Net
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NET, sb.1 Ken. [net.] A knitted woollen scarf. (G.B.), Ken.1
NET, sb.2 and v.1 Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lin. Nrf. [net.]
sb. In comp. (1) Net-roper, one of the crew of a fishing-boat; (2) Net-stucken, stakes driven into the ground on which nets are stretched to enclose sheep. (1) Nrf. When the nets are pulled alongside, the hawseman unbends the seizings and passes them to the net-roper (P.H.E.); The master, mate, hawseman, wheelman, net-roper and me, lived aft in the cabin, Emerson Son of Fens (1892) 58. (2) Nhb.1
The omentum or cawl which covers the intestines. Sc. (Jam.), w.Yks.1 3. v. with on: to enclose by nets. Sc. (A.W.) Nhb.1 Applied to sheep when netted upon a ‘brick’ (or break) in a crop of growing turnips. Hence Netting, sb. nets for enclosing sheep. n.Lin.1 [2. OFris. nette, ‘netzhaut, omentum’ (Richthofen).]
NET, v.2 and sb.3 n.Cy. Dur. Yks. Lan. Der. Not. Lin. Lei. [net.] 1. v. To wash or rinse out in clean water. w.Yks. Thoresby Lett. (1703); w.Yks.4 [(Of the Scotch mode of washing linen.) They trample it with their feet (never vouchsafing a hand to nett or wash it withal), Brereton Travels (1634-1635) in Cheth. Soc. (1844) I. 106.] Hence (1) Netting, sb. (a) soap and water mixed and then made into a lather; (b) stale urine used in washing; (2) Netting-out, vbl. sb. the process of washing or rinsing; used attrib. (1, a) Dur.1 Used for washing prints and coloured dresses. (b) n.Cy. (K.); Grose (1790); N.Cy.2 w.Yks.1 Rarely used. Lan. Shall not in any wise flinge doune... any undecente or noysome thinge as pisse bool, water nettinge or ffylthe, Court Leet Rec. Manor of Manchester (1557) I. 40. ne.Lan.1, Der.1 Der.2, Not.3, s.Not. (J.P.K.) Lin. Miller & Skertchly Fenland (1878) iv; Lin.1 She threw a pail of netting over me. n.Lin. Sutton Wds. (1881); n.Lin.1 It was formerly preserved in large jars, to be used in washing coarse clothes. It was believed to make the water soft. sw.Lin.1 She killed her two swaarms of bees; she poured netting on the hives. Lei.1 (2) w.Yks.5 After linen has been washed it generally has to undergo the ‘netting-out’ process.
- sb. A rinsing in fresh water, a supply of clean water for rinsing. w.Yks. A washerwoman's term for each separate lot of clean water that she puts the clothes through. ‘I think we'll give these another net.’ A ‘blue net’ is water tinged with blue for the white things (H.L.); Hamilton Nugae Lit. (1841) 356; Thoresby Lett. (1703); w.Yks.4 [1. Cp. Fr. net, clean; nettoyer, to cleanse (COTGR.).]
NET, see Knit, v., Nit, sb.2
NET, NETT, adv. Sc. [net.] Exactly. Cf. neat, adv. 6. Frf. The tail that at the dragon hang, Was nett ae mile three quarters lang, Sands Poems (1833) 129. Lnk. It was just net four minutes frae the time they crossed the threshold, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 43. Hence Netly, adv. exactly. Rnf. I stand exactly five feet seven, And netly weigh twelve stones eleven, McGilvray Poems (ed. 1862) II.
