noun denial; refusal.
2. nay ·noun a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
3. nay ·vt & ·vi to refuse.
4. nay ·adv no;
a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. ·see yes.
5. nay ·adv not this merely, but also; not only so, but;
used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.