neighbor ship (eigh as a)

[Eng. neighbor; -ship. The quality or state of being neighbors. 2829 neigh-ing (eigh as ā), *ney-enge, s . [A. S. hnægung, from hnégan to neigh.] The act of crying like a horse; the cry of a horse; a whinnying. nëir, nëer, *neyre, *nere, s. [Dut. nier ; Icel. nyra; Dan. nyre; Ger. niere.) A kidney. nēist, a., adv . & prep . [NEXT.] A. As adj .: Next, nearest, nighest. B. As adv .: Next, nearest. C. As prep.: Next to, nearest to, close to. nei-ther (or ni'-ther), *nau-ther, *naw-ther, *ne-ther, *ney-ther, *noi-ther, *no-ther, *nouther, *now-ther, pron ., pronom.adj. & conj . [A.S. náwdher, a contracted form of ná-hrædher = neither, from ná =no, and hwædher = whether. The correct form is nother , the form neither being due to the influence of either (q. v.).] A. As pron.: Not either; not one of two; not the one nor the other. "Thus they in mutual accusation spent The fruitle hours, but neither self-condemning." Milton: P. L. , ix. 1,188. B. As pronom. adj.: Not either. "Where neither is nor true nor kind." Shakesp.: Complaint of a Lover , 186. C. As conj .: Not either. It is generally prefixed to the first of two or more coordinate negative prepositions or clauses, the others being introduced by IMG:content-1634.png:[blocks in formation] (2) Sometimes it is used adverbially with the last of two or more negative clauses or propositions. "I saw Mark Antony offer him a crown: yet 'twas not a crown neither , 'twas one of these coronets."-Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar , i. 2.