Dictionary of Phrase And Fable Giving the Derivation Source Or Origin of Comm

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"), (2) Examples of the use of uino cm an txh/itutive plural : — Nine laihrs make a man, does not mean the number nine in the ordinary ac- cefitation, but simply the plural of tailor without relation to number. As a tailor is not so robust and powerful as the or- dinary run of men, it requires more than one to match a man.
A nine dai/» wonder is a wonder that lasts more than a day ; here nine equals " several. " A cat has nine lives— i. E. , a cat is more tenacious of life than animals in gener
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PossessiMi is nine points of the laio—i. E. , several points, or every advantage a per- eon can have short of ri^ht.
There are nine ci'otvns recognised in heraldry. {See UiwwNs. ) A fe'e asked a Norman peasant to change babes with her, but the peasant replied, "No, not if your child were nine times fairer than my own. " — "Fairy Mythology, " p. 473.
(3) Nine as a vti/stic number. Exam- ples of its superstitious use : — The Abracadabra was worn nine days, and then flung into a river.


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