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Wearing its first feathers; recently fledged. †New Holland, s. Geog.: The old name of Australia. New Holland Cedar: Bot.: A species of Cedrela. New Holland Gum- arabic : Bot.: Angophora cost at a. New Jersey, s. Geog.: One of the thirteen original states of the Union. Battles of Trenton, Princeton, Mon mouth, and others fought within its borders during the Revolution. United States Constitution unanimously adopted Dec., 1787. Capital established at Trenton 1790. A slave state till 1860, when but 18 slaves remained, and it was counted a free state. Climate variable; temperature averages, summer 68° to 75°, winter 31° to 38°. Range of temperature from about zero to 100°. Rainfall, including snow, 46 inches, reaching 50 inches in the highlands, and falling to 40 inches at the south. Highlands and seashore healthy. Chief industries: Manufacture of fabrics, jewelry, clay wares and brick, flour, crystals, fishing, oyster fishing, gardening, agricult ure, marl and iron ore digging, . New Jersey Tea : [CEANOTHUS.] IMG:content-0029.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0030.png:[blocks in formation] New Red Conglomerate, s . [DOLOMITIC CON- Caves, Victoria. Easily soluble in acids. Compo- GLOMERATE.] New Red Sandstone, s . Geol.: A name formerly given to a certain series of sandstones to distinguish them from others called Old Red Sandstones. The New Red Sand- stone group consisted chiefly of sandy and argil- laceous str atą, usually brick-red, though sometimes spots and stripes of it are greenish-gray, so that it has been called the Variegated Sandstone. It was divided into Upper and Lower. The upper strata are now called Tria ic, and the lower, Permian. to the former. Sometimes the term New Red Sandstone is confined *new-sad, subst. Recently madesad. (Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , v. 2.) IMG:content-0031.png:[blocks in formation] New-World Monkeys : [PLATY RHINE, MONKEY.) new-year, adj . Pertaining or relating to the beginning of a new year; as, new - year congratulations. New-year's Day: The first day of a new year; the first day of January. New-year's gift : A present made on New-year's day. sition: Phosphoric acid, 40-80; magnesia, 22-99; water, 36-21=100; corresponding to the formula Mg2H2P2O8+6aq. Loses its water about 110. Found also at Me jill ones, Chili. new-ěl, *new'-ěll (1), *nu-ell, s.' [O. Fr. nual (Fr. noyau ), from Latin nucale, neut. sing. of nucalis = pertaining to a nut; hence, ap plied to the kernel of a nut or the stone of a plum; nux (gen it. nucis )=a nut.] 1. Arch .: The central column round which the steps of a circular staircase wind. Winding stairs around a central well are said to have an open newel or hollow newel. The newel is sometimes carried through to the roof, to serve as a vaulting-shaft, from which the ribs branch off in all directions. Newel. 2. Carp .: The post at the head or foot of a stair, supporting a hand-rail. 3. Civil Engin .: A cylindrical pillar terminating the wing-wall of a bridge. 4. Shipwright.: An upright piece of timber to receive the tenons of the rails that lead from the breastwork of the gangway. new-ell (2), 8. [NEW, a. The form was probably suggested either by O. Fr. novel , nouvel , or English novel (q. v.).] Something new or novel; a novelty. "He was so enamored with the newell That nought he deemed deare for the jewell." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar; May. new'-er, compar. of a. [NEW, a.] Newer Pliocene, s. Geol.: The more recent of two series of strata into "If I be served such a trick, I'll have my brains taken out and buttered, and give them to a dog as a new-year's which the Pliocene formation is divided. [PLIO- gift."-Shakesp.: Merry Wives, iii. 5. New Zealand, s . IMG:content-0032.png:[blocks in formation] New Zealand Fur - seal : Gray). A full-grown specimen is from six to seven Zoology : Otaria forsteri (Gypsophoca tropical is , feet long, and weighs about 220 lbs. The hair is soft, black, with reddish-gray tips, a delicate reddish under-fur. They are fast becoming extinct, or retiring southward. New Zealand Goose : [CNEMIORNIS.] New Zealand Hump - back Whale: Zool.: Megaptera novæ zelandiæ. New Zealand Parrot : Ornith.: Strigops habroptilus . [ΚΑΚΑΡΟ.] New Zealand Short - tailed Bat : Zool.: Mystacina tuberculata : [MYSTACINA.] New Zealand Smelt: Ichthy .: Retro pinna richardson i , one of the Salmon ide, found only in the rivers of New Zealand. New Zealand Spinach : Bot. & Hort.: Tetragon i a expansa , a native of New Zealand, cultivated in Europe as a substitute for spinach. New Zealand Spruce -tree: Bot.: Dacrydium cupre inum . New Zealand Sub - region: Zool .: A subdivision of the Australian region, consisting of New Zealand, with the Auckland, Chas am, and Norfolk Islands. New Zealand Tea : Bot.: Leptospermum scoparium . New Zealand Wood - crow : Ornith.: Neomorph a ( Hetero loch a ) acutirostris , extinct. By the Maories it is known as Huia. a curious and aberrant form, rapidly becoming *new, *newe, v. t . & i. [NEW, a.] A. Trans .: To make new; to renew. B. In trans.: To become new; to be renewed. new-ber-ý-ite (ew as ū), s. [Named by Vom Rath after J. C. Newbery, of Melbourne; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: An orthorhombic mineral occurring in large tabular crystals in the guano of the Skipton chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; CENE.] *new'-fan-gel-nes, *newe-fan-gel-nes, *newfan-gle-ne e, s. [Mid. Eng. new fan gel ; -ne .] Fondne of that which is novel or new; foolish desire or love of novelty. "Hedefull without wavering, constant without newfan glene e."-Ascham: Scholemaster , bù. i. new-fan-gle, *new'-fan-gel, *newe-fan-gel, adj . [Mid. Eng. newe =new, and fangel =ready to seize or snatch at; from A. S. fang an take.] Fond of taking up or adopting what is new; newfangled. (Gower: C. A. , iii. 273.) new-fă n-gle, v. t. [NEWFANGLE.] To change by the introduction of novelties. "To control and newfangle the Scriptures."- Milton : Of Prelatical Episcopacy . new-fan-gled (gled as geld), adj. [Mid. Eng. newfangl (e); -ed.] 1. Fond of taking up or adopting that which is new; fond or desirous of novelties. "Not to have fellowship with newfangled teachers."1 Timothy vi. (Heading.) 2. Newly made, new-fashioned, novel; formed with the affectation of novelty. (Used in contempt or depreciation.) "Let us see and examine more of this newfangled philosophy."- Fryth : Works, p. 21. new-făń'-gled-lý (le as el), adv. [Eng newfangled; -ly.] In a newfangled manner; with affec tation of novelty.