nay /(nā)/

1. No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. Opposed to aye or yea. See also Yes.

   And eke when I say “ye,” ne say not “nay.”

   I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

   And now do they thrust us out privily? nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

   He that will not when he may, When he would he shall have nay.

2. Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.

pl. Nays

1. Denial; refusal.
2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative.

1. To refuse. [Obs.]