Defn: The first. [Obs.] "I kiss thy neif." "Give me your neaf." Shak.
NEIGH
Neigh, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Neighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Neighing.] Etym:
[OE. neien, AS. hn, prob. of imitative origin; cf. MHG. n, Icel.
hneggja, gneggja, Sw. gnägga. Cf. Nag a horse.]
1. To utter the cry of the horse; to whinny.
2. To scoff or sneer; to jeer. [Obs.] Neighed at his nakedness. Beau. & Fl.
NEIGH
Neigh, n.
Defn: The cry of a horse; a whinny.
NEIGHBOR
Neigh"bor, n. Etym: [OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgeb; neáh nigh + gebr a
dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. nahgib. See
Nigh, and Boor.] [Spelt also neighbour.]
1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak.
2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. Shak.
3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. South.