Net

a. [ F. See Neat clean. ] 1. Without spot; pure; shining. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Her breast all naked as net ivory. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter, as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges, deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight, etc. [ Less properly written nett. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Net tonnage (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow space for crew, machinery, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form network or netting; to knit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Netted; p. pr. & vb. n. Netting. ] To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Netted p. pr. & vb. n. Netting. ] 1. To make into a net; to make in the style of network; as, to net silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now I am here, netted and in the toils. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) An astrophyton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. nethere, neithere, AS. niðera, fr. the adv. niðer downward; akin to neoðan below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. √201. Cf. Beneath. ] Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

This darksome nether world her light
Doth dim with horror and deformity. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

All my nether shape thus grew transformed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lower, nether. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]