*neath*

prep. [ OE. benethe, bineoðen, AS. beneoðan, benyðan; pref. be- + neoðan, nyðan, downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See Nether. ] 1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. “Beneath the mount.” Ex. xxxii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will do nothing that is beneath his high station. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a lower place; underneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

The earth you take from beneath will be barren. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. An abbreviation of Beneath. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A building for the shelter of neat cattle. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Snath. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. undirnepe. See Under, and Beneath. ] Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Under; beneath; below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Underneath this stone lie
As much beauty as could die. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. uneá&unr_;e; un- not + eá&unr_;&unr_; easily, easy; akin to OS. &unr_;&unr_;i easy, OHG. &unr_;di. ] Not easy; difficult; hard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who he was, uneath was to descry. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]