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No., No.
an abbreviation of L. numero, abl. sing. of numerus, used in place of, and pronounced as, the word number. Also pl. Nos. ‘numbers’. (Cf. F. numéro, It. and Sp. numero.)
In early use meaning ‘in number’.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 129 They goe two months, & then bring forth a blind off-spring like bitches, no. eight or nine. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2) s.v. N, Take of Jujubes No vi. that is, six in number. 1719Quincy Phys. Dict. (1722), No. In Prescription is often used to signify the Number of any Things, as Cariophyllorum No vi. is six Cloves.
1753Chambers' Cycl., Suppl. s.v. Otis, See Tab. of Birds, No 28. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 721/2 When the magnifiers, No 4, 5, or 6, are used. 1836–7Dickens Sk. Boz, Scenes ii, Mrs. Macklin, of No. 4..opened her little street door. 1840Dickens Let. 4 Feb. (1969) II. 18, I am curious to see how the idea of the first No. of my projected work strikes you. 1873Tristram Moab vii. 131 They knew the sportsmen had only No. 7 in their barrels. 1888Pall Mall G. 21 Sept. 2/2 ‘No. 9’ is, of course, world-famous. 1905Strand Mag. Apr. 376/1 George II..made a present of No. 10 [Downing Street] to his Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and his successors. 1924J. Buchan Three Hostages xvii. 242 It was eventually arranged that the district-visitor should call at No. 4 the following afternoon. 1937N. Marsh Vintage Murder v. 47 He was advancing a No. 4 company in St. Helens. I was selling tickets for the worst show in England. 1972Oxford Times 15 Sept. 18/1 Conversion of house into 2 No. self contained flats. 1974M. Gilbert Flash Point ii. 14 It's No. 276 Coalporter Street.
b. No. 9 (Mil.): see quot 1917.
1911Pharmaceutical Formulas (ed. 8) 922/2 (heading) Army Pill No. 9. 1917A. G. Empey Over Top 301 ‘No. 9.’ A pill the doctor gives you if you are suffering with corns or barber's itch or any disease at all. |