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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NESH

a.Soft; tender; nice. [Not used. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NESH

Nesh, a. Etym: [AS. hnesc, hnæsc, akin to Goth. hnasqus.]

Defn: Soft; tender; delicate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]

New American Oxford Dictionary

nesh

nesh |nɛʃ | ▶adjective dialect (especially of a person ) weak and delicate; feeble: it was nesh to go to school in a topcoat. DERIVATIVES neshness noun ORIGIN Old English hnesce, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dialect nes ‘soft or foolish ’.

Oxford Dictionary

nesh

nesh |nɛʃ | ▶adjective dialect (especially of a person ) weak and delicate; feeble: it was nesh to go to school in a topcoat. DERIVATIVES neshness noun ORIGIN Old English hnesce, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dialect nes ‘soft or foolish ’.