No (?), n.; pl.
Noes (&?;). 1. A
refusal by use of the wordd
no; a denial.
2. A negative vote; one who
votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
No , adv. [OE. no, na, AS. nā; ne not + ā ever. AS. ne is akin
to OHG. ni, Goth.
ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W.
ni, L. ne, Gr.
nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. √ 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not, Nice, Nefarious.]
Nay;
not; not at
all; not in
any respect or degree; -- a
word expressing negation,
denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic.
We do no otherwise than we are willed.
Shak. I am
perplx'd and doubtful whether or no
I
dare accept this your congratulation.
Coleridge. There is none righteous, no, not one.
Rom. iii.
10. No! Nay, Heaven forbid.
Coleridge.
No (?), a. [OE. no, non, the same word
as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See None.]
Not any; not one; none.
Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee.
Gen. xiii.
8. That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.
Byron. &fist; In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. "No man." "Noon apothercary."
Chaucer.
Hear it pronounced