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nor
CIDE DICTIONARY
nor, conj. [OE. nor, contr. from nother. See Neither.].
A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor. [1913 Webster]
"Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, nor scrip for your journey." [1913 Webster]
"Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt." [1913 Webster]
"I love him not, nor fear him." [1913 Webster]
"Where neither party is nor true, nor kind." [1913 Webster]
"Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nor, conj.
1 and not; and not either (neither one thing nor the other; not a man nor a child was to be seen; I said I had not seen it, nor had I; all that is true, nor must we forget ...; can neither read nor write).
2 and no more; neither ('I cannot go' - 'Nor can I').
1 and not; and not either (neither one thing nor the other; not a man nor a child was to be seen; I said I had not seen it, nor had I; all that is true, nor must we forget ...; can neither read nor write).
2 and no more; neither ('I cannot go' - 'Nor can I').
Idiom
nor ... nor ... poet. or archaic neither ... nor ...
Etymology
ME, contr. f. obs. nother f. OE nawther, nahw{aelig}ther (as NO(2), WHETHER)
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