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Other

Oth′er

(ŭth′ẽr)
,
c
onj.
[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

,
p
ron.
&
Adj.
[AS.
ōðer
; akin to OS.
āðar
,
ōðar
, D. & G.
ander
, OHG.
andar
, Icel.
annarr
, Sw.
annan
, Dan.
anden
, Goth.
anþar
, 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
fell among thorns . . . but
other
fell into good ground.
Matt. xiii. 7, 8.


It is also used, by ellipsis, with a noun, expressed or understood.

To write
this
, or to design the
other
.
Dryden.


It is written with the indefinite article as one word, another; is used with each, indicating a reciprocal action or relation; and is employed absolutely, or eliptically for other thing, or other person, in which case it may have a plural.

The fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to
others
.
Ps. xlix. 10.


If he is trimming,
others
are true.
Thackeray.


Other is sometimes followed by but, beside, or besides; but oftener by than.

No
other but
such a one as he.
Coleridge.


Other
lords
beside
thee have had dominion over us.
Is. xxvi. 13.


For
other
foundation can no man lay
than
that is laid.
1 Cor. iii. 11.


The whole seven years of . . . ignominy had been little
other than
a preparation for this very hour.
Hawthorne.
Other some
,
some others.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
–
The other day
,
at a certain time past, not distant, but indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day past.

Bind my hair up: as ’t was yesterday?
No, nor
t' other day
.
B. Jonson.

Oth′er

(ŭth′ẽr)
,
adv.
Otherwise.
“It shall none other be.”
Chaucer.
“If you think other.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Other

OTH'ER

,
Adj.
[Heb.]
1.
Not the same; different; not this or these.
Then the other company which is left shall escape. Gen. 32.
Behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. Ex. 4.
Other lords besides thee have had dominion over us. Is. 26.
There is one God, and there is none other but he. Mark 12.
2.
Not this, but the contrary; as, on this side of the river stands Troy, on the other side stands Albany.
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt. 5.
3.
Noting something besides. To the knowledge of the Latin and Greek, join as much other learning as you can.
4.
Correlative to each, and applicable to any number of individuals.
They asked each other of their welfare. Ex. 18.
5.
Opposed to some; as,'some fell among thorns - but other fell into good ground.' Matt. 13.
6.
The next.
7.
The third part.
Other is used as a substitute for a noun, and in this use has the plural number, and the sign of the possessive case.
- The fool and the brutish person die, and leave their wealth to others. Ps. 49.
What do ye more than others? Matt. 5.
We were children of wrath even as others. Eph. 2.
The confusion arises, when the one will put their sickle into the other's harvest.
With the sign of the possessive, other is preceded by the, as in the last example.
Other is sometimes put elliptically for other thing. From such a man, we can expect no other.
The other day, at a certain time past, not distant but indefinite; not long ago.

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