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English Dictionary: neat	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neat adj clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room" [syn: neat, orderly] showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting" free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" Synonym(s): neat, refined, tasteful free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife" Synonym(s): clean, neat very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" Synonym(s): bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing without water; "took his whiskey neat" Synonym(s): neat, straight, full-strength
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neat \Neat\, n. sing. & pl. [AS. ne[a0]t; akin to OHG. n[?]z, Icel. naut, Sw. n[94]t, Dan. n[94]d, and to AS. ne[a2]tan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit.] (Zo[94]l.) Cattle of the genus {Bos}, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus {Bos}; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot. --Chaucer. Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat. --Spenser. The steer, the heifer, and the calf Are all called neat. --Shak. A neat and a sheep of his own. --Tusser. {Neat's-foot}, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neat \Neat\, a. [See {neat}, n.] Of or pertaining to the genus {Bos}, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neat \Neat\, a. [Compar. {Neater}; superl. {Neatest}.] [OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf. {Nitid}, {Net}, a., {Natty}.] 1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy. If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. --Law. 2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress. 3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy. [bd]Our old wine neat.[b8] --Chapman. 4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief. 5. With all deductions or allowances made; net. Note: [In this sense usually written {net}. See {Net}, a., 3.] {neat line} (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be built or formed. {Neat work}, work built or formed to neat lines. Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.