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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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NEW a. 9 definitions

time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife." Chaucer.

nces, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude. AS a therapeutic doctrine it stands for silent and absent mental treatment, and the theory that all diseases are mental in origin. As a cult it has its unifying idea the inculcation of workable optimism in contrast with the "old thought" of sin, evil, p…

NEW YEAR'S DAY n.

first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's or new year.

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand flax. (a) (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb (Phormium tenax), having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiber itself. -- New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub (Leptosp…

Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes.

Recently born. Shak.

One who has lately come.

NEWEL n. 2 definitions

A novelty; a new thing. [Obs.] Spenser.

NEWFANGLE a. 2 definitions

Eager for novelties; desirous of changing. [Obs.] So newfangel be they of their meat. Chaucer.

NEWFANGLED a. 2 definitions

Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty. "A newfangled nomenclature." Sir W. Hamilton.

NEWFANGLEDNESS n.

Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form.

NEWFANGLENESS n.

Newfangledness. [Obs.] Chaucer. Proud newfangleness in their apparel. Robynson (More's Utopia).

One who is eager for novelties or desirous of change. [Obs.] Tooker.

In a newfangled manner; with eagerness for novelty. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

NEWFASHIONED a.

Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion.

NEWFOUNDLAND n. 2 definitions

A Newfoundland dog. Tennyson. Newfoundland dog (Zoöl.), a breed of large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.

Yeast; barm. [prov. Eng.]

Somewhat new; nearly new. Bacon.