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Nether

Nether Meaning & Definition
Nether Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nether?

[adj] located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"
[adj] of the underworld; "nether regions"
[adj] lower; "gnawed his nether lip"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nether: bottom(a) | chthonian | chthonic | infernal | low | lower | under

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Nether In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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