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NOR'MAN, n. In seamen's language, a short wooden bar to be thrust into a hole of the windlass, on which to fasten the cable.
NOR'MAN, n. [north-man or nord-man.] A Norwegian, or a native of Normandy.
NOR'MAN, a. Pertaining to Normandy; as the Norman language.
A wooden bar, or iron pin.
W. C.
Russell. Of or
pertaining to Normandy or to the Normans; as, the Norman
language; the Norman conquest.
Norman style (Arch.), a style of architecture which arose in the tenth century, characterized by great massiveness, simplicity, and strength, with the use of the semicircular arch, heavy round columns, and a great variety of ornaments, among which the zigzag and spiral or cable-formed ornaments were prominent. A native or inhabitant
of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who
conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed
(Norman-French) race which conquered England, under William the
Conqueror.
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