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An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait. Netherlands whose names and icons are published. Hakewill.

One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.

y; a low or level country; -- opposed to highland. The Lowlands, Belgium and Holland; the Netherlands; also, the southern part of Scotland.

of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. Deut. xxiv. 6.

s, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands. [Written also Mososaurus.]

To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition. "Nether regarding that she is my child, nor fearing me as if II were her father." Shak.

A gold coin of Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $ 5.60.

Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.

de of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters. Macaulay. The Shades, the Nether World; the supposed abode of souls after leaving the body.

In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.

A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings). [Obs.] With a linen stock on one leg. Shak.

To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt. Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies. Dryden.