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a. [ OE. nine, nihen, AS. nigon, nigan; akin to D. & LG. negen, OS. & OFries. nigun, OHG. niun, G. neun, Icel. nīu, sw. nio, Dan. ni, Goth. niun, Ir. & Gael. naoi, W. naw, L. novem, Gr. 'enne`a, Skr. navan; of unknown origin. √307. Cf. Novembeer. ] Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nine men's morris. See Morris. --
Nine points circle (Geom.), a circle so related to any given triangle as to pass through the three points in which the perpendiculars from the angles of the triangle upon the opposite sides (or the sides produced) meet the sides. It also passes through the three middle points of the sides of the triangle and through the three middle points of those parts of the perpendiculars that are between their common point of meeting and the angles of the triangle. The circle is hence called the nine points circle or six points circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia opulifolia, or Spiraea opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The lamprey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Nine times repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called because it is believed to kill and impale on thorns nine birds, etc., in succession. ] (Zool.) The northern butcher bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ninepences 1. An old English silver coin, worth nine pence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 2-3/4 in or 7 cm long; -- used of nail size; as, a ninepenny nail. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. costing 9 cents (US) or 5 pence (Britain). [ WordNet 1.5 ]