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Any whitherWhither Whith"er, adv. [OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E.
where, who; cf. Goth. hvadr[=e] whither. See Who, and cf.
Hither, Thither.]
1. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest
thou? ``Whider may I flee?' --Chaucer.
Sir Valentine, whither away so fast? --Shak.
2. To what or which place; -- used relatively.
That no man should know . . . whither that he went.
--Chaucer.
We came unto the land whither thou sentest us.
--Num. xiii.
27.
3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design;
whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.
Nor have I . . . whither to appeal. --Milton.
Any whither, to any place; anywhere. [Obs.] ``Any whither,
in hope of life eternal.' --Jer. Taylor.
No whither, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.] --2 Kings v. 25.
Syn: Where.
Usage: Whither, Where. Whither properly implies motion to
place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now,
however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in
poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious
character and in language where precision is required.
Where has taken its place, as in the question, ``Where
are you going?' Anywhither
Anywhither A"ny*whith`er, adv.
To or towards any place. [Archaic] --De Foe.
Behither
Behither Be*hith"er, prep.
On this side of. [Obs.]
Two miles behither Clifden. --Evelyn.
chide hither chide from or chide awayChide Chide (ch[imac]d), v. t. [imp. Chid (ch[i^]d), or
Chode (ch[imac]d Obs.); p. p. Chidden, Chid; p. pr. &
vb. n. Chiding.] [AS. c[=i]dan; of unknown origin.]
1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Upbraided, chid, and rated at. --Shak.
2. Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
The sea that chides the banks of England. --Shak.
To chide hither, chide from, or chide away, to cause to
come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.
Syn: To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach;
reprehend; reprimand. CithernCithern Cith"ern, n.
See Cittern. cithernCittern Cit"tern, n. [L. cithara, Gr. ?. Cf. Cithara,
Gittern.] (Mus.)
An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and
played with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.]
--Shak.
Note: Not to be confounded with zither. EitherEither Ei"ther (?; 277), a. & pron. [OE. either, aither, AS.
?g?er, ?ghw[ae]?er (akin to OHG. ?ogiwedar, MHG. iegeweder);
[=a] + ge + hw[ae]?er whether. See Each, and Whether, and
cf. Or, conj.]
1. One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two
things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.
Lepidus flatters both, Of both is flattered; but he
neither loves, Nor either cares for him. --Shak.
Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of
the three. --Bacon.
There have been three talkers in Great British,
either of whom would illustrate what I say about
dogmatists. --Holmes.
2. Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly,
also, each of any number.
His flowing hair In curls on either cheek played.
--Milton.
On either side . . . was there the tree of life.
--Rev. xxii.
2.
The extreme right and left of either army never
engaged. --Jowett
(Thucyd). Either
Either Ei"ther, conj. Either
precedes two, or more, co["o]rdinate words or phrases, and is
introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.
Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a
journey, or peradventure he sleepeth. --1 Kings
xviii. 27.
Few writers hesitate to use either in what is called a
triple alternative; such as, We must either stay where
we are, proceed, or recede. --Latham.
Note: Either was formerly sometimes used without any
correlation, and where we should now use or.
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive
berries? either a vine, figs?? --James iii.
12.
Elsewhither
Elsewhither Else"whith`er, adv.
To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go
elsewhither for it. --R. of Gloucester. ``For elsewhither was
I bound.' --Carlyle.
Gunsmithery
Gunsmithery Gunsmith`er*y, Gunsmith ing Gun"smith` ing, n.
The art or business of a gunsmith.
HitherHither Hith"er, adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel.
h[=e][eth]ra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidr[=e]; cf. L. citra
on this side, or E. here, he. [root]183. Cf. He.]
1. To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and
implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and
thither; as, to come or bring hither.
2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a
sense not physical.
Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the
highest perfection of man. --Hooker.
Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in
various directions. ``Victory is like a traveller, and
goeth hither and thither.' --Knolles. Hither
Hither Hith"er, a.
1. Being on the side next or toward the person speaking;
nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the
hither side of a hill. --Milton.
2. Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of
fewer years than.
And on the hither side, or so she looked, Of twenty
summers. --Tennyson.
To the present generation, that is to say, the
people a few years on the hither and thither side of
thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside
of those of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday.
--Huxley.
Hither and thitherThither Thith"er, adv. [OE. thider, AS. [eth]ider; akin to E.
that; cf. Icel. [thorn]a[eth]ra there, Goth.
[thorn]a[thorn]r[=o] thence. See That, and The.]
1. To that place; -- opposed to hither.
This city is near; . . . O, let me escape thither.
