Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: bottom(a), chthonian, chthonic, infernal, low, lower, under

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