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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of or pertaining to the downward or lower part of something; lower; bottom..
For the ears a noble drink, take the netherward part of radish and elecampane, the broad bishop-wort and hassuck leaves, rue and rose, savine, fever-fue; beat all together, pour over them a sextarius full of ale, ere thou touch meat.
But celestial imperiousness, love, wrath, and fervour, had proved to be somewhat thrown away on netherward Egdon.
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Netherward means Of or pertaining to the downward or lower part of something; lower; bottom..
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For the ears a noble drink, take the netherward part of radish and elecampane, the broad bishop-wort and hassuck leaves, rue and rose, savine, fever-fue; beat all together, pour over them a sextarius full of ale, ere thou touch meat.
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