None-so-pretty

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  None \None\ (n[u^]n), a. & pron. [OE. none, non, nan, no, na,
     AS. n[=a]n, fr. ne not + [=a]n one. [root]193. See {No}, a. &
     adv., {One}, and cf. {Non-}, {Null}, a.]
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     1. No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also
        partitively, or as a plural, not any.


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              There is none that doeth good; no, not one. --Ps.
                                                    xiv. 3.
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              Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day,
              which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.
                                                    --Ex. xvi. 26.
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              Terms of peace yet none
              Vouchsafed or sought.                 --Milton.
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              None of their productions are extant. --Blair.
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     2. No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old
        style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.
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     {None of}, not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically.
        "They knew that I was none of the register that entered
        their admissions in the universities." --Fuller.
  
     {None-so-pretty} (Bot.), the {Saxifraga umbrosa}. See {London
        pride}
        (a), under {London}.
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