natn.¹

Brit.

/nat/, U.S.

/næt/

Inflections: Plural nats, (in sense 3) nattes.

Forms: Middle English natte, 1500s (1600s– English regional) nat, 1500s (1600s– English regional) natt, 1600s knat (English regional (northern)).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nate.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French nate mat (mid 11th cent. in Old French; French natte ) < post-classical Latin natta (9th cent.; from early 12th cent. in British sources; also in form nata ), variant of matta mat n.¹ (see below). Compare mat n.¹The change from initial m- to n- in post-classical Latin may represent assimilation of the initial nasal to the following dental plosive, although compare nape n.² and discussion at that entry. It is unclear whether the following show the present word or a variant of Anglo-Norman nate :1313 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 138 j natte [bought in the hall 1d.]1361–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 385 Cum factura del nattes in coro.1399 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 17 In nattes emptis de Iohanne de Francia, 8d. In sense 3 after French natte (1856 in architectural use denoting a type of decorative work found in Romano-Byzantine churches).

Now English regional (northern) and Architecture.

†1. A mat, esp. one used in a church. Obsolete (in later use English regional (northern and eastern)).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > mat

mateOE

foot-cloth1344

nata1425

foot pace1543

stuorie1555

mattress1658

petate1843

a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 656 Buda, natte. Scorium, idem.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 247 (MED) Hauyng nothyng to wrappyn in thyn hed Sauff a brod hat, rent out off nattis olde.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 84 To make nattes, Storiare.

c1545 in P. A. Kennedy Notts. Househ. Inventories (1512–62) 39 A dishe banke a wyndowclothe an old frying pan a natt of straw.

1597 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 43 For makinge a natt for the wyves to knele on when they come to be churched.

1608 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich in Ant. Misc. II. pt. ii. 338 Paid for a natt for one of the stooles in the Churche, vjd.

1682 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 206 To George Newton for nats for the church, 3 s.

1730 Finghall Churchwardens' Accts. (MS) For two Nats, 7d.

1744 Finghall Churchwardens' Accts. (MS) Paid for a Natt 11d.

1877 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Nat, a mat.

†2. English regional (northern). A straw mattress. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > mattress

mattressc1300

dongec1440

nat1604

tye1615

1604 Inventory Goods Sir W. Reade in J. Raine Hist. & Antiq. N. Durham (1852) 177 (note) One stand bedsteede..One knat [mattress of plaited straw], [etc.]

1626 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 138 j liv'ry bedsted wth nat & cord.

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 343 Nat, a straw mattrass.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Nat, a straw-mattress.

3. Architecture. In form nattes, with uncertain grammatical agreement: surface decoration resembling interlaced or plaited work. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Nattes, the French word for natting or braiding: used in English for such work when of unusual or ornamental character. Hence—surface-decoration resembling or suggesting intertwined or plaited work.

1952 H. H. Saylor Dict. Archit. 118/1 Nattes, basket weave surface decoration.

Compounds

(In sense 1.)

† nat maker n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 11282 The natte-makere answerde.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 84 An Natte makere, storiator.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 247/2 Nat maker, natier.

Derivatives

† natting n. Obsolete rare matting.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plant fibre materials > [noun] > matting

matting1618

natting1649

1649 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 138 For the natting of yor worps: stoole & Mr Eds 2s. 8d.

1669 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 348 For covering the seates with natting in the Dean's closet 1s.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Natn.²

Brit.

/nat/, U.S.

/nɑt/

Forms: 1800s Nata, 1800s Nut, 1800s– Nat.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit naṭa.

Etymology: < Sanskrit naṭa dancer, actor, mountebank.The forms Nat, Nut reflect elision of the final vowel in vernacular South Asian pronunciation.

Now rare.

In South Asia: a member of an itinerant class of entertainers, fortune-tellers, etc., drawn from many different tribal groups.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] > member of class of performers

Nat1801

1801 D. Richardson in Asiatick Researches 7 457 Strictly speaking, these people might be denominated players or actors..but the appellation of Nut extends to several tribes, and properly belongs to many more.

