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novum (iou) and kilt (oh)


novum (iou)



novum noun.L16-E17.
[Latin novem nine.]
An old game at dice played by five or six people, the two principal throws being nine and five.

kilt (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: kilt 'to fold up' (14-19 centuries), from a Scandinavian language]
a type of thick skirt made of tartan (=material with a pattern of lines and squares) that is traditionally worn by Scottish men
-- kilted adj