Nin (?). [Fr. ne in.] Not in. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Nin"com*poop (?), n. [A corruption of non compos.] A fool; a silly or
stupid person. [Law]
An old ninnyhammer, a dotard, a nincompoop, is the best language
she can afford me.
Addison.
Nine (?), a. [OE. nine, nihen, AS. nigon, nigan; akin to D. & LG.
negen, OS. & OFries. nigun, OHG. niun, G. neun, Icel. nu, sw. nio, Dan.
ni, Goth. niun, Ir. & Gael. naoi, W. naw, L. novem, Gr. &?;, Skr.
navan; of unknown origin. √307. Cf. Novembeer.] Eight and one
more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.
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 or six points
circle.
Nine, n. 1. The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or
objects.