1822 Examiner 23 June 398/1 A man of the caste of Nats, or tumblers.

1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 369/2 Naṭa, Naṭ, or Nuṭ,..a dancer, an actor, a tumbler, a public performer; applied also to a tribe of vagrants who live by feats of dexterity, sleight of hand, fortune-telling and the like.

1896 W. Crooke Tribes & Castes N.-W. Provinces & Oudh IV. 66 These Nats say that they came originally from Ratanpur and Bilâspur in the Central Provinces.

1908 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics I. 451/1 The ritual of the Nats, a tribe of wandering acrobats, is more remarkable.

1917 R. Kipling Eyes of Asia (1918) 8 The nature of the enemy in this war is like the Nat (juggler) who is compelled to climb a pole for his belly's sake.

1922 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India XI. 121 Any tribe may be represented among the people acting as Naṭs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

natn.³

Brit.

/nɑːt/, U.S.

/nɑt/

Inflections: Plural nats, unchanged.

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Burmese. Etymon: Burmese nāt.

Etymology: < Burmese nāt < Sanskrit nātha lord, protector.

In the indigenous religion of Burma (Myanmar): a spirit, demon, or supernatural being.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun]

ghostOE

spiritc1350

minda1398

sprite?1440

intelligencea1456

esperite1477

intelligency1582

genio1590

geniusa1592

ethereal1610

spirituality1628

supernatural1660

jynx1662

duende1691

atua1769

nat1819

demon1822

Wandjina1938

1819 F. Hamilton Acct. Kingdom Nepal i. i. 57 The Bhotiyas..worship all the spirits, that by the Burmas are called Nat.

a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 58/2 An inferior order of these Nat inhabit the rivers, woods, and mountains.

1858 C. T. Winter Six Months Brit. Burmah i. 13 The Nats who guard the royal city, palace, and umbrella.

1878 C. J. F. S. Forbes Brit. Burma viii. 223 A man going on a journey through a forest, comes to a large and conspicuous tree..and places..an offering to the Nát of the tree.

1923 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 149/1 We had been talking..of folk-lore, superstitions, witches, djinns, nats, spookes, ghouls.

1968 O. Wynd Sumatra Seven Zero i. 10 Rubies..only come out of the ground when their protecting ‘nats’ permit it.

1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 June x. 14/1 As we now believe pop stars and sports heroes are superhuman, the Burmese believe in nats.

Compounds

C1.

nat worship n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > nat worship > [noun]

nat worship1833

1833 A. Judson Let. 29 Nov. in F. Wayland Mem. A. Judson (1853) II. 56 The best outward test is to have refrained from rum, nat-worship, &c.

1885 Science 7 Aug. 108/1 Shamanism, or Nat worship, is not only the sole religion of most of the hill-tribes in Indo-China, but has been absorbed into the worship of the followers of Buddha.

1965 M. Nash Golden Road to Modernity ix. 320 There is a system of animistic belief (nat worship) which is integrated with Buddhism and gives a villager a belief system reaching from hut to heaven and beyond.

1999 S. Sered Women of Sacred Groves 15 I do wish to point to contemporary nat worship in Myanmar..and women miko in Japan as possible remainders of more extensive women's religious roles.

nat worshipper n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > nat worship > [noun] > person

nat worshipper1906

1906 J. G. R. Forlong Faiths of Man I. 257 Its [sc. Burma's] population in 1894 was..Nāt worshipers..420,000.

1923 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 183/2 They are all Nat or spirit worshippers.

C2.

nat-conscious adj.

ΚΠ

1974 Times 30 Apr. 16/7 The monks are tolerant of Nats: a good many of them are probably Nat-conscious themselves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Natn.⁴adj.

Brit.

/nat/, U.S.

/næt/, South African English

/næt/,

/nʌt/

Forms: 1900s– Nat, 1900s– Nat. ((with point).). Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: national n., nationalist n.; national adj.

Etymology: As noun shortened < national n. (in senses A. 1 and A. 2), nationalist n. (in sense A. 3). As adjective shortened < national adj.

Politics.

