I. nə(r), (|)nȯ(ə)r, (|)nȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)när conjunction
Etymology: Middle English, contraction of nother nor, neither, from nother, pron. & adjective, not either of two, neither — more at neither
1. : or not — used to introduce the second member
neither here nor there
or last member
does not drink, smoke, nor gamble
or second and each following member
not be done by you nor by me nor by anyone
of a series of two or more items of which each is negated
2.
a. — used with neither as a negative correlative
neither good nor bad
— also used archaically to imply a negative in a preceding member
thou nor I have made the world — Alfred Tennyson
b. — used archaically to introduce both alternatives in a negative statement
nor bits nor bridles can his rage sustain — John Dryden
3. : and not — often used with inversion of subject and predicate after an affirmative that is equivalent to or implies a negative
the crisis … was simple; nor was it really serious — Ernest Barker
forbear, nor carry out the scheme you've planned — W.S.Gilbert
4. chiefly dialect : and , or — used with a negative (as not, never, no )
it cannot nor it will not come to good — Shakespeare
II. conjunction
Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from nor (I)
dialect : than
did you ever … see a poorer place nor this place — Donn Byrne
III. abbreviation
1. normal
2. north; northern