nin

prop. n. (Babylonian mythology) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ A corruption of non compos. ] A fool; a silly or stupid person. [ Law ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An old ninnyhammer, a dotard, a nincompoop, is the best language she can afford me. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A group of nine people; as, the New York nine (a baseball team). [ PJC ]

The Nine, the nine Muses. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]