A. n.⁴

1. Originally South African. A member of any of the successive parties named the National Party in South Africa, esp. the party which came to power in 1948.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > South African politics > specific parties > member of

Nat1926

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > nationalist parties > member of

Welsh nationalist1863

Scottish nationalist1928

Scot Nat1929

Nat1958

Scots Nat1968

1926 M. Nathan S. Afr. from Within 274 Of late there has been much talk of toenadering or rapprochement between the ‘Saps’ and the ‘Nats’.

1958 New Statesman 22 Mar. 367/2 The movement..cannot lose momentum. The Nats must know this, unless the strain of continually having to defend an indefensible position has lost them their sanity.

1973 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 8 July 14 The review will find great appeal with the South African who votes Prog and Sap but who every day thanks the Lord for the Nats.

1994 P. Lee in Style May 59 We are starting to grasp a future without the wagging finger of a Nat in a hat.

2. Originally New Zealand. A member of the National Party in New Zealand.Frequently with slightly derogatory implication.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > other national politics > [noun] > specific New Zealand principles, parties, or partisans

Red Fed1912

Red-Fedism1917

national1938

Nat1939

Socred1975

Rogernomics1985

Social Credit League1986

1939 J. A. Lee Diary 18 Mar. (1981) 138 At the same time the Nats circulate my scarlet letter.

1975 Listener 10 May 8 Bona fide Nats who spend their childhood on horseback are not expected to ever walk properly.

1999 Listener 6 Mar. 29 McCarthy..believes the Nats are going to be very crook indeed if they don't see their rural vote is evaporating.

3. A Scottish or Welsh Nationalist.

ΚΠ

1967 Economist 18 Mar. 1008/2 Both Scotland and Wales could in time do well. But the start of their national lives would be bleak... One cannot take seriously the present Nats who advocate freedom and promise prosperity in one breath.

1974 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 28 Apr. 5/5 And there are other Labour strongholds where it wouldn't need much of a swing to put in the Nats.

1994 Guardian 2 July 26/1 A..boot up the backside for..the Scottish Labour establishment, without actually delivering the seat to the Nats.

B. adj.

Originally South African. Of, designating, or characteristic of the National Party in South Africa.

ΚΠ

1938 Forum (Johannesburg) 25 Apr. 48 (caption) Nat Party.

1955 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 2 May 11 West believes in Nat. Policy of ‘Baasskap’.

1991 Sunday Tribune (Durban) 19 May 20 One knows, of course, that Maggie has friends in high Nat places.

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† natadv.

Forms: Middle English nate, Middle English–1500s natt, Middle English–1600s nat.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: naught adv.

Etymology: Reduced form of naught adv. (see forms at that entry).

Obsolete.

= not adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > not

neeOE

noughteOE

naughteOE

noeOE

nayc1175

notc1330

nata1350

nit1894

a1350 St. Blaise (Laud) 142 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 488 It nis nat in þi power.

1363 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers of London (1902) I. 8 (MED) If any of the said Craftes be rebell..that they mowe nat duely performe her office..he shal abide in prisone by x dayes.

c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3950 An hanged was Cresus, the proude kyng; His roial trone myghte hym nat auaille.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Matthew vii. 21 Nat eche man that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shal entre in to the kyngdam of heuenes.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xix. 251 (MED) Ich with-sat nat hus heste.

1423 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 104 (MED) She, with a-nothir of hir covine whiche is nat yet taken..forged, feynyd, and countrefeted a fals obligacion.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 1020 Than was nat he a litill sory, for sir Launcelot loved hym.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 453 Yef she be examynyd she woll hit nat deny.

1536 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 147 I colde natt then name them to you.

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. ii. sig. Aiii Nay, but ich saw such a wonder as ich saw nat this vii. yere.

