nether

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nether - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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nether - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nether
      adj 1: lower; "gnawed his nether lip"
      2: dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions"
         [syn: chthonian, chthonic, nether]
      3: located below or beneath something else; "nether garments";
         "the under parts of a machine" [syn: nether, under]