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d, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes. And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay." Chaucer. I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewisr perish. Luke xiii. 3. And now do they thrust us out privily nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. Acts xvi. 37. He that will not when…

A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.

To refuse; to deny. [Obs.] "He shall not nayt ne deny his sin." Chaucer.

The negative side. [R.] Howe'er you lean to the nayward. Shak.

A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword. [Obs.] hak.

A cockney. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To deny. [Obs.] That with great rage he stoutly doth denay. Spenser.

The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant. [Scot.]

The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens).

To deny; to disown. [Obs.]

so total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. Locke.

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton.

If; -- a word used by old English authors. Shak. Nay, an thou dalliest, then I am thy foe. B. Jonson. An if, and if; if.

To except; to exclude by exception. Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me By what we do to- night. Shak.

in a theater, or other place of public amusement. Laughed at by the pit, box, galleries, nay, stage. Dorset. The boxes and the pit are sovereign judges. Dryden.

That which is pursued or hunted. Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. Shak.

To put the usual covering or headdress on. Cover thy head . . . ; nay, prithee, be covered. Shak.

To criticise; to play the critic. [Obs.] Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done. A. Brewer.

d distress, and invested with unlimited power. Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language. Macaulay.

To take from a cradle. [R.] This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal. Ford.