Vocabulary Word
Word: nether
Definition: lower; Ex. nether garments/regions
Definition: lower; Ex. nether garments/regions
Sentences Containing 'nether'
As she looked full at me, I saw her face grow sharper and paler, and the marks of the old wound lengthen out until it cut through the disfigured lip, and deep into the nether lip, and slanted down the face.
Her eyes wandered restlessly over the distant prospect, and she bit her nether lip to stop that busy mouth.
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