a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
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the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
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a midwestern state on the Great Plains
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ne \ne\ (n[=e]), adv. [AS. ne. See {No}.] Not; never. [Obs.]
He never yet no villany ne said. --Chaucer.
Note: Ne was formerly used as the universal adverb of negation, and survives in certain compounds, as never (= ne ever) and none (= ne one). Other combinations, now obsolete, will be found in the Vocabulary, as nad, nam, nil. See {Negative}, 2.
ne \ne\, conj. [See {Ne}, adv.] Nor. [Obs.] --Shak.
War clarifies: What oft was thought but ne'er expressed gets expressed now.
Though idealized, the Buckmans have their problems: Their divorced 40ish daughter's children are unruly; their youngest son is a ne'er-do-well who periodically returns home to cadge a loan.
Most of us reject the ancient rhyme "He who shall teach the child to doubt, the rotting grave shall ne'er get out."
Prof Patrick Minford, one of the chancellor's 'seven wise men'. 'Je ne regrette rien'.
Surely, when Americans can no longer visit a secluded district of the Dordogne without hearing someone at a "petanque" match say, "Ce n'est pas fini, jusque ce ne soit fini," we'll know that the lights have gone out in Europe forever.