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.
No"cent, n. A criminal.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.