Brewer's: Nyse

(2 syl.). One of the Nereids (q.v.).

The lovely Nysë and Neri'në spring, With all the vehemence and speed of wing.

Camoens: Lusiad, bk. ii.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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