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Noah (iou)



Noah noun. Earlier Noe. ME.
[Biblical patriarch repr. as 10th in descent from Adam (Genesis 6 ff).]
I. Noah's Flood.
1. The flood said to have been sent by God in the time of Noah (Genesis 6-8) to destroy humankind because of the wickedness of the human race. ME.
II. Noah's ark.
2. = ARK 3. L16.
b. A small imitation of this, intended as a plaything for children. E19.
3. A small somewhat rectangular bivalve mollusc, Arca noae. Also Noah's ark shell. E18.
4. A boat-shaped cloud, esp. a small dark cloud fragment moving below a raincloud. L18.
5. A thing resembling or suggestive of Noah's ark; esp. a large, cumbrous, or old-fashioned trunk, boat, or vehicle. E19.
6. Any of several N. American lady's-slipper orchids, esp. Cypripedium acaule and C. pubescens. E19.
7. a. A police informer (cf. NARK noun 1a). rhyming slang. L19.
b. A shark. Austral. rhyming slang. M20.
III. Noah's Dove.
8. = COLUMBA. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
Noahic adjective = NOACHIAN M19.