nether

Lower; under.

“The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered.”

Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

“the nether regions”

Down; downward.

Low; low down.

Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.

A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.

To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.

To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.

To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.

To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.