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Definition of Nettler
1. n. One who nettles.
Definition of Nettler
1. Noun. One who nettles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nettler
1. one that nettles [n -S] - See also: nettles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nettler
Literary usage of Nettler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"To HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE = to be peevish or out of temper ; NETTLED = (I)
annoyed, and (2) afflicted (Amer. MATSELL, 1859); nettler ..."
2. History of the Brocklesby Hounds, 1700-1901 by George E. Collins (1902)
"His sire, Milton Nigel, was by nettler, a son of Carlow and Island nettler, who
in turn was by Brocklesby Norman. The chief sires of the first entry of ..."
3. The Kennel Stud Book: Containing Lists of the Most Celebrated Packs of by Cornelius Tongue (1866)
"1822 Fairplay 1827 Wanton 1823 Termagant 1824 Bertram 1820 Whimsey . __ 1859
Helpmate 1852 Skilful . 1859 Nathan . 1854 nettler . Sister to Rarity. ..."
4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1839)
"... dually introduced very striking differences between the British nettler of
the Southern States, and the British settler of the North. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"That thrust you gave me, Tims has prov'da nettler— Your (tab turns out, what I
have been,—a Settler! dancing light— Jen- He's gone—how very muddy some good ..."
6. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"nettler, (net'-tl-er) ns One who provokes ; that which stings or irritates.
To NETTLE, (net'-tl) ».a. To ating; to irritate ; to provoke. ..."
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