nebris

Nebris, neb′ris, n. a fawn-skin worn in imitation of Bacchus by his priests and votaries.

Next on the left is a Satyr advancing over rocky ground towards a large crater; in his right hand he holds an oinocho�, with which he is about to take wine from the crater; in his left hand has been a phial�; a fawn skin, nebris, hangs from his left shoulder.

Mr. Woods, who is chairman of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the Bronx Zoo, and a former chief executive of Bessemer Securities, was an investor in the Nebris Corporation, which borrowed $10.2 million to purchase a security backed by student loans.

The merry dark- haired girl was named Doris and her languorous comrade Nebris.

Doris, the dark-haired, red-cheeked, full-contoured lass, was plainly much taken with Agathemer and he with her; I always had a weakness for red-headed girls and felt genuinely pleased that Nebris, her long-limbed, long-fingered, pale-skinned, blurred, bleached comrade seemed equally taken with me.