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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Neigh  \Neigh\,  n. 
  The  cry  of  a  horse;  a  whinny. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Neigh  \Neigh\  (n[=a]),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Neighed}  (n[=a]d); 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Neighing}.]  [OE.  neien,  AS  hn[=ae]gan, 
  prob.  of  imitative  origin;  cf  MHG.  n[=e]gen,  Icel.  hneggja 
  gneggja  Sw  gn["a]gga.  Cf  {Nag}  a  horse.] 
  1.  To  utter  the  cry  of  the  horse;  to  whinny. 
 
  2.  To  scoff  or  sneer;  to  jeer.  [Obs.] 
 
  Neighed  at  his  nakedness.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  neigh 
  n  :  the  sound  made  by  a  horse  [syn:  {whinny}] 
  v  :  characteristic  of  horses  [syn:  {nicker},  {whicker},  {whinny}] 




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