net 
the head wil li a net ; spreiid n nut over or around, 
as a fruit -tree to keepolT I lie liinls, or a bed to 
keep out mn.s ( |tiitos. 
To leave his fiivmnitc in-c to strangers, nftcr all the 
pains ho hail ln-fii ut in m-tHmi it to keep off the birds. 
.!//. K<i : i,-irn f ih, liriiinb, \\i. (Davtti ) 
Old Yew, which graspcst at the stones 
Thai IMIII.- HID underlying dead, 
Th.\ fllM-i-s net the dreamless head, 
Thy roots arc* wrapt about the bones. 
Tennyson, In Memorlam, ii. 
II. intriiim. 1. To make nets or form net- 
work; he occupied in knotting or weaving a 
suitable material into netting. 
Ideal visits I often pay you, see you posting round your 
sylvan walks or Bitting nelHiuj In your parlour, and think 
ing of your almcnt friends. tieimni. (Latham.) 
Mrs. Sparsit netting at the fireside, In a side-saddle atti- 
tude, with one foot In a cotton stirrup. 
Didtenx, Hard Times, 1. 11. 
2. To use the net in capturing game as an art 
or industry : as, ho nets for a living. 
net 2 (net), a. [Also tictt; < F. net = It. netto (> 
I), (i. Sw. l);m. iii-lln), clean, clear, neat, < L. H<- 
tidus, shining, sleek, neat : see neat' 2 , an earlier 
form from the same source.] 1. Clear; pure; 
unadulterated ; neat : as, net (unadulterated) 
wines. 
Cit. Nay, look what a nose he hath, 
Be. My nose is net crimson. 
Chairman, Ilumorous Day's Mirth. 
ffett yvory 
Without adornu of gold or silver bright. 
Spenser, f. Q., III. ill. 20. 
2. Clear of anything extraneous; with all de- 
ductions (such as charges, expenses, discounts, 
commissions, taxes, etc.) made: as, net profits 
or earnings; net proceeds ; net weight. 
The net revenue of the crown at the abdication of King 
James amounted to somewhat more than two millions, 
without any tax on land. BoliHgbroke, 1'arties, xviil. 
I'M i n i i , enjoyment Is a net addition to the sum of life's 
pleasures. J. Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. 533. 
3. Lowest ; not subject to further deduction or 
discount : as, these prices are net. Net measure, 
in architecture, measure In which no allowance is made 
for finishing; in the work of artificers, measure in which 
no allowance is made for the waste of materials. Net 
proceeds, the amount or sum left from the sale of goods 
after every charge la paid. Net profits, what remains as 
the clear gain of any Business adventure, after deducting 
the capital invested in the business, the expenses incurred 
in its management, and the losses sustained by its opera- 
tion. Net stock, the net proceeds of aflshlug.trip after all 
expenses have been deducted. Net weight, the weight 
of merchandise after allowance has been made for casks, 
bags, cases, or any inclosing material. 
net' 2 (net), v. t.; pret. and pp. netted, ppr. net- 
Hull. [< e<2, a.] To gain or produce as clear 
profit: as, to net a thousand dollars in a busi- 
ness transaction ; the salo netted a hundred 
dollars. 
net-berth (net'berth), n. The space or room 
occupied in the water by a net when fishing, 
equivalent to the superficial extent of the area 
in which a fish may be taken, and differing 
somewhat from the whole area represented by 
the dimensions of the net. 
net-braider (net'bra'der), n. One who makes 
nets. 
Netbraiders, or those that have no cloathes to wrappe 
their hides in or bread to put in their mouths hut what 
they came and get by braydlng of nets. 
Saske, Lenten stuffe. 
net-caul t (uet'kal), n. 1 . A mode of hair-dress- 
ing: same as crespine. 2. A net. 
nete 1 !, >/ A Middle English form of neat 1 . 
nete-t, " A Middle English form of neafi. 
nete 3 (ne'te), n. [< Gr. vr/rn, contr. of vedn/ (so. 
