NEE 
She with her neele compofes 
Nature’s own ftiape, of bud, bird, branch, or berry. 
SkalieJ'peare. 
Their thimbles into armed gauntlets change, 
Their neelcls to lances. Shakefpeare's K.Joltn. 
For thee fit weapons were 
Thy neld and fpindle, not a fword and fpear. Fairfax. 
NEELAG'HERY, a fort of the Myfore, deftroyed by 
the Britifh in 1791 : four miles from Oodeadurgam. 
NEELGUR', a town of Hindooftan, in Orifia: nine 
miles weft-fouth-weft of Balafore. 
NEELGUR', a town of Hindooftan, in Golconda : 
twenty-four miles fouth-weft of Combamet. 
NEELS (Nicholas), a learned dominican monk, was. a 
native of Campenhout in Brabant, where he was born in 
the year 1540. He embraced the monaftic life in the year 
1558 ; and, after he had finifhed his prefcribed courfe of 
academic itudies, taught divinity in the feminaries be¬ 
longing to his order, and officiated as a preacher with 
great reputation. He was a good Greek and Hebrew 
icholar, and poflefled an intimate acquaintance with the 
Scriptures, which he is faid to have displayed with advan¬ 
tage in various difputes with the Calvinifts. The fupe- 
riority of his acquirements in thefe branches of learning, 
occafioned his being fent to Ghent in 1577, to oppofe the 
progrefs of proteftantifm in that city; and for that pur- 
pofe he preached every day, alternately endeavouring to 
defend fome leading point in the catholic creed, and to 
impugn lome principal tenet of the reformed church. 
But, the proteftant party having acquired an afcendancy 
in that city, he and his fellow-labourers in the popifh 
caufe w’ere banifhed from it during the following year. In 
1584, he was appointed provincial of Low’er Germany ; and 
occupied thatpoft till his death in 1600, when he was fixty 
yearS’of age. He was the author of Commentaries, in the 
Latin language, on the book of Genefis, the Song of 
Songs, the Epiltles of St. Paul, and the Apocalypfe, &c. 
Moreri. 
NEEM ASTEEN', f. [Hindooftanee ] An upper robe 
with half-fleeves, commonly made of gold or filver tiflue. 
NEEMCIJR', a town of Hindooftan, in Oude : fifteen 
miles fouth-fouth-weft of Kairabad. Lat. 27. 20. Ion. 
81. E. 
NEEMDAR', a town of Hindooftan, in Agra: thirteen 
miles eaft of Kerowly. 
NEE'MLA, a tovrn of Candahar, on the Kameh : fifty 
miles fouth-eaft of Cabul. 
NEEM'TUK KER'M, [Indian.] Occafional worffiip 
for holyda-ys in Hindooftan ; and the performance of the 
dan and of the feradeh, during the eclipfes of the fun and 
moon. Roberts's Ind. doff. 
NEENEE'VA, one of the fmaller Friendly Iflands : 
twenty-eight miles north-north-eall of Annamooka. Lat. 
19.47. S. Ion. 185. 22. E. 
NEE'NY, a town of Algiers: ten miles eaft-fouth-eaft 
of Baggai. 
NEETO, a town on the weft coaft of the ifle of Celebes. 
Lat. 3. 50. S. Ion. 120. E. 
NEER, a river of Brabant, which runs into the Meufe 
fix miles below Ruremond. 
NEER (Arnold Vander), a landfcape painter, who 
was born at Amfterdam in 1619. His fubjefts are gene¬ 
rally chofen from among the lcenes of the Low Countries. 
A village, or a few houles upon the banks of a canal or 
river; fuch a collection of forms as the eye of tafte alone 
can combine agreeably, by a beautiful dillribution of Iky, 
of light and dark clouds, and refleftions in the water; 
Vander Neer never failed toprefent with a pleafing afpeCl: 
and he executed his works, w’hich are generally very 
fmall, with great brilliancy and neatnefs of pencilling. 
