Ner \Ner\, adv. & a.
   Nearer. [Obs.] See Nerre.
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	Nerre \Ner"re\, adv. & a. [See Near.]
   Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also neer, ner.] --Chaucer.
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   Never the neer, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]
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	Ner
   light, the father of Kish (1 Chr. 8:33). 1 Sam. 14:51 should be
   read, "Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner,
   were the sons of Abiel." And hence this Kish and Ner were
   brothers, and Saul and Abner were first cousins (comp. 1 Chr.
   9:36).

	

	Ner, a lamp; new-tilled land