The Collaborative International Dictionary
London \Lon"don\, n. The capital city of England. London paste (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. London pride. (Bot.)
A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain.
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A name anciently given to the Sweet William.
--Dr. Prior.London rocket (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ( Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.
None \None\ (n[u^]n), a. & pron. [OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. n[=a]n, fr. ne not + [=a]n one. [root]193. See No, a. & adv., One, and cf. Non-, Null, a.]
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No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.
There is none that doeth good; no, not one.
--Ps. xiv. 3.Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.
--Ex. xvi. 26.Terms of peace yet none Vouchsafed or sought.
--Milton.None of their productions are extant.
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No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.
None of, not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically. ``They knew that I was none of the register that entered their admissions in the universities.''
--Fuller.None-so-pretty (Bot.), the Saxifraga umbrosa. See London pride (a), under London.