0 used to introduce a second and more extreme phrase in a sentence when the first phrase was not strong enough:
1 Northern for no :
Eventually, he voted against the administration's bill, only one of eight "nays" cast by a nonsouthern senator.
Legislators could choose from three choices, yea, abstention, and nay.
Nor is there any man so independent on his farm that he can say them nay ' ' (94).
The question is whether all of this is to be regretted, nay lamented.
Of the 479 total speeches, 204 were from senators voting yea and 272 from senators voting nay (with one senator abstaining).
One o' mi papers has a weekly column about people nay longer i' t'news.
The consequence was that there was one more "nay" vote cast during the latter roll-call, implying a gain for direct election opponents.
Of the nays, 86 per cent relied on statements and 14 per cent on printed material.
