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"me*dæ [1885]; No"va Au*ri"gæ [1891-92]; No"va Per"se*i [1901]. There are two novæ called Nova Persei. They are:

A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

The doctrines or principles of the Novatians. Milner.

Innovation. [Obs.] I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths. Laud.

An innovator. [Obs.]

Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years. [R.] Holder.

To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. [Archaic]

The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc. Dryden.

One who favors innovation.

Characterized by, or introducing, innovations. Fitzed. Hall.

One who innovates. Shak.

Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew. All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. Thomson.

The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. Thomson. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. Rabbler.

One who, or that which, renovates. Foster.

Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers." Longfellow. -- n.

Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.

A nickname for a Nova Scotian.

A Nova Scotian; also, a Nova Scotian ship (called also Blue"nos`er); a Nova Scotian potato, etc.