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Ninth"ly, adv. In the ninth
place.

Nin"ut (?), n. (Zoöl.)
The magpie. [Prov. Eng.]

Ni"o*bate (?), n. [See Niobium.]
(Chem.) Same as Columbate.

Ni"o*be (?), n. [L. Nioba,
Niobe, Gr. &?;.] (Class, Myth.) The daughter of
Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her
children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself
was changed by the gods into stone.

Ni*ob"ic (?), a. (Chem.)
Same as Columbic.

Ni"o*bite (?), n. (Min.)
Same as Columbite.

Ni*o"bi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. & E.
Niobe.] (Chem.) A later name of columbium. See
Columbium.

Ni*o"po (?), n. A kind of snuff
prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a
leguminous tree (Piptadenia peregrina), thence called niopo
tree.


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