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new world
(encz) | New World, adj: |
New world
(gcide) | New \New\ (n[=u]), a. [Compar. Newer (n[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
Newest.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw,
OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny,
Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh,
Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, Gr. ne`os,
Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. [root]263. See Now, and cf.
Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]
1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short 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.
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2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately
manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new
planet; new scenes.
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3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now
commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year;
a new course or direction.
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4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of
original freshness; also, changed for the better;
renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel
made him a new man.
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Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. --Bk. of
Com. Prayer.
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Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost
new. --Bacon.
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5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient
descent; not previously known or famous. --Addison.
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6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
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New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. --Pope.
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7. Fresh from anything; newly come.
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New from her sickness to that northern air.
--Dryden.
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New birth. See under Birth.
New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding
the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See
Swedenborgian.
New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the
power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy
motives.
New land, land cleared and cultivated for the first time.
New light. (Zool.) See Crappie.
New moon.
(a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first
appears after being invisible.
(b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day
of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the
Jews. --2 Kings iv. 23.
New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation
immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided
into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone.
New style. See Style.
New testament. See under Testament.
New world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called
because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern
Hemisphere until recent times.
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Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.
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new world
(wn) | New World
n 1: the hemisphere that includes North America and South
America [syn: western hemisphere, occident, {New
World}] |
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new world
(encz) | New World, adj: |
new world order
(encz) | new world order,nový světový řád n: web |
new world
(wn) | New World
n 1: the hemisphere that includes North America and South
America [syn: western hemisphere, occident, {New
World}] |
new world anteater
(wn) | New World anteater
n 1: any of several tropical American mammals of the family
Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and
termites [syn: anteater, New World anteater] |
new world beaver
(wn) | New World beaver
n 1: a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North
America except Florida [syn: New World beaver, {Castor
canadensis}] |
new world blackbird
(wn) | New World blackbird
n 1: any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or
predominantly black [syn: New World blackbird,
blackbird] |
new world chat
(wn) | New World chat
n 1: birds having a chattering call [syn: New World chat,
chat] |
new world coral snake
(wn) | New World coral snake
n 1: any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded
in red and black and either yellow or white; widely
distributed in South America and Central America [syn:
coral snake, harlequin-snake, New World coral snake] |
new world flycatcher
(wn) | New World flycatcher
n 1: large American birds that characteristically catch insects
on the wing [syn: New World flycatcher, flycatcher,
tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird] |
new world goldfinch
(wn) | New World goldfinch
n 1: American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
[syn: New World goldfinch, goldfinch, yellowbird,
Spinus tristis] |
new world jay
(wn) | New World jay
n 1: a North American jay |
new world least weasel
(wn) | New World least weasel
n 1: of Canada and northeastern United States [syn: {New World
least weasel}, Mustela rixosa] |
new world leishmaniasis
(wn) | New World leishmaniasis
n 1: a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central
American and South America; sores are limited to the skin
and mucosa [syn: mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, {New World
leishmaniasis}, American leishmaniasis, {leishmaniasis
americana}, nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis] |
new world monkey
(wn) | New World monkey
n 1: hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated
nostrils and long usually prehensile tails [syn: {New World
monkey}, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian] |
new world mouse
(wn) | New World mouse
n 1: a variety of rodent |
new world opah
(wn) | New World opah
n 1: from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico [syn:
New World opah, Lampris guttatus] |
new world oriole
(wn) | New World oriole
n 1: American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow [syn:
New World oriole, American oriole, oriole] |
new world porcupine
(wn) | New World porcupine
n 1: arboreal porcupine |
new world sparrow
(wn) | New World sparrow
n 1: sparrow-like North American finches |
new world tapir
(wn) | New World tapir
n 1: a tapir found in South America and Central America [syn:
New World tapir, Tapirus terrestris] |
new world vulture
(wn) | New World vulture
n 1: large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World
vultures [syn: New World vulture, cathartid] |
new world warbler
(wn) | New World warbler
n 1: small bright-colored American songbird with a weak
unmusical song [syn: New World warbler, wood warbler] |
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