nether

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

1. 1
   Lower; under.
2. 2
   Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

Adverb

1. 1
   Down; downward.
2. 2
   Low; low down.

Verb

1. 1
   To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
2. 2
   To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
3. 3
   To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
4. 4
   To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
5. 5
   To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.

Noun

1. 1
   Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
2. 2
   A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.