novempennate (novempenat)

[L. novem, nine, + penna, feather.] In ornith., having nine primaries upon the manus or pinion bone. The large flight-feathers or remiges of a bird which pertain to the manus are generally either nine or ten in number, and this difference of one feather marks many of the families of the order Pa eres. novena (no-vēna), n. [ML., neut. pl. of L. novenus, nine each: see novene.] In the Rom. Cath. Ch., a devotion consisting of prayers said during nine consecutive days, for the purpose of obtaining, through the interce ion of the Virgin or of the particular saint to whom the prayers are addre ed, some special ble ing or MS. Harl. 1701, f. 23. ( Hall i well.) mercy. Also called by the French name neu vaine. novenary (nov'e-nā-ri), a. and n. [ Ther was a knygt that loved novelrye, As many one haunte now that folye. Eyther they [husbands] ben ful of jalousie, Or maysterful, or loven novelrie. mance. commendation. (J. Bascom, Phil. Eng. Lit. p. 271) novelantt (nov'el-ant), n. [ ilant. Our news is but small, our nouvellants being out of the Court and Times of Charles 1., L. 214. way. novelert, novellert (nov'el-ér), n. [ novel + -er1.] 1. An innovator; a dealer in new things. They ought to keep that day which these novellers teach us to contemn. Bp. Hall , Remains, p. 303. 2. A novelist or writer of novels.