neath, prep. dial. and poet.
(niːθ)
Also 'neath.
[Aphetic for aneath.]
Beneath.
| 1787 Taylor Poems 25 (E.D.D.), Grannie's crown fu' weil he claw'd, An' 'neath her kirtle. 1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 352 Tykes wad bask..neath the auld arm-chair. 1871 Palgrave Lyr. Poems 54 Had I seen 'neath a face of mercy Hell's particular malice mask'd. 1887 P. M{supc}Neill Blawearie 177 One of the pair caught him by the feet, the other neath the armpits. |