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She is thy father's near
kinswoman.

3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.;
touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near
friend.

4. Close to anything followed or imitated;
not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the
original.

5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or
loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape.

6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in
the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the
near ox; the near leg. See Off side, under
Off, a.

7. Immediate; direct; close; short.
"The nearest way." Milton.

8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or
Low, Eng.]

&fist; Near may properly be followed by to before
the thing approached'; but more frequently to is omitted, and
the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition.


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