Nine

·noun A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.

II. Nine ·adj Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.

III. Nine ·noun The number greater than eight by a unit; nine units or objects.

Nine-bark
·noun A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern Unit...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Nine-eyes
·noun The <<Lamprey>>. ...

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Nine-killer
·noun The northern butcher bird. ...

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Nine Gardens
On the north-east side of Tower Hill, near the boundary of the Tower Liberty (Haiward and Gascoigne'...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
nine lives
Cats are said to have nine lives, and women ten cats lives. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
nine-killer
The popular name of the Northern Butcher-bird (lanius) of ornithologists. In Canada and the Eastern ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
nine-pin block
A block in that form, mostly used for a fair-leader under the cross-pieces of the forecastle and qua...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Cat o' nine tails
·- ·see under <<Cat>>. ...

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cat of nine tails
A scourge composed of nine strings of whip-cord, each string having nine knots. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cat o' nine tails
An instrument of punishment used on board ships in the navy; it is commonly of nine pieces of line o...

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