Neither

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Neither \Nei"ther\ (n[=e]"[th][~e]r or n[imac]"[th][~e]r; 277),
     a. [OE. neither, nother, nouther, AS. n[=a]w[eth]er,
     n[=a]hwae[eth]er; n[=a] never, not + hwae[eth]er whether. The
     word has followed the form of either. See {No}, and
     {Whether}, and cf. {Neuter}, {Nor}.]
     Not either; not the one or the other.


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           Which of them shall I take?
           Both? one? or neither? Neither can be enjoyed,
           If both remain alive.                    --Shak.
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           He neither loves,
           Nor either cares for him.                --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Neither \Nei"ther\, conj.
     Not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or
     more coordinate clauses of which those that follow begin with
     nor.
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           Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the
           king.                                    --1 Kings
                                                    xxii. 31.
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           Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent,
           Neither had I transgressed, nor thou with me. --Milton.
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           When she put it on, she made me vow
           That I should neither sell, nor give, nor lose it.
                                                    --Shak.
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     Note: Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor.
           "For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is
           anything at all." --Tyndale. "Ye shall not eat of it,
           neither shall ye touch it." --Gen. iii. 3. Neither is
           sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to
           enforce a foregoing negative (nor, not, no). "He is
           very tall, but not too tall neither." --Addison. " `I
           care not for his thrust' `No, nor I neither.'" --Shak.
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     {Not so neither}, by no means. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  neither
       adv : after a negative statement used to indicate that the next
             statement is similarly negative; "I was not happy and
             neither were they"; "just as you would not complain,
             neither should he"