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A woman who takes care of cattle. [R.] Warner.

g a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft. v. t. & i. To kiss and caress amorously. n. necking

Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts. I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs. Shak. This, my long suffering and my day of…

Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent. Pope. A cold and neglectful countenance. Locke. Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it. Arbuthnot. -- Neg*lect"ful*ly, adv. -- Neg*lect"ful*ness, n.

Carelessly; heedlessly. Shak.

The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order. "Be thou negligent of fame." Swift. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Rambler.

neither Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. Shak. He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak.

ding slight diffferences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment. "Our author happy in a judge so nice." Pope. "Nice verbal criticism." Coleridge.

minute and very careful workmanship in drawing, painting, or the like, esp. when bestowed on unimportant detail.

used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for.

To be drowsy or dull; to be careless. Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Pope.

Indifference; carelessness; coolness.

Indifferent; careless; cool.

In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.

To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. Shak.

Wheat not bearded. Carew.

o nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.

The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.

The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training. A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise. Milton.