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hneggja, gneggja, Sw.
gnägga. Cf. Nag a horse.] 1.
To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.

2. To scoff or sneer; to jeer.
[Obs.]

Neighed at his nakedness.

Beau.
& Fl.

Neigh, n. The cry of a horse; a
whinny.

Neigh"bor (nā"b&etilde;r), n.
[OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgebūr;
neáh nigh + gebūr a dweller, farmer; akin
to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG.
nāhgibūr. See Nigh, and Boor.]
[Spelt also neighbour.] 1. A person who
lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.
Chaucer.

Masters, my good friends, mine honest
neighbors.

Shak.

2. One who is near in sympathy or
confidence.

Buckingham

No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel.

Shak.

3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly
kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.

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