nether : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nether	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for nether
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nether adj lower; "gnawed his nether lip" dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions" Synonym(s): chthonian, chthonic, nether located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine" Synonym(s): nether, under
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nether \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.