1658 T. Bancroft Heroical Lover vi. 61 Nat far beyond these wonderments, that might Retard his motion, travell'd had the Knight.

a1827 J. Poole Gloss. in T. P. Dolan & D. Ó Muirithe Dial. Forth & Bargy (1996) 59 Nat (adv.), not.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹a1425

n.²1801

n.³1819

n.⁴adj.1926

adv.a1350

单词	nat
释义	natn.¹ Brit. /nat/, U.S. /næt/ Inflections: Plural nats, (in sense 3) nattes. Forms: Middle English natte, 1500s (1600s– English regional) nat, 1500s (1600s– English regional) natt, 1600s knat (English regional (northern)). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nate. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French nate mat (mid 11th cent. in Old French; French natte ) < post-classical Latin natta (9th cent.; from early 12th cent. in British sources; also in form nata ), variant of matta mat n.¹ (see below). Compare mat n.¹The change from initial m- to n- in post-classical Latin may represent assimilation of the initial nasal to the following dental plosive, although compare nape n.² and discussion at that entry. It is unclear whether the following show the present word or a variant of Anglo-Norman nate :1313 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 138 j natte [bought in the hall 1d.]1361–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 385 Cum factura del nattes in coro.1399 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 17 In nattes emptis de Iohanne de Francia, 8d. In sense 3 after French natte (1856 in architectural use denoting a type of decorative work found in Romano-Byzantine churches). Now English regional (northern) and Architecture. †1. A mat, esp. one used in a church. Obsolete (in later use English regional (northern and eastern)). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > mat mateOE foot-cloth1344 nata1425 foot pace1543 stuorie1555 mattress1658 petate1843 a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 656 Buda, natte. Scorium, idem. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 247 (MED) Hauyng nothyng to wrappyn in thyn hed Sauff a brod hat, rent out off nattis olde. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 84 To make nattes, Storiare. c1545 in P. A. Kennedy Notts. Househ. Inventories (1512–62) 39 A dishe banke a wyndowclothe an old frying pan a natt of straw. 1597 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 43 For makinge a natt for the wyves to knele on when they come to be churched. 1608 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich in Ant. Misc. II. pt. ii. 338 Paid for a natt for one of the stooles in the Churche, vjd. 1682 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 206 To George Newton for nats for the church, 3 s. 1730 Finghall Churchwardens' Accts. (MS) For two Nats, 7d. 1744 Finghall Churchwardens' Accts. (MS) Paid for a Natt 11d. 1877 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Nat, a mat. †2. English regional (northern). A straw mattress. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > mattress mattressc1300 dongec1440 nat1604 tye1615 1604 Inventory Goods Sir W. Reade in J. Raine Hist. & Antiq. N. Durham (1852) 177 (note) One stand bedsteede..One knat [mattress of plaited straw], [etc.] 1626 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 138 j liv'ry bedsted wth nat & cord. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 343 Nat, a straw mattrass. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Nat, a straw-mattress. 3. Architecture. In form nattes, with uncertain grammatical agreement: surface decoration resembling interlaced or plaited work. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Nattes, the French word for natting or braiding: used in English for such work when of unusual or ornamental character. Hence—surface-decoration resembling or suggesting intertwined or plaited work. 1952 H. H. Saylor Dict. Archit. 118/1 Nattes, basket weave surface decoration. Compounds (In sense 1.) † nat maker n. Obsolete ΚΠ a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 11282 The natte-makere answerde. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 84 An Natte makere, storiator. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 247/2 Nat maker, natier. Derivatives † natting n. Obsolete rare matting. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plant fibre materials > [noun] > matting matting1618 natting1649 1649 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 138 For the natting of yor worps: stoole & Mr Eds 2s. 8d. 1669 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 348 For covering the seates with natting in the Dean's closet 1s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Natn.² Brit. /nat/, U.S. /nɑt/ Forms: 1800s Nata, 1800s Nut, 1800s– Nat. