OED Definitions
Nival--
Chiefly Ecol. and Physical Geogr.
1. Snowy, resembling snow; formed from or in snow. Cf. NIVEOUS a.
1656 T. BLOUNT Glossographia, Nival, pertaining to Snow, white or cold like Snow, snowy.
1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 519 This nival covering is not a shroud to conceal the dead, but a warm comforter spread over the earth's slumbering forces by that Great, Good Hand ‘which giveth snow like wool’. 1978 Arctic & Alpine Res. 10 117 Nival surface conditions differ widely. 1994 Jrnl. Mammalogy 75 420 Six of 20 nival shelters used by nonparturient females [sc. polar bears] were located on the sea ice.
2. Designating a region of perpetual snow; growing in or characteristic of such a region.
1884 Science 21 Nov. 475/2 Monte Rosa contains the richest nival flora. 1937 Jrnl. Ecol. 25 130 The Tongariro spectra compare with those of Raunkiaer..while those for Mount Cook are more like his for the nival region of the Alps in general. 1967 M. J. COE Ecol. Alpine Zone Mt. Kenya 18 The nival zone..is best restricted to that very narrow zone adjacent to the glaciers and recent moraines. 1994 Sci. News 18 June 399/2 Not only do former residents of the nival zone, the area above about 2,000 meters, move up, but former alpine plants ascend to the nival region.
3. Relating to, characterized by, or caused by nivation or (more generally) the falling, accumulation, or melting of snow.
1970 Proc. Helsinki Symp. Ecol. Subarctic Regions 1966 90/2 Changing nival conditions is just as reasonable an explanation for the extirpation of such groups as Rangifer t. dawsoni. 1983 Arctic & Alpine Res. 15 321 The laminae..probably represent discrete inflow events such as nival floods. 1996 Jrnl. Paleolimnol. 16 169 Suspension settling is the dominant process of deposition depending upon stream discharge which is controlled by nival melt and summer temperatures.
not to be confused with Nivel--
Now rare and Brit. regional.
intr. To look downcast; to grimace, or wrinkle one's nose; to snivel.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) 110 Ha schulen ham seolf grennin & niuelin [a1300 Caius niwelen] & makien sur semblant for e muchele angoise i e pine of helle. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) 123 Ha drinke et drunch, ne beo hit ne se bitter..Hwen hit is al ouer, spit & schake et heaued, fe on forte niuelin & makien grim chere. ?a1325 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 171, I nese, i nappe, i nifle, i nuche, And al is wilne eld. c1400 (c1378) LANGLAND Piers Plowman (Laud) B. V. 135 Now awaketh wratthe with two whyte eyen And nyuelynge [v.rr. neuelynge, sneueling] with e nose [c1400 C text a nyuylynge nose] and his nekke hangynge.
1890 J. D. ROBERTSON Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 104 A boy asked the meaning of ‘disdain’, when Goliath disdained David, answered ‘He nivelled at un.’ 1996 D. Ó MUIRITHE Words we Use 15 Nivel means to turn up the nose in disdain.
Chiefly Ecol. and Physical Geogr.
1. Snowy, resembling snow; formed from or in snow. Cf. NIVEOUS a.
1656 T. BLOUNT Glossographia, Nival, pertaining to Snow, white or cold like Snow, snowy.
1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 519 This nival covering is not a shroud to conceal the dead, but a warm comforter spread over the earth's slumbering forces by that Great, Good Hand ‘which giveth snow like wool’. 1978 Arctic & Alpine Res. 10 117 Nival surface conditions differ widely. 1994 Jrnl. Mammalogy 75 420 Six of 20 nival shelters used by nonparturient females [sc. polar bears] were located on the sea ice.
2. Designating a region of perpetual snow; growing in or characteristic of such a region.
1884 Science 21 Nov. 475/2 Monte Rosa contains the richest nival flora. 1937 Jrnl. Ecol. 25 130 The Tongariro spectra compare with those of Raunkiaer..while those for Mount Cook are more like his for the nival region of the Alps in general. 1967 M. J. COE Ecol. Alpine Zone Mt. Kenya 18 The nival zone..is best restricted to that very narrow zone adjacent to the glaciers and recent moraines. 1994 Sci. News 18 June 399/2 Not only do former residents of the nival zone, the area above about 2,000 meters, move up, but former alpine plants ascend to the nival region.
3. Relating to, characterized by, or caused by nivation or (more generally) the falling, accumulation, or melting of snow.
1970 Proc. Helsinki Symp. Ecol. Subarctic Regions 1966 90/2 Changing nival conditions is just as reasonable an explanation for the extirpation of such groups as Rangifer t. dawsoni. 1983 Arctic & Alpine Res. 15 321 The laminae..probably represent discrete inflow events such as nival floods. 1996 Jrnl. Paleolimnol. 16 169 Suspension settling is the dominant process of deposition depending upon stream discharge which is controlled by nival melt and summer temperatures.
not to be confused with Nivel--
Now rare and Brit. regional.
intr. To look downcast; to grimace, or wrinkle one's nose; to snivel.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) 110 Ha schulen ham seolf grennin & niuelin [a1300 Caius niwelen] & makien sur semblant for e muchele angoise i e pine of helle. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) 123 Ha drinke et drunch, ne beo hit ne se bitter..Hwen hit is al ouer, spit & schake et heaued, fe on forte niuelin & makien grim chere. ?a1325 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 171, I nese, i nappe, i nifle, i nuche, And al is wilne eld. c1400 (c1378) LANGLAND Piers Plowman (Laud) B. V. 135 Now awaketh wratthe with two whyte eyen And nyuelynge [v.rr. neuelynge, sneueling] with e nose [c1400 C text a nyuylynge nose] and his nekke hangynge.
1890 J. D. ROBERTSON Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 104 A boy asked the meaning of ‘disdain’, when Goliath disdained David, answered ‘He nivelled at un.’ 1996 D. Ó MUIRITHE Words we Use 15 Nivel means to turn up the nose in disdain.
posted by gradylove at 9:56 AM
1 Comments:
Nivel is too drippy-
I was aiming for Nerval really, but its a person----
So you alone are blessed with thought, free-thinking man,
In a world where life bursts forth from everything?
You are free to dispose of forces at your command
But the universe is absent from your well-laid plans.
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