8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.]
Near may properly be followed by to before the thing approached'; but more frequently to is omitted,
and the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition. The same is also true of the word nigh.
Syn. — Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; dear.
Near
(Near), prep. Adjacent to; close by; not far from; nigh; as, the ship sailed near the land. See the
Note under near, a.
Near
(Near), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neared ; p. pr. & vb. n Nearing.] [See Near, adv.] To approach; to
come nearer; as, the ship neared the land.
Near
(Near), v. i. To draw near; to approach.
A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist!
And still it neared, and neared.
Coleridge. Nearctic
(Ne*arc"tic) a. [Neo + arctic.] Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all
of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this
region is marked off as the habitat certain species.
Nearhand
(Near"hand`) a. & adv. Near; near at hand; closely. [Obs. or Scot.] Bacon.
Near-legged
(Near"-legged`) a. Having the feet so near together that they interfere in traveling. Shak.
Nearly
(Near"ly), adv. In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.
Nearness
(Near"ness), n. The state or quality of being near; — used in the various senses of the adjective.
Nearsighted
(Near"sight`ed) a. Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted. — Nearsightedness
(Near"sight`ed*ness),
n. See Myopic, and Myopia.
Neat
(Neat) n. sing. & pl. [AS. neát; akin to OHG. nz, Icel. naut, Sw. nöt, Dan. nöd, and to AS. neótan
to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit.]
(Zoöl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus
Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot. Chaucer.
Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat.
Spenser.
The steer, the heifer, and the calf
Are all called neat.
Shak.
A neat and a sheep of his own.
Tusser. Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.
Neat
(Neat), a. [See neat, n.] Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat
cattle.
Neat
(Neat), a. [Compar. Neater ; superl. Neatest.] [OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to
shine. Cf. Nitid, Net, a., Natty.]
1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.
If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean.
Law.
