[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nether \neth"er\ ne^th"~er, a. oe. nethere, neithere,
   as. niethera, fr. the adv. niether downward; akin to
   neoethan below, beneath, d. neder down, g. nieder, sw.
   nedre below, nether, a.  adv., and also to skr. ni down.
   root201. cf. beneath.
   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.
   1913 webster

         'twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. --milton.
   1913 webster

         this darksome nether world her light
         doth dim with horror and deformity.      --spenser.
   1913 webster

         all my nether shape thus grew transformed. --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
beneath upper 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nether
     adj 1: lower; "gnawed his nether lip"
     2: of the underworld; "nether regions" syn: chthonian, chthonic,
         lower
     3: located below or beneath something else; "nether garments";
        "the under parts of a machine" syn: under
see also:
chthonian chthonic lower under 

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