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Webster 1913 Edition
Nay
Nay
,Noun.
pl.
Nays
. 1.
Denial; refusal.
2.
A negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
It is no nay
, there is no denying it.
[Obs.]
haucer.
Nay
,Verb.
T.
& I.
To refuse.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nay
NAY
,adv.
1.
No; a word that expresses negation.I tell you nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13.
2.
It expresses also refusal.He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay.
[In these senses it is now rarely used; no being substituted.]
3.
Not only so; not this alone; intimating that something is to be added y way of amplification. He requested an answer; nay, he urged it.NAY
,Noun.
NAY
,Verb.
T.