nephew (as nevu), neveu, nevew, nephewe, neve we

[ Fr.neveu; from Lat. nepotem, acc. of nepos =(1) a grandson, (2) a nephew; A. S. nef a =a nephew; Sansc. napát a grandson; O. Η. Ger. nefo, nevo: Ger. neffe.] *1. A grandson, a grandchild. "Their nephews , to wit, the children of their sons and daughters."- P . Holland : Plutarch; Morals, p. 555. See also 1 Tim. v. 4 (R.V.). 2. The son of a brother or sister. "The uncle is certainly nearer of kin to the common stock by one degree than the nephew ."-Black stone: Comment., bk. ii., ch. 14. *3. A cousin. "Henry the Fourth deposed his nephew Richard." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., ii. 5. něph'-o-scope, subst. [Gr. nephos =a cloud, and skopeō to look at.] Physics: An instrument for measuring the velocity of clouds, invented by Karl Braun, and made public in 1868.