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nare; any device for catching and holding. A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. Prov. xxix. 5. In the church's net there are fishes good or bad. Jer. Taylor.

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

An astrophyton.

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 transformed. Milton.

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.

The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

Stinging; irritating. Nettling cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso.

Like a net, or network; netted. [R.]

Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.

See Abnet.

See Legislature, Austria, Prussia.

Of or pertaining to abiogenesis. Ab`i*o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.