News"mon`ger (?), n. One who deals in news; one who is active in
hearing and telling news.
News"pa`per (?), n. A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated
intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating
opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements,
proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.
News"room` (?), n. A room where news is collected and disseminated, or
periodicals sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines,
etc.
News"-vnd`er (?), n. A seller of newspapers.
News"-writ`er (?), n. One who gathered news for, and wrote,
news-letters. Macaulay.
News"y (?), a. Full of news; abounding in information as to current
events. [Colloq.]
Newt (?), n. [OE. ewt, evete, AS. efete, with n prefixed, an ewt being
understood as a newt. Cf. Eft.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of
small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested
newt (Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In
America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species.
New*to"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his
discoveries.
Newtonian philosophy, the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; -- applied to
the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's "Principia," to
the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed to the theories of
Descartes and others), and, most frequently, to the mathematical theory
of universal gravitation. -- Newtonian telescope (Astron.), a
reflecting telescope, in which rays from the large speculum are
received by a plane mirror placed diagonally in the axis, and near the
open end of the tube, and thrown at right angles toward one side of the
tube, where the image is formed and viewed through the eyeplace. --
Newtonian theory of light. See Note under Light.
New*to"ni*an, n. A follower of Newton.
New"-year` (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the
commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.
New" Year's` Day" (?). the first day of a calendar year; the first day
of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.
New` Zea"land (?). A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
New Zealand flax. (a) (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb (Phormium tenax),
having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine,
strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiber
itself. -- New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub (Leptospermum
scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used
as a substitute for tea.
Nex"i*ble (?), a. [L. nexibilis, from nectere, nexum, to bind.] That
may be knit together. [R.]
Next (nkst), a., superl. of Nigh. [AS. nhst, niéhst, nhst, superl. of
neáh nigh. See Nigh.] 1. Nearest in place; having no similar object
intervening. Chaucer.
Her princely guest Was next her side; in order sat the rest.
Dryden.
Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way.
Bunyan.