newness, newenesse

[English new, a.; 4. The quality or state of being new; the state of being newly or recently invented, made, or brought into existence; recentne , recent origin. "What else was performed in that newne of the world."-Raleigh: Hist of the World. 2. Novelty; the quality or state of being newly discovered, made known, or introduced. teres at peciallinen matters Sermons, vol. "Newne , great a worthy en IMG:content-0034.png:[blocks in formation] 5. Want of use or practice; unacquaintance. "His device was to come without any device, all in white like a new knight, but so new that his newne shamed most of the others' long exercise." -Sidney . new-põrt-ite, s . [After Newport, Rhode Island, U. S. A., where found; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: The same as PHYLLITE (q. v.). fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, A. D. 1350. This is still in existence, and is an official journal, forming a pamphlet of 20 to 40 pages of coarse paper, printed from wooden types on one side only, and having a paper cover. The Notizie Scritte , published monthly in Venice, in 1562, is said to have been the Italian newspaper; but it was in manuscript, not printed. Its price was a small coin called gazetta ; hence the word gazette which came to be the popular name for a newspaper. The first numbered sheets appeared in 1612. In the British Museum there are seven copies of the English Mercurie of 1588, but their authenticity is questioned. A publication entitled the Relations was published in England as early as 1462, and in 1527 there was one called New Tidings , but neither of these presented more than a single piece of intelligence. The earliest English newspaper in the true sense of the word was Butter's Weekly News , of 1622, all previous to that time having been published irregularly and having been pamphlets rather than newspapers. Butter's succe led to many imitations, and newspapers, such as they were, soon became common; but they were generally published at irregular intervals, and were nearly always short-lived. The publication of newspapers without license was prohibited in the reign of Charles II., and an office was created called Licenser of the Pre . Advertisements first appeared in English newspapers in 1652. The first daily newspaper was the Daily Courant , of Lon don, the date of whose first i ue was 1702; there is, news-wri-ter, subst. [Eng. news, and writer.] One who collected and wrote out the news for news modern reporter.