novelryt (novelri)

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1897 · p. 64
[ novemt (no'vem), n. [Also novum ; novет , nine: see nine .] An old game at dice played by five or six persons, in which the two principal throws were nine and five. The pedant, the braggart, the hedge-priest, the fool, and the boy:- Abate throw at novum , and the whole world again Cannot pick out five such. Shak ., L. L. L., v. 2. 547. November (nō-vember), n. [ November , Novembre = Sp. Noviembre = Pg. Novembro = It. Novembre = D. G. Sw. Dan. November = Gr. Νοέμβριος, Novembris (sc. mens is , month), the ninth month (sc. from March), novem , nine: see nine .] The eleventh month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviated Nov. November ish (no-vem'bèr-ish), a . [ Novem- ber + -ish1 .] Like or characteristic of Novem- ber: as, a November ish day. November-moth (no-vember-môth), n. A Brit- ish moth, Oporobia dilutata . Novempennatæ (no" vem-pe-nā'tē), n. pl . [NL.: see novempennate .] In Sun devall's sys- tem of cla ification: ( a ) A group of dentiros- tral oscine pa erine birds with only nine pri- maries (whence the name), forming the second phalanx of the cohort Cichlomorpha , and includ- ing the pipits and wagtails ( Motacillida ), the American warblers ( Mniotiltide ) , and the Aus- tralian diamond-birds ( Pard a lotus ) . ( b ) A group of cultrirostral oscine pa erine birds, com- posed of the American grackles: equivalent to the family Icteridæ of other authors.
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