Xopir/, chord), fern, of viarof, last, < vfof, new: 
see new.} In tun: <!>: mitxif, the upper tone 
of tho disjunct tetrachord: so called because 
it was the last or uppermost tone of the earlier 
and simpler systems. Its pitch is supposed to 
have been about equivalent to the modern E 
next above middle C. See tetracltord. 
net-fern (net'fern), n. A name sometimes ap- 
plied to species of the genus Gleichcnia. 
net-fish (net'fish), n. 1. A fish, as the cod, 
taken in nets: opposed to trmrl-flsh and linc- 
fiuh. [Gloucester, Massachusetts.] 2. The 
basket-fish or Medusa's-head, a many-armed 
ophiurian. J. H~intli>-n/'. 
net-fisherman (uet'nsh*er-man), n. One who 
li<hes with a net, as distinguished from one 
who uses the line. 
net-fishery (net'nsh'er-i). H. A place where 
net-fishing is done; also, the 1 nisi nests of fishing 
with a net. 
net-fishing (net'tish ing>, ii. The net, process, 
or industry of fishing with nets, whether inova- 
netted 
ble or fixed. Net-fishing is regulated, and in netherling8(neTll'er-ling/). ;'./-/. 
some instances prohibited, by legislation. -lint/ 1 , t 'f. m thi-r-stoi-k. \ Stockir 
nethelesst, adv. A variant of nutht-li-xx. 
tfethelesse, let them a Gods name feede on theyr ow 
ings. IHi-kent. 
[Ludicrous. | 
nethermore (neTH'er-mor), a. compar. [< neth- 
+ -inn 
An obsolete variant of 
folly, so they seeks not to darken the beamed of others 
glory. Spenser, Shep. C'aL. Epistle. 
nethemostt, . -/ ' '. 
in tin riiiiixl. 
nether't (neTH'er), <idr. [ME. nether, nither, nethermost (ncTn'6r-m6st), <i.*y ,-l. 
< AS. iiillii-r, itithttr, neotlior = OS. iiithtir = 
OFries. nither, neder = D. neder = MLG. nedder 
= OHG. niilur, MIKi. niiln; (i. iiiultr = Icel. 
iiiilhr = Sw. neder = Dan. ncder- = Goth, "iiitliar 
(not recorded), downward ; with compar. suffix 
-ther = L. -ter, -terus = Gr. -repot, and connected 
with several later forms with other suffixes, as 
AS. neothan, down, beneath, from beneath, nev- 
Ihiiiif, beneath, = OS. nitliana = MLG. <(/. 
nedden = OHG. nidanti, MHG. nidene, niden, G. 
nieden, below, beneath, = Icel. nedkan, from be- 
neath, = Sw. nedan = Dan. netlen, beneath, ned, 
down (see beneath, aneath, 'neath); from a stem 
*', Skt. ni, downward. The stem occurs in 
nest 1 , q. v.] Downward; down. 
And nithful neddre, loth an llther. 
Sal gllden on hlse brest nether. 
Genesis and Exodvs, 1, 370. 
Ne warp thu me nawt mother into helle. 
St. liar /terete (ed. CockayneX p. 17. 
nether 1 (neTH'er), a. [Early mod. E. also 
neather, neyther; < ME. net-here, < AS. neothera, 
neothra = OS. nithiri = OFries. nithere, nedere, 
e 1 .] Lower. [Rare.] 
For them the nethermore abyss receive*, 
Fur glory none the damned would have from them. 
Longfellow, tr. of Dante's Inferno, III. 41. 
[< neth- 
i ' + ~most. In ME. inihiiinxi, HI tin mast, < AS. 
iiiiln meat, iiythcmext, neothemeat, lowest, superl. 
tonetlier, neothcr, nether: see nether 1 . Cf. n< tli- 
i i-iiiiirt!.] Lowest; undennost: as. tin- mllnr- 
most hell. 
When I have cut the cards, then mark the nethermost 
of the greatest heap. Greene, Art of Conny Catching. 
