New

nū, adj. lately made: having happened lately: recent, modern: not before seen or known: strange, different: recently commenced: changed for the better: not of an ancient family: as at first: unaccustomed: fresh from anything: uncultivated or only recently cultivated.— adjs. New′born ( Shak. ), recently born; New′come , recently arrived.— n. New′-com′er , one who has lately come.— v.t. New′-create′ ( Shak. ), to create for the first time.— adjs. New′-fash′ioned , made in a new way or fashion: lately come into fashion; New′-fledged , having just got feathers; New′ish , somewhat new: nearly new.— adv. New′ly .— adj. New′-made ( Shak. ), recently made.— v.t. New′-mod′el , to model or form anew.— n. the Parliamentary army as remodelled by Cromwell after the second battle of Newbury, which gained a conclusive victory at Naseby (1645).— n. New′ne .— adj. New′-sad ( Shak. ), recently made sad.— New birth (see Regeneration ); New chum , a new arrival from the old country in Australia; New Church , New Jerusalem Church , the Swedenborgian Church; New Covenant (see Covenant ); New departure (see Departure ); New Eng lander , a native or resident in any of the New England states; New Jerusalem , the heavenly city; New Learning (see Renai ance ); New Light , a member of a relatively more advanced religious school—applied esp. to the party within the 18th-century Scottish Sece ion Church which adopted Voluntary views of the relations of Church and State, also sometimes to the Soc in i an is ing party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, .; New Red Sandstone ( geol. ), the name formerly given to the great series of red sandstones which occur between the Carboniferous and Jura ic systems; New style (see Style ); New woman , a name humorously applied to such modern women as rebel against the conventional restrictions of their sex, and ape men in their freedom, education, pursuits, amusements, clothing, manners, and sometimes morals; New World , North and South America; New-year's Day , the first day of the new year. [A.S. níwe , neówe ; Ger. neu , Ir. nuadh , L. nov us , Gr. neos .]