'Nether' definitions:

Definition of 'nether'

adjective

Lower; "gnawed his nether lip"

adjective

Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions" [syn: chthonian, chthonic, nether]

adjective

Located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine" [syn: nether, under]

From: GCIDE

Nether \Neth"er\ (n[e^][th]"[~e]r), a. [OE. nethere, neithere, AS. ni[eth]era, fr. the adv. ni[eth]er downward; akin to neo[eth]an below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. [root]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]