--Gen. xix.
20.
Where I am, thither ye can not come. --John vii.
34.
2. To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended
thither.
Hither and thither, to this place and to that; one way and
another.
Syn: There.
Usage: Thither, There. Thither properly denotes motion
toward a place; there denotes rest in a place; as, I
am going thither, and shall meet you there. But
thither has now become obsolete, except in poetry, or
a style purposely conformed to the past, and there is
now used in both senses; as, I shall go there
to-morrow; we shall go there together. Hither and thitherHither Hith"er, adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel.
h[=e][eth]ra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidr[=e]; cf. L. citra
on this side, or E. here, he. [root]183. Cf. He.]
1. To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and
implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and
thither; as, to come or bring hither.
2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a
sense not physical.
Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the
highest perfection of man. --Hooker.
Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in
various directions. ``Victory is like a traveller, and
goeth hither and thither.' --Knolles. Hithermost
Hithermost Hith"er*most`, a.
Nearest on this side. --Sir M. Hale.
Hitherto
Hitherto Hith"er*to`, adv.
1. To this place; to a prescribed limit.
Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. --Job
xxxviii. 11.
2. Up to this time; as yet; until now.
The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. --Josh. xvii.
14.
Hitherward
Hitherward Hith"er*ward, adv. [AS. hiderweard.]
Toward this place; hither.
Marching hitherward in proud array. --Shak.
kinesitherapyKinesiatrics Kin`e*si*at"rics, n. [Gr. (?) motion (fr. ? to
move) + (?) pertaining to medicine, fr. (?) a physician.]
(Med.)
A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements;
-- also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and
the movement cure. KinesitherapyKinesitherapy Kin`e*si*ther"a*py, n. [Gr. ? motion + ? to
heal.] (Med.)
See Kinesiatrics. Litherly
Litherly Li"ther*ly, a.
Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous;
lazy.[Archaic]
He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly. --Sir
W. Scott.
Moither
Moither Moi"ther, v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.]
To perplex; to confuse. [Prov. Eng.] --Lamb.
Moither
Moither Moi"ther, v. i.
To toil; to labor. [Prov. Eng.]
NeitherNeither Nei"ther (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. neiter, nother,
nouther, AS. n[=a]w?er, n[=a]hw[ae]?er; n[=a] never, not +
hw[ae]?er whether. The word has followed the form of either.
See No, and Whether, and cf. Neuter, Nor.]
Not either; not the one or the other.
Which of them shall I take? Both? one? or neither?
Neither can be enjoyed, If both remain alive. --Shak.
He neither loves, Nor either cares for him. --Shak. Neithermore
Neithermore Neith"er*more`, a.
Lower, nether. [Obs.] --Holland.
No whitherWhither Whith"er, adv. [OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E.
where, who; cf. Goth. hvadr[=e] whither. See Who, and cf.
Hither, Thither.]
1. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest
thou? ``Whider may I flee?' --Chaucer.
Sir Valentine, whither away so fast? --Shak.
2. To what or which place; -- used relatively.
That no man should know . . . whither that he went.
--Chaucer.
We came unto the land whither thou sentest us.
--Num. xiii.
27.
3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design;
whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.
Nor have I . . . whither to appeal. --Milton.
Any whither, to any place; anywhere. [Obs.] ``Any whither,
in hope of life eternal.' --Jer. Taylor.
No whither, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.] --2 Kings v. 25.
Syn: Where.
Usage: Whither, Where. Whither properly implies motion to
place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now,
however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in
poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious
character and in language where precision is required.
Where has taken its place, as in the question, ``Where
are you going?' Nowhither
Nowhither No"whith`er, adv. [No + whither.]
Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere. [Archaic] ``Thy
servant went nowhither.' --2 Kings v. 25.
SlitherSlither Slith"er, v. i. [Cf. G. schlittern, LG. schliddern.
See Slide.]
To slide; to glide. [Prov. Eng.] Smither
Smither Smith"er (sm[i^][th]"[~e]r), n.
1. Light, fine rain. [Prov. Eng.]
2. pl. Fragments; atoms; finders. [Prov. Eng.]
Smash the bottle to smithers. --Tennyson.
Smithereens
Smithereens Smith`er*eens" (sm[i^][th]`[~e]r*[=e]nz"), n. pl.
Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] --W. Black.
SmitherySmithery Smith"er*y (sm[i^]th"[~e]r*[y^]), n.; pl. -ies
(-[i^]z).
1. The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.
2. Work done by a smith; smithing.
The din of all his smithery may some time or other
possibly wake this noble duke. --Burke.
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