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nether |
2 definitions found 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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