Nether

2 definitions found

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

  Nether \Neth"er\ (n[e^][th]"[~e]r), a. [OE. nethere, neithere,
     AS. ni[eth]era, fr. the adv. ni[eth]er downward; akin to
     neo[eth]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}.
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           'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. --Milton.
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           This darksome nether world her light
           Doth dim with horror and deformity.      --Spenser.
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           All my nether shape thus grew transformed. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]