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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Nethe,) Neythe, Neath, adv. and prep. [Aphetic f. Aneth or Beneth, perh. influenced by Neuth. Also in the later dial.] Beneath. —c1420 Wynt. v. 3580 (C) (see Neuth). — 1677 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 298.
There is a dangerous peice hollow ground lyeing neath the quarrel holls
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