never strike (neverstrik)

never yields. [Rare.] Poe, The Raven. A man who So off went Yeo to Plymouth, and returned with Drew and a score of old never - strikes . Kingsley , Westward Ho, xvi. nevertheheldert, adv . [ME., the2 + helder , heldr (= Sw. hellre , heller = Dan. hellere , heller =Goth. haldis ) , more, rather, but.] None the more; not in a greater degree. Nawther faltered ne fel the freke neuer - the -helder, Bot stythly he start forth vpon styf schonkes. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 430. neverthelatert, conj. [Also never the latter; appeared, He gan synge this nywe song byuore alle that were ther ney. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 56. For men seyn alle weys, that newe thynges and newe tydynges ben plesant to here. Mandeville, Travels, p. 314. Hire schoos ful moyste and newe. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T. (ed. Morris), 1. 457. The most calamitous events, either to themselves or others, can bring new affliction. Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 2. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be:... and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. Eccl. i. 9, 10. Then a whole new loaf was short! for I know, of course, when our bread goes faster. Hood , A Rise at the Father of Angling. 2. Lately introduced to knowledge; not before known; recently discovered: as, a new metal; a new species of animals or plants. Any silk, any thread, Any toys for your head, Of the new'st and finest, finest wear-a? Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 327. 3. Appearing in a changed character or condition, or in a changed aspect of opinion, feeling, or health, resulting from the influence of a change in the dominant idea, principle, or habit; changed from the former state, physical, mental, moral, or spiritual, of the same person. In our differences with Rome he is strangely vnfix't, and a new man euery day, as his last discourse-books Meditations transport him. Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Scepticke in Religion. Sigh The full new life that feeds thy breath Throughout my frame. Tennyson, In Memoriam, lxxxvi. [In the following extract used substantively: Ne in hire wille she chaunged for no newe. Chaucer , Good Women, 1. 1875.] 4. Not habituated; unfamiliar; unaccustomed: as, he is new to his surroundings; a statement new to me. Twelve young mules, a strong laborious race, New to the plough, unpractis'd in the trace. Fenton , in Pope's Ody ey, iv. 861. As Mr. Verdant Green was quite new to round bowling, it was rather too quick for him. Cuthbert Bede, Verdant Green, i. 2. 5. Other than the former or the old; different; not the same as before: as, a new horse. new 'Ban, 'Ban, Cacaliban Has a new master: get a new man. Shak ., Tempest, ii. 2. 189. New instruments are seldom handled at first with perfect ease. Bentham, Introd. to Morals and Legislation, [xvi. 16, note. The amount of work done inside the human body by the heart in maintaining the circulation of the blood is so great that, if it were done at the expense of the muscular ti ue of the heart itself, a new heart would be required every week! W. L. Carpenter , Energy in Nature, p. 192. The same subject, dealt with on a new side of Ocean, will be in some sort a new subject. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 7. 6. Freshly emerged from any condition or the effects of any event. Nor dare we trust so soft a me enger, New from her sickne , to that northern air. Dryden, To the Duche of Ormond, 1. 102. 7. Not previously well known; not belonging to a well-known family, or not long known to history: as, new people. By superior capacity and extensive knowledge, a new man often mounts to favour. Add is on . 8. Not used before, or recently brought into use; not second-hand: as, a new copy of a book; new furniture. My very good L. may se how coblerlike I have clouted a new patch to an olde sole. Gas coigne, Philomene (ed. Arber), Finis. 9. Recently begun; starting afresh: as, a new moon. And the new sun rose, bringing the new year. Tennyson, Pa ing of Arthur. 10. Retaining original freshne ; unimpaired. These ever new , nor subject to decays, Spread and grow brighter with the length of days. Pope , Temple of Fame, 1. 51. 11. Not the old; distinguished from the old while named after it: used specifically in place-names: as, New York; New London; New Guinea.-12. Modern; in present use: as, New High German; New Latin; New Greek. - Deduction for new. See deduction. - New a ignment, bark, blue Christians chum a arrivant the old See the nouns. - New birth. See country; a greenhorn. [Australia.] A new chum is no longer a new chum when he can plait a stock whip. Mrs. Campbell Praed, Head-Station, p. 32. New Church. See Swedenborgian. - New Court Party. See court. - New departure, divinity, foundation, etc. See the nouns. - New for old, the name of a rule used in adjusting a partial lo in marine insurance. Under this rule, the old materials are applied toward payment for the new by deducting their value from the gro amount of the expenses for repairs. From the balance one third of the total cost of the repairs is deducted by the insurers, to be charged against the shipowner as an equivalent for his estimate cheat her mork South cott i an.-New Jerusalem, in Scrip., the heavenly city; the abode of God and his saints. for old - New Same as I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem , coming down from God out of heaven. Rev. xxi. 2. New Jerusalem Church. See Swedenborgian. New Latin. See Latin. -New Lights. See light1.-New man, Manic he an, measurement. See the nouns.New promise, in law, a promise creating a liability upon a past consideration which alone might not support an action, as where a bankrupt after discharge promises a creditor that he will pay him notwithstanding. - New red. See fuchsin. - New Red Sandstone. See sandstone. - New sand, freshly mixed founding-sand which has not yet been used. - New School Presbyterians, See Pres byterian.-New style. See style. - New Sunday. Same as Low Sunday (which see, under low2 ). - New Testament, trial. See the nouns. - New New week, in the Gr. Ch., Easter week. See renewal. - The New Covenant, the New Learning, the new meteorology, etc. See the nouns. - The New World, North and South America; the western hemisphere. =Syn. New, Novel, Modern, Fresh, Recent, Late. In this connection new is opposed to old; novel to familiar; modern to ancient, medieval, antiquated, old-fashioned; fresh to stale; recent and late to early. New is the general word; that which is novel is unexpected, strange, striking, often in new form, but also pleasing: as, a novel combination of old ideas; that which is modern and fresh exists at the time referred to; that which is recent or late is separated from the time of action by only a short interval: as, the late ministry, a recent arrival, recent times.