• To butt; to push with the horns. • Know not; knows not. • Nut. • Need; needful business. • A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. • 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. • A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. • A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute. • 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. • A short informal letter; a billet. • A diplomatic missive or written communication. • A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note. • A list of items or of charges; an account. • A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence: • A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. • A key of the piano or organ. • Observation; notice; heed. • Notification; information; intelligence. • State of being under observation. • Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note. • Stigma; brand; reproach. • To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. • To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. • To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. • To denote; to designate. • To annotate. • To set down in musical characters.