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nor | noy |

As a symbol nor

is the iso 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for norway.

As a verb noy is

(obsolete|uk|dialect) to annoy; to vex.

As a noun noy is

(obsolete) that which annoys.

nor

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.

Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)
  • (literary) And not ()
  • * (Boethius)
  • Out with it, nor hold it fast within your breast.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
  • * Sir (Walter Scott),
  • And, moreover, I had made my vow to preserve my rank unknown till the crusade should be accomplished; nor did I mention it
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= T time , passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them
  • (Used to introduce a further negative statement)
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor , indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.}}
  • (UK, dialect, Yorkshire) Than.
  • See also
    * neither

    Etymology 2

    Possibly ; alternatively, short for "negation of OR".

    Noun

    (Logical NOR) (en noun)
  • (logic, electronics)
  • See also

    * and * nand * or * xor

    Statistics

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    noy

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To annoy; to vex.
  • (Piers Plowman)
  • * Spenser
  • All that noyed his heavy spright.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) That which annoys.
  • (Piers Plowman)
    (Webster 1913)