Neth"er (n&ebreve;&thlig;"&etilde;r), a. [OE.
nethere, neithere, AS. niðera, fr. the adv. niðer downward; akin to neoðan below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. √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.
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