it, the white arch of heaven, called the Milky
Way, was made. The food of the gods was _ambrosia_.

=Ned= (_Lying_), "the chimney-sweeper of Savoy," that is, the duke of
Savoy, who joined the allied army against France in the war of the
Spanish Succession.--Dr. Arbuthnot, _History of John Bull_ (1712).

=Negro'ni=, a princess, the friend of Lucrezia di Borgia. She invited the
notables who had insulted the Borgia to a banquet, and killed them with
poisoned wine.--Donizetti, _Lucrezia di Borgia_ (an opera, 1834).

=Ne'gus=, sovereign of Abyssinia. Erco'co, or Erquico, on the Red Sea,
marks the north-east boundary of this empire.

The empire of Negus to his utmost port,
Ercoco.

Milton, _Paradise Lost_, xi. 397 (1665).

=Nehemiah Holdenough=, a Presbyterian preacher.--Sir W. Scott, _Woodstock_
(time, commonwealth).

=Neilson= (_Mr. Christopher_), a surgeon at Glasgow.--Sir W. Scott, _Rob
Roy_ (time, George I.).

=Neim'heid= (2 _syl._) employed four architects to build him a palace in
Ireland; and, that they might not build another like it or superior to
it for some other monarch, had them all secretly murdered.--O'Halloran,
_History of Ireland_.

[Asterism] A similar story is told of N[^o]manal-A[^o]uar, king of
Hirah, who employed Senna'mar to build him a palace. When finished, he
cast the architect headlong from the highest tower, to prevent his
building another to rival it.--D'Herbelot, _Biblioth[`e]que
Oriental_[TN-29] (1697).

=Nekayah=, sister of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia. She escapes with her
brother from the "happy valley," and wanders about with him to find what
condition or rank of life is the most happy. After roaming for a time,
and finding no condition of life free from its drawbacks, the brother
and sister resolved to return to the "happy valley."--Dr. Johnson,
_Rasselas_ (1759).

=Nell=, the meek and obedient wife of Jobson; taught by the strap to know
who was lord and master. Lady Loverule was the imperious, headstrong
bride of Sir John Loverule. The two women by a magical hocus-pocus, were
changed for a time, without any of the four knowing it. Lady Loverule
was placed with Jobson, who soon brought down her turbulent temper with
the strap, and when she was reduced to submission, the two women were
restored again to their respective husbands.--C. Coffey, _The Devil to
Pay_ (1731).

_Nell_ (_Little_), or NELLY TRENT, a sweet, innocent, loving child of 14
summe