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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nether \Neth"er\, a. [OE. nethere, neithere, AS ni?era, fr the
adv ni?er downward; akin to neo?an below, beneath, D. neder
down G. nieder, Sw nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also
to Skr. ni down [root]201. Cf {Beneath}.]
Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part
having a lower position; belonging to the region below;
lower; under -- opposed to {upper}.
'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. --Milton.
This darksome nether world her light Doth dim with
horror and deformity. --Spenser.
All my nether shape thus grew transformed. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
nether
adj 1: lower; "gnawed his nether lip"
2: of the underworld; "nether regions" [syn: {chthonian}, {chthonic},
{lower}]
3: located below or beneath something else; "nether garments";
"the under parts of a machine" [syn: {under}]
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