Good Books

Ne (?), adv. [AS. ne. See
No.] Not; never. [Obs.]

He never yet no villany ne said.

&fist; Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of
negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never (=
ne ever) and none (= ne one). Other
combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as
nad, nam, nil. See Negative, 2.

Ne, conj. [See Ne,
adv.] Nor. [Obs.] Shak.

No niggard ne no fool.

Ne . . . ne, neither . . . nor. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

Neaf (?), n. See 2d
Neif. Shak.

Neal (?), v. t. To anneal.
[R.] Chaucer.

Neal, v. i. To be tempered by
heat. [R.] Bacon.

Neap (?), n. [Cf. Neb,
Nape.] The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle
drawn by two animals.


Pages:
1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631