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("r), conj.[See Or.] Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used). [Obs.] Other of chalk, other of glass. Chaucer. Oth"er pron. & a.[AS. er; akin to OS. ar, ar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. anar, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya other. 180. Cf. Alter.] [Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.] 1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two. Each of them made other for to win. Chaucer. Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt. v. 39. 2. Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river. 3. Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day. 4. Left, as opposed to right. [Obs.] A distaff in her other hand she had. Spenser. Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun, often in contrast with one, some, that, this, etc. The one shall be taken, and the other left. Matt. xxiv. 41. And some Oth"er (), adv.Otherwise. "It shall none other be." Chaucer. "If you think other." Shak. スポンサード リンク
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