What does "neer" mean?

Neer: Nearer. [Obs.] Chaucer. NE'ER Ne'er ( or ), adv. a contraction of Never. NE'ER-DO-WELL Ne'er"-do-well`, n. A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing. The idle and dissolute ne'er-do-wells of their communities. Harper's Mag.

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