Nesh vs Yesh - What's the difference?
nesh | yesh |
Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
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*:haue ye no merueylle sayd the good man therof / for hit semeth wel god loueth yow / for men maye vnderstande a stone is hard of kynde // for thou wylt not leue thy synne for no goodnes that god hath sente the / therfor thou arte more than ony stone / and neuer woldest thow be maade neysshe nor by water nor by fyre
Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.
*1887 , (Thomas Hardy), (The Woodlanders) , :
*:And if he keeps the daughter so long at boarding-school, he'll make her as nesh as her mother was.
*1913 , , (Sons and Lovers) , :
*:No, tha'd drop down stiff, as dead as a door-knob, wi' thy nesh sides.
Soft; friable; crumbly.
To make soft, tender, or weak.
To act timidly.