Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Neither"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Neither \Nei"ther\, conj.
not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or
more co["o]rdinate clauses of which those that follow begin
with nor.

Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the
king. --1 Kings
xxii. 31.

Hadst thou been firm and fixed in thy dissent, Neither
had I transgressed, nor thou with me. --Milton.

When she put it on, she made me vow That I should
neither sell, nor give, nor lose it. --Shak.

Note: Neither was formerly often used where we now use nor.
``For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is
anything at all.'' --Tyndale. ``Ye shall not eat of it,
neither shall ye touch it.'' --Gen. iii. 3. Neither is
sometimes used colloquially at the end of a clause to
enforce a foregoing negative (nor, not, no). ``He is
very tall, but not too tall neither.'' --Addison. '' `I
care not for his thrust' `No, nor I neither.''' --Shak.

{Not so neither}, by no means. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Neither \Nei"ther\ (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. neiter, nother,
nouther, AS. n[=a]w?er, n[=a]hw[ae]?er; n[=a] never, not +
hw[ae]?er whether. The word has followed the form of either.
See {No}, and {Whether}, and cf. {Neuter}, {Nor}.]
Not either; not the one or the other.

Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither?
Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. --Shak.

He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

neither
adv : after a negative statement used to indicate that the next
statement is similarly negative; "I was not happy and
neither were they"; "just as you would not complain,
neither should he"


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