nettler

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who nettles

   One who nettles; a vexatious or provoking individual or organization.

   • But theſe are the Nettlers, theſe are the babbing Bookes that tell, though not halfe your fellows feats.
   • The husband is a mildly stuffy blueblood who somewhat nettles his high-style-model wife, but she is a brisk, free-wheeling creature who is a bit of a nettler herself.
2. 2

   An irritation or provocation.

   • That thrust you gave me, Tims, has prov'd a nettler— Your stab turns out, what I have been, — a Settler!
   • Let us remember that these spiked nettlers of life are part of our discipline. Life would get nauseating if it were all honey.
   • It will hardly surprise you to learn that frustrations about boy friends and dating plans are common teen-age nettlers.
3. 3

   On who applies nettles to another person (as a prank, punishment, or as part of a ritual).

   • Nettled noses can be no delight to the nettled and ought to be no delight to the nettlers.
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   1. 4

      A plant or animal that has poisonous stinging hairs, spikes or tendrils.

      • The first description of the latter cnidae in that species was made by Uchida in 1929 (Uchida, 1929). Both animals are rather heavy nettlers for human divers and bathers.
      • Nettlers are the mild-mannered poison peddlers of the world. Nettlers are passive stingers.They include stinging plants, some are appropriately called nettles, jellyfish and some caterpillars.
      • Fortunately, there are only a few jellyfish in the North Sea which are painfully nettlers, but you should always be careful not to touch unknown cnidarians.

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