Nine

a. [A-S. nigon, nigan, O. Sax. & O. Fries. nigun, L. Ger. & D. negen, O. H. Ger. & Goth. niun, N. H. Ger. neun, Icel. niu, Sw. nio, Dan. ni, allied to Lat. novem, Skr. navam, Gr. ἐννέα.] One more than eight, or one less than ten; five and four added; as, nine miles.

n. 1. The number next following eight and preceding ten; the sum of five and four.

2Sense 2. A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.

The Nine, the nine Muses.