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Nesh
Nesh\, a. [AS. hnesc, hn[ae]sc, akin to Goth. hnasqus.] Soft; tender; delicate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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nesh
"tender, delicate, weak," now only a Northern England dialect word, from O.E. hnesce "soft in texture" (cognate with early modern Du. nesch, Goth. hnasqus), of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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