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

ror placed diagonally in the axis, and near the open end of the tube, and thrown at right angles toward one side of the tube, where the image is formed and viewed through the eyeplace. -- Newtonian theory of light. See Note under Light.

tate. Nictitating membrance (Anat.), a thin membrance, found in many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid, of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the eyeball; the third eyelid; the haw.

s morris. See Morris. -- Nine points circle (Geom.), a circle so related to any given triangle as to pass through the three points in which the perpendiculars from the angles of the triangle upon the opposite sides (or the sides produced) meet the sides. It also passes through the three middle points of the sides of t…

A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.

A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat. How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook Milton.

Full of nooks, angles, or corners. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] That nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.

According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.

Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp. See Kelp.

Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. Cheyne.

Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.

Having eight sides and eight angles.

bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.

Having eight angles; eight-angled. -- Oc*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.

An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9Oº, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant.

A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

Relating to the science of optics; as, optical works. Optic angle (Opt.), the angle included between the optic axes of the two eyes when directed to the same point; -- sometimes called binocular parallax. -- Optic axis. (Opt.) (a) A line drawn through the center of the eye perpendicular to its anterior and posterior s…

One of those who stand in the second rank of honors, immediately after the wranglers, in the University of Cambridge, England. They are divided into senior and junior optimes.

A life blissful and ordinate." Chaucer. Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.