neir

See neer2. Add is on , tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iv. neirhand, adv . An obsolete or dialectal form Around from all the neighbouring streets The wondering neighbours ran. of near-hand. neist (nest), adv., prep., and a. A dialectal Goldsmith, Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog. form of next . neighborline , neighbourline (nā'bor-li[ Judge if this be neighbourly dealing. Arbuthnot . IMG:content-1287.png:[blocks in formation] neither (ne'Ther or ni'Thèr), a. and pron. [ nowther, nouther, nother, Love made them not: with acture they may be, Where neither party is nor true nor kind. Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 186. II. pron. Not one or the other. See either , pron. Ac hor nother , as me may ise in pur righte nas. Rob. of Gloucester , 1. 174. Some tolerable sentence neighborly borrowed, or featly picked out of some fresh pamflet. Harvey, Pierce's Supererogation. Being neighbourly admitted, by the courtesy of England, to hold po e ions in our province, a country better than their own. Milton , Articles of Peace with the Irish. neighborredt, n. [ME. nezeburredde, neheboreden; Hom ., i. 137. neighbors hipt (nā'bor-ship), n. [= D. nabuur schap = MLG. nabūrschop , LG. naberschaft , ne berschaft , neberschap = G. nach burs chaft, nochperschaft, nach bars chaft = Sw.naboskap = Dan. Neither nothert, neither the one nor the other. naboskab; as neighbor + -ship.] The state of being neighbors. neighbor-stainedt (nā'bor-stand), a . Stained with the blood of neighbors. Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, Profaners of this neighbour - stained steel. Shak., R. and J., i. 1. 89. IMG:content-1288.png:[blocks in formation] Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither ? Neither can be enjoyed If both remain alive. Shak ., Lear, v. 1. 58. In this Division of Advices, when they could not do both, they did neither . Baker , Chronicles, p. 159. Both thy brethren are in Arthur's hall, Albeit neither loved with that full love I feel for thee. Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette. For as for me is lever non ne lother, I am withholden yet with neyther nother. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 192. neither (ne' Ther or ni' Thèr), conj . [ nawther , nowther , nouther , nother, etc., contr. also nor , which now prevails as the second form in the correlation neither