nigher

English

Adjective

nigher

(archaic) comparative form of nigh: more nigh
- 1847, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre:
  It seems to me that she might, by merely sitting quietly at his side, saying little and looking less, get nigher his heart.

Anagrams

hinger, rehing

Yola

Adjective

nigher

comparative form of neeghe (“nigh”)
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:
  Huck nigher; y'art scuddeen; fartoo zo hachee?
  Come nearer; you're rubbing your back; why so ill tempered?

References

Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 84

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