Thither he plies. 
Undaunted to meet there whatever power 
Or spirit of the nethermiat abyss 
Might In that noise reside. Milton, V. L., Ii. 966. 
That he might humble himself to the nethermost state 
of contempt, he chose to descend from the seed of Abra- 
ham. Smith. Sermons, VHL x. 
Back to the >icf/<rnwt caves retreated the bellowing ocean. 
Longfellow, Kvangeline, t 5. 
nether-stockt (neTH'er-stok), . [< nether 1 + 
stock.] 1. The lower part of the hose or leg- 
covering, as distinguished from the trunk-hose, 
or thigh-covering: usually in the plural. 
A pleasant old courtier wearing ... a long beaked 
doublet hanging downe to his thles, A- an high paire of 
silke nether-stocks. 
Pvttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 2S7. 
neer = D. neder = MLG. neddcrc = OHG. nidari', ? Tl ? e stocking as distinguished from the 
,;xj;..' ...*,7~.. TUTT/*! :j .-J r* .'-j lireecliPS! jisnnllv in tliA iilnrnt 
nidiri, nideri, MHG. nidere, nider, G. nieder- = 
Sw. nedra, nedrc = Dan. nedre, adj., lower; from 
the adv.: see nether 1 , adv.] 1. Lower; under: 
opposed to upper: as, the nether millstone. 
Oh, that same drawlng-In your nether Up there 
Foreshows no goodness, lady ! 
Fletcher (and another 7), Nice Valour, i 1. 
SUcnus the Jester sat at the nether end of the table. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 79. 
These gentlemen and ladyes sate on the neyther part of 
the rock. 
Bp. Hall, quoted In Stnitt's Sports and Pastimes, p. 241. 
We were now In the nether principality of the kingdom 
of Naples, and in the antient Lucanla. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. it 202. 
2f. Pertaining to the regions here below; earth- 
ly- 
This shows you are above, 
You justicers, that these our nether crimes 
So speedily can venge. Shall., Lear, iv. 2. 79. 
3. Pertaining to the lower regions or hell ; in- 
fernal. 
This nether empire ; which might rise, 
By policy and long process of time, 
In emulation opposite to heaven. 
Milton, P. L., ii. 29. 
breeches: usually in the plural. 
They are clad in Seale skins, . . . with their breeches 
and nethentockes of the same. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 491. 
Ere I lead this life long, 111 sew nether stocks, and mend 
them and foot them too. Shalt., 1 Hen. IV., 1L 4. 130. 
nether-vert (neTH'er-vert), n. Undergrowth; 
coppice. 
Nether-vert, which is properly all manner of underwoods, 
bushes, thorns, etc. 
W. Xelson, Laws concerning Game, p. 231. (Encyc. Dict\ 
netherward, netherwards (HBTH 'er-wftrd, 
-wardz), adi: [= D. nrdcncaarti = MLG. ned- 
derwart = OHG. nidarwert, nidarort, MHG. ni- 
derwert, nidertcart, G. niederu:urte ; as nether 1 
+ -ward, -wards.] In a downward direction; 
downward. 
Nethinim (ueth'i-nim), n. pi. [Heb. nethinim, 
pi. of ndthfn, what is given, a slave of the temple, 
< ndthan, give.] Persons employed in menial 
Nether houset, the lower house, as of a parliamentary as- 
sembly : opposed to upper house. Baker, Chronicles, p. 196. 
nether 1 ! (neTH'er), v. t. [< ME. 'nctheren, nit/i- 
offices in the ancient Jewish temple service, 
chiefly in hewing wood and drawing water to 
be used in the sacrifices. 
netifyt (net'i-fl), v. t. [Also nratify; < OF. nete- 
Jier, make clean or neat, < net, neat, + -fier, E. 
~Jy-] To render neat, 
net-loom (net'lom), M. A machine for weaving 
network. 
eren, iiith'ren, neothercn, < AS. nitherian, nilitriai'i , net-maker (uet'ma'ker), n. [< ME. nette mak- 
nethorian, bring low, humiliate, accuse, con- *jJ One whose business is the making of nets. 
