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wl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young. The birds of the air have nests. Matt. viii. 20.

As much or many as will fill a nest.

To make and occupy a nest; to nest. [Obs.] The kingfisher ... nestles in hollow banks. L'Estrange.

A young bird which has not abandoned the nest. Piers Plowman.

A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.

An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect estab…

The doctrines of the nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius.

A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.

Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net- veined wing or leaf.

An astrophyton.

Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper. 'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. Milton. This darksome nether world her light Doth dim with horror and deformity. Spenser. All my nether shape thus grew tra…

Lower, nether. [Obs.] Holland.

Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss. Milton.

Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple.

To render neat; to clean; to put in order. [R.] Chapman.

In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carved in wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and pierced with holes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with the inro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire), and similar objects carried in the girdle. It is now much used on purses sold in Eu…

The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.

ns and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England.

the European whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]

One who nettles. [R.] Milton.