is near. Isa 55.
4. Intimate; united in close ties of affection or confidence; as a near friend.
5. Dear; affecting ones interest or feelings; as a near concern.
My nearest life.
6. Close; parsimonious.
7. Close; not loose, free or rambling; as a version near the original.
8. Next to one; opposed to off; as the near horse or ox in a team.
NEAR, adv. Almost; within a little. It is near twelve oclock. The payment of such a sum would go near to ruin him.
NEAR, v.t. To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land; a seamans phrase.
Night - NIGHT, n. [The sense may be dark, black, or it may be the decline of the day, from declining, departing.]
1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise.
2. The time after the close of life; death. John 9.
She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
3. A state of ignorance; intellectual and moral darkness; heathenish ignorance. Rom 13.
4. Adversity; a state of affliction and distress. Isa 21.
5. Obscurity; a state of concealment from the eye or the mind; unintelligibleness.
Nature and natures works lay hid in night.
In the night, suddenly; unexpectedly. Luke 12.
To-night, in this night. To-night the moon will be eclipsed.
None - NONE, a.
1. Not one; used of persons or things.
There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Psa 14.
2. Not any; not a part; not the least portion.
Six days shall ye gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. Exo 16.
3. It was formerly used before nouns; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life. This use is obsolete; we now use no; thou shalt have no assurance. This is none other but the house of God; we now say, no other.
4. It is used as a substitute, the noun being omitted. He walketh through dry places, seeking rest and finding none; that is, no rest. Mat 7.
5. In the following phrase, it is used for nothing, or no concern. Israel would none of me, that is, Israel would not listen to me at all; they would have no concern with me; they utterly rejected my counsels.
6. As a substitute, none has a plural signification.
Terms of peace were none vouchsafed.
Notable - NOT'ABLE, a. [L. known; to know.]
1. Remarkable; worthy of notice; memorable; observable; distinguished or noted.
They bore two or three charges from the horse with notable courage.
Two young men of notable strength. 2 Maccabees.
2. Active; industrious; careful; as a notable woman.
[In both senses, this word is obsolete in elegant style, or used only in irony. The second sense is in colloquial use in New England.
3. In Scripture, conspicuous; sightly; as a notable horn. Dan 8.
4. Notorious. Mat 27.
5. Terrible. Acts 2.
6. Known or apparent. Acts 4.
NOT'ABLE, n.
1. In France, the nobles or persons of rank and distinction were formerly called notables.
2. A thing worthy of observation.