All 3 Uses of
nether
in
King Lear
- Horses are tied by the head; dogs and bears by the neck, monkeys by the loins, and men by the legs: when a man is over-lusty at legs, then he wears wooden nether-stocks.†
Scene 2.4
- Good nuncle, in; and ask thy daughters blessing: here's a night pities nether wise men nor fools.†
Scene 3.2 *
- This shows you are above, You justicers, that these our nether crimes So speedily can venge!†
Scene 4.2
Definition:
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(nether) located below or beneath something else