The Nine, the nine Muses.
Nine"-bark` (?), n. (Bot.) A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia,
or Spiræa, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark
separates into many thin layers, whence the name.
Nine"-eyes` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lamprey.
Nine"fold` (?), a. Nine times repeated.
Nine"holes` (?), n. pl. A game in which nine holes are made in the
ground, into which a ball is bowled.
Nine"-kill`er (?), n. [So called because it is believed to kill and
impale on thorns nine birds, etc., in succession.] (Zoöl.) The northern
butcher bird.
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, as valued at twelve and a half cents.
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 are used for this game, which is
therefore often called tenpins.
Nine"score` (?), a. Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty. -- n.
The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.
Nine"teen` (?), a. [AS. nigont&?;ne, nigont&?;ne. See Nine, and Ten.]
Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen
months.
Nine"teen`, n. 1. The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum
of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.