Lon·don n. The capital city of England.
London paste Med., a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements.
London pride. Bot. (a) A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. --Dr. Prior.
London rocket Bot., a cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.
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None a. & pron.
1. No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.
There is none that doeth good; no, not one. --Ps. xiv. 3.
Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. --Ex. xvi. 26.
Terms of peace yet none
Vouchsafed or sought. --Milton.
None of their productions are extant. --Blair.
2. No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.
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.