neaf (nef)

[Also (Sc.) neif, neive, nieve; IMG:content-1250.png:[blocks in formation] Neapolitan us , pertaining to Neapolis, Neapo- lis ( It. Napoli , > F. Naples , E. Naples ), νέος , new (= E. new ), + πό- λις , a city: see police .] I. a: Of or pertaining to Naples or its in- habitants. - Neapolitan medlar. See azarole.-Neapolitan sixth, in music , a chord consisting of the subdominant of a minor tonality with its minor third and minor sixth (see the cut). Its derivation is much disputed. II. n. An inhabitant or a native of the city of Naples, or of the province or the former kingdom of Naples. nearl (ner), adv. and prep. [Early mod. E. also neer, neere, nerre; B. Jonson, Devil is an A , ii. 1. contr.of * neáhor (= OS.nähör = D.naar = MLG. nager, nēger, näer , LG. näger = OHG. nāhor, MHG. näher, næher, när, G. näher = Icel. nær, near, nearer, nearly, almost, when, = Sw. när = Dan. nær , near, nearly, almost, soon, = Goth. nehwis , nigher, nearer), compar., with reg.com- par. suffix -er2 reduced to -r (superl. next , simi- larly contracted), of neah , E. nigh : see nigh , adv . The compar. near came to be regarded as a pos- itive, and a new comparative nearer , with su- perl. nearest , was developed. Cf. near1 , a.] Ι. adv. 1. Nigher; more nigh; closer: compara- tive of nigh . And either while he goth afarre, And other while he draweth neere. So the i wenten forth alle thre till the i com ner at Tinta- Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 76. And still the nearer to the spring we go , More limpid, more unsoiled the waters flow. Dryden, Religio Laici, 1. 340. Death had need be near Unto such men for them to heed him aught. Weep thou for me in France, I for thee here; Better far off than near, be ne'er the near. Shak., Rich. II., v. 1. 88. Greene, James IV., 1. 80. I will not dispute the matter with them, saith God, from day to day, and never the near. Latimer , Works, I. 245. No grief did ever come so near thy heart. Shak., T. G. of V., iv. 3. 19. This is a very high cool retreat, and we saw the tops of the mountains near this place covered with snow. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 95. 2. Nigh or close to, in a figurative sense. You 'll steal away some mans daughter; am I near you? Middle ton, Chaste Maid, i. 1. She is thy father's near kinswoman. Lev. xviii. 12. Some busine of concern to a near relation of mine. Cotton, in Walton's Angler, ii. 223. 3. Intimate; united in close ties of affection or confidence; familiar: as, a near friend. He hath sent me an earnest inviting, which many my near occasions did urge me to put off. Shak., T. of A., iii. 6. 11. Locke , 5. Close; not deviating from an original or model; observant of the style or manner of the thing copied; literal: as, a near translation.- 6. So as barely to escape injury, danger, or ex- posure; close; narrow. [Colloq.] W. H. Ru ell , Diary in India, II. 396. 7. In riding or driving, on the left: opposed to off : as, the near side; the near fore leg. Our neere horse did fling himself, kicking of the coach- box over the pole; and a great deal of trouble it was to get him right again. Pepys , Diary, IV. 74. Lawrence, Guy Living stone, viii. 8. Short; serving to bring the object close. "Tis somewhat about, Shirley, The Traitor, iii. 3. 9. Economical; closely calculating; also, close; parsimonious. Near and provident in their families, commending good husbandry. R. Knox (Arber's Eng. Garner, 1. 339). Mi , he's so near , it's partly a wonder how he lives at Mi Burney , Cecilia, ii. 9. His neighbours call him near , which always means that the person in question is a lovable skinflint. George Eliot, Mill on the Flo , ii. 12. 10. Empty. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.]-Near handt. See hand and near-hand . = Syn. 1. Contiguous, proximate, neighboring, imminent, impending, approach- ing. Nearest , Next are sometimes synonymous words: as, nearest or next of kin; but specially the first denotes the closest relative proximity, while the second denotes the proximate place in order. Compare the nearest house nearl (ner), v. t. [(=G. nähern = Sw. närma = Dan. nærme , bring near); adv . The older verb is nigh.] I. trans. To come near or nearer; stand near; approach: as, the ship Give up your key Unto that lord that neares you. II. in trans. To come nearer; approach. A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! And still it neared and neared. near2, n. See neer2 . near3 (ner), conj . A contracted form of neither . [Prov. Eng.] See the facts nearly , and these mountainous inequalities vanish. Emerson, Compensation. 