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit naṭa. Etymology: < Sanskrit naṭa dancer, actor, mountebank.The forms Nat, Nut reflect elision of the final vowel in vernacular South Asian pronunciation. Now rare. In South Asia: a member of an itinerant class of entertainers, fortune-tellers, etc., drawn from many different tribal groups. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] > member of class of performers Nat1801 1801 D. Richardson in Asiatick Researches 7 457 Strictly speaking, these people might be denominated players or actors..but the appellation of Nut extends to several tribes, and properly belongs to many more. 1822 Examiner 23 June 398/1 A man of the caste of Nats, or tumblers. 1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 369/2 Naṭa, Naṭ, or Nuṭ,..a dancer, an actor, a tumbler, a public performer; applied also to a tribe of vagrants who live by feats of dexterity, sleight of hand, fortune-telling and the like. 1896 W. Crooke Tribes & Castes N.-W. Provinces & Oudh IV. 66 These Nats say that they came originally from Ratanpur and Bilâspur in the Central Provinces. 1908 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics I. 451/1 The ritual of the Nats, a tribe of wandering acrobats, is more remarkable. 1917 R. Kipling Eyes of Asia (1918) 8 The nature of the enemy in this war is like the Nat (juggler) who is compelled to climb a pole for his belly's sake. 1922 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India XI. 121 Any tribe may be represented among the people acting as Naṭs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). natn.³ Brit. /nɑːt/, U.S. /nɑt/ Inflections: Plural nats, unchanged. Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Burmese. Etymon: Burmese nāt. Etymology: < Burmese nāt < Sanskrit nātha lord, protector. In the indigenous religion of Burma (Myanmar): a spirit, demon, or supernatural being. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] ghostOE spiritc1350 minda1398 sprite?1440 intelligencea1456 esperite1477 intelligency1582 genio1590 geniusa1592 ethereal1610 spirituality1628 supernatural1660 jynx1662 duende1691 atua1769 nat1819 demon1822 Wandjina1938 1819 F. Hamilton Acct. Kingdom Nepal i. i. 57 The Bhotiyas..worship all the spirits, that by the Burmas are called Nat. a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 58/2 An inferior order of these Nat inhabit the rivers, woods, and mountains. 1858 C. T. Winter Six Months Brit. Burmah i. 13 The Nats who guard the royal city, palace, and umbrella. 1878 C. J. F. S. Forbes Brit. Burma viii. 223 A man going on a journey through a forest, comes to a large and conspicuous tree..and places..an offering to the Nát of the tree. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 149/1 We had been talking..of folk-lore, superstitions, witches, djinns, nats, spookes, ghouls. 1968 O. Wynd Sumatra Seven Zero i. 10 Rubies..only come out of the ground when their protecting ‘nats’ permit it. 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 June x. 14/1 As we now believe pop stars and sports heroes are superhuman, the Burmese believe in nats. Compounds C1. nat worship n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > nat worship > [noun] nat worship1833 1833 A. Judson Let. 29 Nov. in F. Wayland Mem. A. Judson (1853) II. 56 The best outward test is to have refrained from rum, nat-worship, &c. 1885 Science 7 Aug. 108/1 Shamanism, or Nat worship, is not only the sole religion of most of the hill-tribes in Indo-China, but has been absorbed into the worship of the followers of Buddha. 1965 M. Nash Golden Road to Modernity ix. 320 There is a system of animistic belief (nat worship) which is integrated with Buddhism and gives a villager a belief system reaching from hut to heaven and beyond. 1999 S. Sered Women of Sacred Groves 15 I do wish to point to contemporary nat worship in Myanmar..and women miko in Japan as possible remainders of more extensive women's religious roles. nat worshipper n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > nat worship > [noun] > person nat worshipper1906 1906 J. G. R. Forlong Faiths of Man I. 257 Its [sc. Burma's] population in 1894 was..Nāt worshipers..420,000. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 183/2 They are all Nat or spirit worshippers. C2. nat-conscious adj. ΚΠ 1974 Times 30 Apr. 16/7 The monks are tolerant of Nats: a good many of them are probably Nat-conscious themselves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Natn.⁴adj. Brit. /nat/, U.S. /næt/, South African English /næt/, /nʌt/ Forms: 1900s– Nat, 1900s– Nat. ((with point).). Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: national n., nationalist n.; national adj. Etymology: As noun shortened < national n. (in senses A. 1 and A. 2), nationalist n. (in sense A. 3). As adjective shortened < national adj. Politics. A. n.