Webster's Dictionary 1913

1108

Nine-eyes

Nine″–eyes′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The lamprey.

1109

Nine-killer

Nine″–kill′er (?), n.(Zoöl.) The northern butcher bird.

1110

Ninefold

Nine″fold′ (?), a. Nine times repeated.

1111

Nineholes

Nine″holes′ (?), n. pl. A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.

1112

Ninepence

Nine″pence (?), n.; pl.Ninepences (�). 1. An old English silver coin, worth nine pence.2. A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, ...

1113

Ninepins

Nine″pins (?), n. pl. A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.☞ In the United States, ten pins ...

1114

Ninescore

Nine″score′ (?), a. Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty. — n. The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.

1115

Nineteen

Nine″teen′ (?), a. [AS. nigontȳne, nigontēne. See Nine, and Ten.] Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months.

1116

Nineteen (2)

Nine″teen′, n. 1. The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.2. A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix.

1117

Nineteenth

Nine″teenth′ (?), a. [Cf. AS. nigonteóða.] 1. Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.2. Constituting or being one of nineteen equal p...

1118

Nineteenth (2)

Nine″teenth′, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of nineteen equal parts of anything.2. The next in order after the eighteenth.3. (Mus.) An interval of two oc...

1119

Ninetieth

Nine″ti‐eth (?), a. 1. Next in order after the eighty-ninth.2. Constituting or being one of ninety equal parts.

1120

Ninetieth (2)

Nine″ti‐eth, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by ninety; one of ninety equal parts of anything.2. The next in order after the eighty-ninth.

1121

Ninety

Nine″ty (?), a. [See Nine, and cf. Forty.] Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more; as, ninety men.

1122

Ninety (2)

Nine″ty, n.; pl.Nineties (�). 1. The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects.2. A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 o...

1123

Ninny

Nin″ny (?), n.; pl.Ninnies (#). [Cf. It. ninno, ninna, a baby, Sp. niño, niña, child, infant, It. ninna, ninna nanna, lullably, prob. fr. ni, na, as used in singing a child to s...

1124

Ninnyhammer

Nin″ny‐ham′mer (?), n. A simpleton; a silly person. Addison.

1125

Ninth

Ninth (?), a. [From Nine; cf. AS. nigoða.] 1. Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others.2. Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which ...

1126

Ninth (2)

Ninth, n. 1. The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts of a thing; the next after the eighth.2. (Mus.) (a) An interval containing an octave and a second. (b) ...

1127

Ninthly

Ninth″ly, adv. In the ninth place.

1128

Ninut

Nin″ut (?), n.(Zoöl.) The magpie.

1129

Niobate

Ni″o‐bate (?), n. [See Niobium.] (Chem.) Same as Columbate.

1130

Niobe

Ni″o‐be (?), n. [L. Nioba, Niobe, Gr. �.] (Class, Myth.) The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who ...

1131

Niobic

Ni‐ob″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Same as Columbic.

1132

Niobite

Ni″o‐bite (?), n.(Min.) Same as Columbite.

1133

Niobium

Ni‐o″bi‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. & E. Niobe.] (Chem.) A later name of columbium. See Columbium.

1134

Niopo

Ni‐o″po (?), n. A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence called niopo tree.