Newf

¹

[ noof, nyoof ]

noun

, Chiefly Canadian Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.

1. Newfie ( def 1 ).

Newf.

²

abbreviation for

1. Newfoundland.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Newf¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

Woolly; stem grooved, 4–8° high; leaflets broad, irregularly cut-toothed.—Wet ground, Newf. to the Pacific, and southward to N. C.,

From Project Gutenberg

M. spicàtum, L. Leaves all pinnately parted and capillary, except the floral ones or bracts; these ovate, entire or toothed, and chiefly shorter than the flowers, which thus form an interrupted spike.—Deep water, Newf. to N. Eng. and N. Y., west to Minn., Ark., and the Pacific.

From Project Gutenberg

Branchlets 2-edged; leaves opposite, nearly sessile, oblong, white-glaucous beneath, with revolute margins; corymbs terminal, few-flowered, smooth; bracts large; flowers ½´ broad, lilac-purple; pod ovoid, smooth.—Cold peat-bogs and mountains, Newf. to Penn., Minn., and northward.

From Project Gutenberg

Stems branched above, the branches or peduncles mostly opposite, 1–3-flowered; lobes of the corolla oblong, acutish, rather longer than the calyx, or sometimes twice as long; anthers roundish; ovary 4-angled, the cell somewhat cruciform.—Open woods, Newf. to Wisc., south to Va. and La. Aug.—Scales and branches occasionally alternate.

From Project Gutenberg

Newf. to Ga., west to Minn., E. Neb., and Tex.—Fruit very austere and astringent.

From Project Gutenberg