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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

Otherwise. "It shall none other be." Chaucer. "If you think other." Shak.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: pronoun (pron.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: conjunction (conj.)

Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used). [Obs.] Other of chalk, other of glass. Chaucer.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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