(now UK dialectal) Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding. / (now UK dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc. / (now UK dialectal) Soft; friable; crumbly.

(transitive) To make soft, tender, or weak. / (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To act timidly.

(Britain, dialect) The condition of being nesh.

simple past tense and past participle of nesh

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nesh

present participle of nesh

plural of Neshannock

(US) A white-fleshed variety of potato, suitable for table use, which was popular in the 1800s.

(transitive, UK dialectal) To make tender or soft; mollify.

superlative form of nesh: most nesh