, ' .* T ' . . Wr, place of a handle a ring at the end to tit over one finirer 
condemn, = Icel .mdhra, put down), < mther, net-making (net'ma'king), . The act, art, or 
down, below, nether: see nether 1 , adv. Hence industry of making nets Net. were formerly made 
dial, mdder, q. v.] To bring low ; humiliate. by the afd of a flat piece of wood and a needle with two 
nether-t(ueTH'er), n. A variant of nedder 1 , nad- eyes and a notch at each end to prevent the twine from 
der, adder 1 . slipping as it was looped and knotted around the piece of 
npfhprBHtt n tnnrrl fMV f fYFTft ,/, v;,,, vio/ wood. Most of the nets now used are woven on a net- 
t, a. superl. LMt.. (- OHG. mdarost, lo<)m invented by Paterson of Jl usselburgh, Scotland, in 
MHtj. niderest, ntderst =. Icel. ncdhstr, ncztr = 1820. 
Sw. Dan. nedersf); superl. of nether 1 , a.] Low- net-masonry (net'ma'sn-ri), n. Reticulated 
est ; nethermost. bond, the joints of which resemble in appear- 
Fro the nethereste [var. nethemast] lettre to the upper- ance tho meshes of a net ; open reticulation. 
Chaucer, Boethius, i. prose i. net-mender (net'men'der), . One whose busi- 
nether-formed (neTH'er-f6rmd), a. In geol., n e ss is the mending of nets, 
hypogene. net-shoret (net'shor), n. Forks of wood upon 
Netherlander (neTH'er-lan-der),n. [=D. and which nets nre set for game. Xomendator. 
Flem. \edt-rlander = G'.' Xiedcrlander = Sw. net-structure (net'struk'tur), n. In lithol., 
Ncderlander = T>&n. \rderltnidn- ; as \rllirrland stun* as niesh-gtrueture. 
(= D. and Flem. Xederlaiid = G. Xifdfi-ltntd = netsuke (net'su-ka), n. [Jap.] A small knob or 
Sw. Dan. Nederland), inpl. Netherlands, Uie Low button, of horn, wood, ivory, or other material, 
Countries (see nether 1 , a., and land 1 ), + -er 1 .] often elaborately carved or inlaid, lacquered, or 
A native or an inhabitant of the Netherlands decorated with enamel, used by the Japanese 
or Holland, a kingdom of Europe situated near as a bob or toggle in connection with a cord for 
suspending a tobacco-pouch, inro, or similar 
article in the belt or girdle. 
Nothing will satisfy the desire for neltuUsntien it once 
sets in. The Academy, Feb. 4, 1888, p. 86. 
Many of the netsuHs are real sketches direct from na- 
ture, and a good ivonr carver carries around with him on 
his daily walks pencil and note-book, finding subjects in 
daily life in street or canal to be finished in Ironr. 
Harper's May., LXXVI. 711. 
Netherlandish (neTU'er-lan-dish), n. [= D. nett (net), a. A former spelling of nrf, still 
.\iili rlinnl-.-1-li = i;. .\nili-i-li'indixch = Sw. \cdcr- occasionally used. 
li'intkk = Dan. .\,;li;-l,<i,dk ; as \ctherland (see netted (net'ed),;>. a. [< net 1 + -ed?.] 1. Made 
\i tin rtander) + -ink 1 .] Pertaining to the Neth- into a net or net wi ' 
the North Sea, west of Germany and north of 
Belgium; an inhabitant of the Netherlands in 
an extended sense, including, besides the pres- 
ent kingdom, the former Spanish and Austrian 
Netherlands (now the kingdom of Belgium). 
The Nctherlanders set baits for the eye ; they represent 
either pleasant objects, or such as are revered saints and 
prophets. Edinburgh Her., CXLV. 19. 
erlands or to the Netherlander. 
network; formed of meshes or 
open stitches; reticulated. 
