Definitions for NEFS

NEFS nef

Spelling: [nef]
IPA: /nɛf/

Nefs is a 4 letter English word.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in NEFS (efns).

Definitions for NEFS

noun

  1. a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.

Origin of NEFS

1680-90; French: ship Latin nāvis. See nave

Examples for NEFS

The "nef," or model of a ship, was of frequent use as an article of table plate.

The Blanche nef struck on one of the rocks, and immediately began to fill.

Of all the ornaments of the table in medieval times the most conspicuous was probably the “nef.”

There is a nef introduced in the famous Nancy tapestry (fifteenth century) of precisely the same construction.

The "nef" jewel, of which we have spoken, was also a favourite one.

Two cup-bearers stand ready with wine and in a prominent position upon the board stands a nef.

Et cum li hom qui erent en la mer (nef) eurent ueu le miracle .

Many of the best-known collections contain examples of these "nef" or "navette" pendants.

He nearly overcame me after he had slain nef, the son of Ponda, and had rent him in pieces.

Nephalism, nef′a-lizm, n. total abstinence from alcoholic drinks.

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