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   Nether , 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.
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   'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires.
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   This darksome nether world her light
   Doth dim with horror and deformity.
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   All my nether shape thus grew transformed.
   Milton.
   
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