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Webster 1913 Edition
Nor
Nor
(nôr)
, c
onj.
A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.
Provide neither gold
nor
silver, nor
brass, in your purses, nor
scrip for your journey. Matt. x. 9, 10.
Where neither moth
nor
rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 20.
I love him not,
nor
fear him. Shakespeare
Where neither party is
nor
true, nor
kind. Shakespeare
Simois
nor
Xanthus shall be wanting there. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nor
NOR
, connective. [ne and or.]1.
A word that denies ro renders negative the second or subsequent part of a proposition, or a proposition following another negative proposition; correlative to neither or not.I neither love no fear thee.
Fight neither with small nor great. 1 Kings 22.
2.
Nor sometimes begins a sentence, but in this case a negative proposition has preceded it in the foregoing sentence.3.
In some cases, usually in poetry, neither is omitted, and the negation which it would express is included in nor.Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there. That is, neither Simois nor Xanthus.
4.
Sometimes in poetry, nor is used for neither, in the first part of the proposition.I whom nor avarice nor pleasures move.