Very frequently his effeCls are chofen by moonlight; 
whofe partial gleams, breaking the formality of the canals, 
he imitated molt beautifully. Owing to the fimplicity of 
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his manner, and his painting very thin, his pictures are 
now feldom found uninjured ; when they are pure and 
well chofen, they are very valuable. He died at the age 
of fixty-four, and left a (on, Eg Ion Hendrick Vander Neer, 
who praftifed the art of painting in various branches with 
confiderable fuccefs. His portrait, painted by himfelf, is 
among thofe that adorn the gallery of Florence. He lived 
till the year 1703, dying at the age of fixty. 
NE’ER, [for never .] 
It appears I am no horfe, 
That I can argue and difeourfe ; 
Have but two legs, and ne'er a tail. Hadibras. 
NEERBUD'DA. See Nerbuddah. 
NEERCAS'SEL (John de), a celebrated Dutch catholic 
prelate, was born at Gorcum, in the year 1626. He be¬ 
came a member of the Congregation of the Oratory at 
Paris ; and, after diftinguilhing himfelf for feveral years 
by his lectures on philofophy and divinity in their femi¬ 
naries, was promoted to the archdeaconry of Utrecht, and 
appointed apoftolic provincial in Holland and the other 
united provinces. In the year 1662, the chapter of 
Utrecht having loll their archbiihop, elefted Neercaflel to 
that dignity; but pope Alexander VII. intimated his 
pleafure that the vacant fee (hould be filled by the abbe 
Catz, dean of the chapter of Haarlem. The two compe¬ 
titors, being alike friends to peace, agreed to compromife 
the matter, by dividing the epilcopal labours; and that 
Catz fhould govern the diocefe of Haarlem, under the title 
of Archbiihop of Philippi, while Neercaflel lliould prefide 
over the diocefe of Utrecht, with the title of Biffiop of 
Caftoria. This arrangement met with the approbation of 
the papal nuncio ; and, after the death of Catz, Neercaflel 
remained foie bifliop of all the Dutch catholics during the 
remainder of his life. His zeal aiid affiduity in difeharg- 
ing the functions of this poll were unwearied ; and he fell 
a lacrifice to the fatigue occafioned by his exertions atZwol, 
in 1686, when he was at the age of fixty. The recollec¬ 
tion of the faithful paltoral labours, and of the exemplary 
virtues of this prelate, was long fondly cherilhed by the 
catholics of Holland. He was the author of three treatifes 
in Latin, which are held in high efteem by the members of 
his communion. 1. TraClatus de LeCtione Scripturarum, 
in quo Proteftantium eas Legendi praxis refellitur, Ca- 
tholicorum vero ftabilitur; 1677, nmo. accompanied 
with a diflertation De Interprete Scripturarum. 2. On 
the Worffiip of the Saints, and particularly of the Holy 
Virgin, in a large octavo volume. Both thefe pieces were 
tranflated into French, by M. le Roy, abbe de Haute-Fon- 
taine, and met with a very favourable reception among 
the French catholics. 3. Amor Pcenitens, &c. a dilcourle 
on love to God, as exercifed in the facrament of penance; 
the mod complete edition of which was publilhed by him 
in 1684, in 2 vols. nmo. It was cenfured by pope Alex¬ 
ander VII. and prohibited by a decree of the facred con¬ 
gregation. The Jefuits alfo endeavoured, though without 
fuccefs, to obtain a formal condemnation of it from In¬ 
nocent XI. A French verfion of this work made its ap¬ 
pearance in 1741, in 3 vols. 121110. 4. The authorlike- 
wile publilhed iome Palloral Letters. Moreri. 
NEER'DA. See Naarda, p.498. 
NEERIVIUL', a town of Hindooftan, in Dowlatabad: 
feventy miles north of Warangoie, and thirty-five fouth- 
eaft of Mahur. Lat. 19. 5. N. Ion. 79. 5. E. 
NEER'SEN, a town of France, in the department of 
the Roer, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of 
Creveldt. The place contains 608, and the canton 21,661, 
inhabitants. 
NEERWIN'DE, or Neerwinden, a village of Brabant; 
fixteen miles eaft of Louvain. 
NEE'SDON, a village in Middlefex, three miles fouth- 
eaft of Harrow on the Hill. 
To NEESE, v. n. [mej'en, Sax. from nasye, the nole.] 
To fneefe; to difeharge flatulencies by the note. Ufed in 
Scotland, and in the north of England.—He went up and 
ftretched 
