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c1395 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 499 She noght ameued Neither in word or cheere or contenaunce.

1524 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 249 To procede towardes Paris, in whiche waye is neither strong holde or river to empeche or let them.

1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. xxxix The outward place nether helpeth or hindred.

?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce 111 That..we neyther tourne asyde to the right or left hande.

1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 416 A..woman, neither walking, running, or staying.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 268 Yet neither thus disheartn'd or dismay'd, The time prefixt I waited. View more context for this quotation

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 209 I can neither, tell how many we kill'd, or how many we wounded.

1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. 70 Engaging to spare neither trouble or expence.

1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry III. 26 These modern antiques neither supply the interest of classical or of German poetry.

1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 204 Wasn't it true that he neither knew anything or could do anything?

1916 Literary Digest 1 Jan. 13/1 It is conceivable that this small body of men might have neither sending or receiving radio-apparatus.

1997 Independent 23 Apr. (Suppl.) 2/2 Some brave transsexuals..have rejected the medicalised script that has been written out for them, insisting that they are neither one thing or the other.