2. Closely: as, two persons nearly related.-3. Intimately; pre ingly; with a close relation to one's interest or happine . Madam, the busine now impos'd upon me Concerns you nearly . Beau . and Fl ., Woman-Hater, v. 5. 4. Within a little of; almost: as, nearly twenty; the prisoner nearly escaped; nearly dead with cold. I took my leave, for it was nearly noon. Tennyson, Prince , v. 5. With niggardline or parsimony.-6. Ex- actly; precisely. As nearly as I may, I'll play the penitent to you; but mine honesty Shall not make poor my greatne . Shak ., A. and C., ii. 2. 91. nearne (ner'nes), n. The state or fact of be- ing near, in any sense; proximity; imminence. near-point (ner'point), n. The nearest point, as eye can bring to a focus on the retina. near-sighted (ner'si"te a . Short-sighted; seeing distinctly at a short distance only; my- opic. near-sighted ne (ner'sī"ted-nes), n. The state of being near-sighted; myopia. neat1 (net), n. and a. [Also dial. note , nout, nolt ( neet , nete , net , neát , pl. neát (also deriv. niten , nūten ), an ox or cow, cat- tle collectively (= OFries. nāt = OHG. MHG. noz , G. dial. no = Icel. naut (also deriv. neyti ) = Sw. nöt = Dan. nöd , cattle, in Scand. also an ox); prob. so called as being 'used' or employed in work (ef. cattle and stock ), or because orig. 'taken' and domesticated, neótan , niótan , use, employ, = OS. niotan = OFries. nieta = OHG. niozan, MHG. niezen, OHG. giniozan, MHG. geniezen , G. genies sen = Icel. njōta = Sw. njuta = Dan. nyde = Goth. niutan , take part in, ob- tain, ganiutan , take (with a net); cf. Lith. nauda , usefulne . From the same verb is de- rived the noun note2 .] I. n. 1. Cattle of the bovine genus, as bulls, oxen, and cows: used collectively. And Ioyned til hem on Iohan most gentil of alle, The prys neet of Peers plouh pa ynge alle othere. Piers Plowman (C), xxii. 266. From thence into the open fields he fled, Whereas the Heardes were keeping of their neat . Spenser, F. Q., VI. ix. 4. near-by (ner'bi), a. Close at hand; not far off; adjacent; neighboring: as, near - by towns. 2. A single bovine animal. [Rare.] [Colloq., U. S.] The near - by trade and Western dealers are buying mod- erately. The Independent (New York), May 1, 1862. Nearctic (nē-ärk'tik), a. [ νέος , new, + ἀρκτικός, northern, arctic: see arctic .] In zoö- geog ., belonging to the northern part of the New A neat and a sheep of his own. Tu er, Husbandry. Neat's-foot oil, an oil obtained from the feet of neat cattle.-Neat's leather, leather made of the hides of neat cattle. As proper men as ever trod upon neat's leather have gone upon my handiwork. Shak ., J. C., i. 1. 29. plied to one of the six prime divisions of the earth's surface made by Sclater with reference to the geographical distribution of animals: dis- tinguished from Neo tropical in the New World and Pale arctic in the Old. The Nearctic region in- cludes all of North America with Green land to a latitude on the average of about the tropic of Cancer; but such is the character of the country toward its southern boundary that it properly stops at sea-level opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande on the one side of Mexico, and at Mazatlan on the opposite coast, but in the table-lands extends much further south, and in the tierra fri a or mountainous regions quite through Guatemala. Also Neo arctic and Anglogæan . near-dweller (ner'dwel"ėr), n. A neighbor. We may chance Meet some of our near - dwellers with my car. Keats , Endymion, i. near-hand (ner'hand), adv . [ nigh -hand.] Near at hand; nearly; almost. [Old Eng. and Scotch.] And I awaked there-with witles nerehande , And as a freke that fre were forth gan I walke. Piers Plowman (B), xiii. 1. I have been watchman in this wood Near hand this forty year. Robin Hood and the Beggar (Child's Ballads, V. 194). near-hand (ner'hand), a . Near; close at hand; nigh; adjacent. [Old Eng. and Scotch.] They haue euer gently and louingly intreated such as of friendly mind came to them, as-well from Countries neare hand , as farre remote. