neath
Americanpreposition
preposition
Etymology
Origin of neath
First recorded in 1780–90; aphetic variant of beneath
Example Sentences
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Like T. S. Eliot's Webster, they always saw the skull be neath the loveliest skin.
From Time Magazine Archive
The others can be closed if the bone fragments can be properly set be neath them.
From Time Magazine Archive
I see yon waiting, neath the Golden Bamboo, Oh, Sarawaki!
From Time Magazine Archive
Rosie was old, fat, bobbed-haired, but just the same under- neath.
From Time Magazine Archive
I want to stay out here, be- neath the sky where things feel safer and simpler, where I understand things.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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