Definition of "nine" []

• The cardinal number equal to 8 + 1. (noun)
• The ninth in a set or sequence. (noun)
• Something having nine parts, units, or members. (noun)
• Games A playing card marked with nine pips. (noun)
• A set of nine persons or things, especially: (noun)

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• "But 'tain't too late to mend, an' if a stitch in time _does_ save nine, it's better to take the _nine_ stitches than to wait till they are ninety times nine."
• ""Well, maybe 'twere only nine year; 'twere _nine_ or _ten_ year ago,""
• "Devil, who here assumes Hel's place, orders the watch to go back and lock up _all the nine locks on the gates of Hell_ -- a lock for each of the goddesses _nine_ worlds -- and to put a padlock on besides."