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&fist; Nay in this sense may be interchanged with
yea. "Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir."
Shak.

Nay, n.; pl.
Nays (&?;). 1. Denial;
refusal.

2. a negative vote; one who votes in the
negative.

It is no nay, there is no denying it.
[Obs.] haucer.

Nay, v. t. & i. To refuse.
[Obs.] Holinshed.

||Na*yaur" (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of
Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the
neck.

Nayt (?), v. t. [Icel. neita.]
To refuse; to deny. [Obs.] "He shall not nayt ne
deny his sin." Chaucer.

Nay"ward (?), n. The negative
side. [R.]

Howe'er you lean to the nayward.

Nay"word` (?), n. A byword; a
proverb; also, a watchword.


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