nine killer

Ornith.: A name given to a butcher-bird ( Lanius septentrional is ), from the popular belief that it daily impales nine gra hoppers. IMG:content-0059.png:[blocks in formation] Bot .: A popular name for Polygonum aviculare . nin-nỹ, s . [Ital. ninno; Sp. niño a child: cf. Ital. ninna a lullaby; ninuare =to lull to sleep.] A fool, a simpleton, a nincompoop. "What a pied ninny's this!"- Shakesp .: Tempest , iii. 2. nin'-nỹ-hăm-mer, s. [NINNY.] A simpleton. a nincompoop, a blockhead, a fool. "Hocus, that has saved that clod-pated, numskull'd, ninnyhammer of yours from ruin."-Arbuthnot: John Bull , ch. xii. nin'-sin, nin'-zěn, s. [Chin.] [GINSENG.] ninth, *nynthe, a. & s. [A.S. nigódha, nigédha.] A. As adjective: 1. The ordinal of nine, coming next after the eighth and preceding the tenth. 2. Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided. B. As substantive: nineerde Lang. The quotient 1. Ord. Lang.: The quotient of unity divided by 2. Mus .: A compound interval, equal to a second in the superior octave. It may be major, minor, or augmented. (1) Chord of the major ninth: Mus.: A chord formed by a combination of thirds starting with the dominant or fifth of the scale; called by some writers the "added ninth," because it consists of a chord of the dominant seventh, with the addition of the ninth; by others the " dominant ninth," because it occurs on a dominant ba . (2) Chord of the minor ninth: Mus.: One of the most important ingredients of modern music, consisting of a dominant, its major third, major (perfect) fifth, minor seventh, and minor ninth. IMG:content-0060.png:[blocks in formation] Prior: Cupid and Ganymede. Naut.: A block whose shell is spindle-shaped, resembling one of a set of nine-pins. Its ends are swiveled in an upper and lower bar, so that the plane of the sheave may be presented in any direc. tion. It acts as a fair-leader under the cro pieces of the bitts.