No"cent (?), a. [L. nocens, p.pr. of nocere to hurt. See Nuisance, Noxious.]
1.
Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities.
I. Watts.
2.
Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent.
[Obs.]
Foxe.
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No"cent, n.
A criminal.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
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