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One who mouths; an affected speaker.

One who munches.

Murder, n. & v. [Obs. or Prov.] "The treason of the murthering." Chaucer.

A murderer. [Obs. or Prov.]

A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of certain nunneries in England.

Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.

A composer of fables.

A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd. Dryden.

Not either; not the one or the other. Which of them shall I take Both one or neither Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. Shak. He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak.

ition; 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 transformed. Milton.

Lower, nether. [Obs.] Holland.

Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss. Milton.

A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.

The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.

Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.

In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. (Zoöl.) See Loon. -- Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. -- Northern spy (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red.

A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from Ant: Southerner. [U. S.]

Northerly. [Obs.] Hakewill.

Farthest north.

Neither; nor. [Obs.] Chaucer.