nether
Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influenceOppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
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Meaning
2 sensesA trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal)Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
Origin
Alteration of earlier nither, from Middle English nitheren, from Old English niþerian (“toAlteration of earlier nither, from Middle English nitheren, from Old English niþerian (“to depress, abase, bring low, humiliate, oppress, accuse, condemn”), from niþer (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”). See above.
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