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English Dictionary: Neigh by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neigh
n
  1. the characteristic sounds made by a horse [syn: neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny]
v
  1. make a characteristic sound, of a horse [syn: neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neigh \Neigh\, n.
      The cry of a horse; a whinny.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Neigh \Neigh\ (n[amac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Neighed}
      (n[amac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Neighing}.] [OE. neien, AS.
      hn[aemac]gan, prob. of imitative origin; cf. MHG. n[emac]gen,
      Icel. hneggja, gneggja, Sw. gn[84]gga. Cf. {Nag} a horse.]
      1. To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.
  
      2. To scoff or sneer; to jeer. [Obs.]
  
                     Neighed at his nakedness.                  --Beau. & Fl.
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