1. (v. t.) To butt; to push with the horns.

2. (n.) Know not; knows not.

3. (n.) Nut.

4. (n.) Need; needful business.

5. (n.) A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.

6. (n.) A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.

7. (n.) A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

8. (n.) A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

9. (n.) Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings.

10. (n.) A short informal letter; a billet.

11. (n.) A diplomatic missive or written communication.

12. (n.) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.

13. (n.) A list of items or of charges; an account.

14. (n.) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:

15. (n.) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.

16. (n.) A key of the piano or organ.

17. (n.) Observation; notice; heed.

18. (n.) Notification; information; intelligence.

19. (n.) State of being under observation.

20. (n.) Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.

21. (n.) Stigma; brand; reproach.

22. (n.) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.

23. (n.) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

24. (n.) To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand.

25. (n.) To denote; to designate.

26. (n.) To annotate.

27. (n.) To set down in musical characters.