⁴ 1. Originally South African. A member of any of the successive parties named the National Party in South Africa, esp. the party which came to power in 1948. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > South African politics > specific parties > member of Nat1926 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > nationalist parties > member of Welsh nationalist1863 Scottish nationalist1928 Scot Nat1929 Nat1958 Scots Nat1968 1926 M. Nathan S. Afr. from Within 274 Of late there has been much talk of toenadering or rapprochement between the ‘Saps’ and the ‘Nats’. 1958 New Statesman 22 Mar. 367/2 The movement..cannot lose momentum. The Nats must know this, unless the strain of continually having to defend an indefensible position has lost them their sanity. 1973 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 8 July 14 The review will find great appeal with the South African who votes Prog and Sap but who every day thanks the Lord for the Nats. 1994 P. Lee in Style May 59 We are starting to grasp a future without the wagging finger of a Nat in a hat. 2. Originally New Zealand. A member of the National Party in New Zealand.Frequently with slightly derogatory implication. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > other national politics > [noun] > specific New Zealand principles, parties, or partisans Red Fed1912 Red-Fedism1917 national1938 Nat1939 Socred1975 Rogernomics1985 Social Credit League1986 1939 J. A. Lee Diary 18 Mar. (1981) 138 At the same time the Nats circulate my scarlet letter. 1975 Listener 10 May 8 Bona fide Nats who spend their childhood on horseback are not expected to ever walk properly. 1999 Listener 6 Mar. 29 McCarthy..believes the Nats are going to be very crook indeed if they don't see their rural vote is evaporating. 3. A Scottish or Welsh Nationalist. ΚΠ 1967 Economist 18 Mar. 1008/2 Both Scotland and Wales could in time do well. But the start of their national lives would be bleak... One cannot take seriously the present Nats who advocate freedom and promise prosperity in one breath. 1974 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 28 Apr. 5/5 And there are other Labour strongholds where it wouldn't need much of a swing to put in the Nats. 1994 Guardian 2 July 26/1 A..boot up the backside for..the Scottish Labour establishment, without actually delivering the seat to the Nats. B. adj. Originally South African. Of, designating, or characteristic of the National Party in South Africa. ΚΠ 1938 Forum (Johannesburg) 25 Apr. 48 (caption) Nat Party. 1955 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 2 May 11 West believes in Nat. Policy of ‘Baasskap’. 1991 Sunday Tribune (Durban) 19 May 20 One knows, of course, that Maggie has friends in high Nat places. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † natadv. Forms: Middle English nate, Middle English–1500s natt, Middle English–1600s nat. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: naught adv. Etymology: Reduced form of naught adv. (see forms at that entry). Obsolete. = not adv. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > not neeOE noughteOE naughteOE noeOE nayc1175 notc1330 nata1350 nit1894 a1350 St. Blaise (Laud) 142 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 488 It nis nat in þi power. 1363 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers of London (1902) I. 8 (MED) If any of the said Craftes be rebell..that they mowe nat duely performe her office..he shal abide in prisone by x dayes. c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3950 An hanged was Cresus, the proude kyng; His roial trone myghte hym nat auaille. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Matthew vii. 21 Nat eche man that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shal entre in to the kyngdam of heuenes. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xix. 251 (MED) Ich with-sat nat hus heste. 1423 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 104 (MED) She, with a-nothir of hir covine whiche is nat yet taken..forged, feynyd, and countrefeted a fals obligacion. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 1020 Than was nat he a litill sory, for sir Launcelot loved hym. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 453 Yef she be examynyd she woll hit nat deny. 1536 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 147 I colde natt then name them to you. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. ii. sig. Aiii Nay, but ich saw such a wonder as ich saw nat this vii. yere. 1658 T. Bancroft Heroical Lover vi. 61 Nat far beyond these wonderments, that might Retard his motion, travell'd had the Knight. a1827 J. Poole Gloss. in T. P. Dolan & D. Ó Muirithe Dial. Forth & Bargy (1996) 59 Nat (adv.), not. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹a1425n.²1801n.³1819n.⁴adj.1926adv.a1350
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