Other — Defs

01 conj. Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).

1.
Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).[Obs.]
“Other of chalk, other of glass.” — Chaucer.

02 pron. & a. Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.

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.

“The one shall be taken, and the other left.” — Matt. xxiv. 41.

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

Syn.

[Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.]

03 adv. Otherwise.