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 231. IMG:content-1251.png:[blocks in formation] neat2 (net), a. [ nette , * nete (= D. net G. nett = Sw. nätt = Dan. net ) , net , fem. nete , F. net , fem. nette (> mod. E. net2 ) = Pr. net = Sp. neto = Pg. nedeo = It. net to, clear, pure, neat, nitid us , shining, neat, net2 , and nitid , from the same source.] 1. Clear; pure; unmixed; undiluted; unadulterated: as, a gla of brandy neat. IMG:content-1252.png:[blocks in formation] or "frames." W. L. Carpenter , Soap and Candles, p. 174. 2. Clear of any extraneous matter; clear of the cask, case, wrapper, etc.; with all deductions made: as, neat weight. [In this sense now usu- ally net .] The new Cairo answer eth euery yeere in tribute to the grand Signior 600,000 ducates of golde, neat and free of all charges growing on the same. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 200. 3. Free from what is undesirable, offensive, un- becoming, or in bad taste; pleasing; nice. Sluttery to such neat excellence opposed. Shak ., Cymbeline, i. 6. 44. with the feet so near each other that they come in contact. Shak ., T. of the S., iii. 2. 57. nearly (ner'li), adv . 1. Close at hand; in close proximity; at no great distance; hence, narrow- ly; with close scrutiny. 'Tis dangerous for the most innocent person in the world to be too frequently and nearly a witne to the commis- sion of vice and folly. Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. x. He desired not so much neat and polite as clear, mascu- Bacon , Advancement of Learning, Pref., p. xi. They make the neatest she we of all the houses in Paris. Coryat , Crudities, I. 30. I have not heard a neater sermon a great while, and more to my content. Pepys , Diary, I. 310. neat 4. Characterized by nicety of appearance, construction, arrangement, etc.; nice; hence, orderly; trim; tidy; often, specifically, clean: as, a neat box; the apartment was always very neat; neat in one's dre . These [elephants] have neat little boarded Houses or Castles fastened on their backs, where the great men sit in state, secur'd from the Sun or Rain. Dampier , Voyages, II. i. 73. Her artle manners and her neat attire. Cowper , Task, iv. 536. 5. Well-shaped or well-proportioned; clean cut: as, a neat foot and ankle.-6. Complete in character, skill, etc.; exact; finished; adroit; clever; skilful: applied to persons or things. Men. To be a villain is no such rude matter. Cam . No, if he be a neat one, and a perfect: Art makes all excellent. Fletcher , Wife for a Month, i. 2. Paddy overtook him at last, and gave him a clippeen on the left ear, and a neat touch of the foot that sent him sprawling. IMG:content-1253.png:[blocks in formation] 3. The face. [Obsolete or Scotch.] Josep cam into halle and sau his brethren wepe; He ki eth Benjamin, anon his neb he gan wipe. MS . Bodl . 652, f. 10. (Hall i well.) 4. The tip end of anything; a sharp point: as, the neb of a lancet or knife. See nib . [Scotch.] -5. The nib of a pen. See nib . Those pennes are made of purpose without nebs, because they may cast inck but slowly. Dekker, Lanthorne and Candle-light. Neb and feather, completely; from top to toe. [Scotch.] - To dab nebst. See dab1. Lever , Dodd Family Abroad, I. letter i. Nebalia (ne-bali-a), n. [NL.; origin not The neat repartee, the eloquence that left the House too profoundly affected to deliberate, the original of the novelist's greatest creation - they are all vanishing like frost foliage at sunrise. G. W. Curtis, Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 472. 71. Spruce; finical; over-nice. Still to be neat , still to be drest As you were going to a feast. B. Jonson, Epicæne, i. 1. ascertained.] 1. A remarkable genus of uncertain position among the lower crustaceans, ranged by Huxley among the phyllopod ous Branchiopod a, by others in a peculiar order named Phyllocarida or Lept ostraca. It has a large carapace (cep halo ste gite) with mobile rostrum; the eyes are large and pedunculated; there are well-developed antennæ, mandibles, and two pairs of maxillæ, the anterior of which ends in a long palp. 8t. A commendatory word, used somewhat 2. A genus of rotifers. Grube, 1862. vaguely. To tell what dre ing up of howses there were by all the neat dames and ladies within the free do me, Dekker , Oration of Parsimony. This gentleman did take to wife A neat and gallant dame. nebalian (nē-bali-an), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining to or having the characters of the genus Nebalia, 1. II. n. A nebalian crustacean.