nor : Idioms & Phrases

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It is neither, here nor there

  • it is neither in this place nor in that, neither in one place nor in another; hence, it is to no purpose, irrelevant, nonsense. mostly used to mean "irrelevant" Shak.
Webster 1913

Neither fish nor flesh

  • (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other.
Webster 1913

Neither head nor tail

  • neither beginning nor end; neither this thing nor that; nothing distinct or definite; a phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused; as, they made neither head nor tail of the matter. Colloq.
Webster 1913

nor'-east

  • noun the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
    NE; northeast; northeastward.
  • adverb to, toward, or in the northeast
    north-east; northeast.
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nor'-nor'-east

  • noun the compass point that is midway between north and northeast
    north northeast; NNE.
  • adverb to, toward, or in the north-northeast
    north-northeast.
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nor'-nor'-west

  • noun the compass point that is midway between north and northwest
    NNW; north northwest.
  • adverb to, toward, or in the north-northwest
    north-northwest.
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nor'-west

  • noun the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
    NW; northwest; northwestward.
  • adverb to, toward, or in the northwest
    north-west; northwest.
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nor-q-d

  • noun trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone
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