anigh

[ uh-nahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

preposition

Origin of anigh¹

1765–75; a- (as in anear ) + nigh

And you little maiden, take an old man's warning, and look before you leap, as mayhap I and Jowler may not be anigh next time.

To have a little fire inside your own bank and ditch, that nobody else may enjoy it or come anigh it!

And for two days he sulled, and never come anigh her mornings, and mended the back fence.

But she bent over him till her face was anigh his, and he lifted up his face and kissed her mouth.

We mounts guard turn an' turn about, an' the first livin' critter as comes anigh them beasts—the watch he shoots on sight.

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