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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



16 words match “ANYWHERE”

ANYWHERE adv.
In any place. Udall.
BETTER n.
e better, in the way of improvement; so as to produce improvement. "If I have altered him anywhere for the better." Dryden.
BOLT n.
s. This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a bolt to America -- or anywhere. Compton Reade.
DEPOSIT n.
That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; somthing intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.
ERRAND n.
ion; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere. I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19. I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33. mission.
GAM v.
To engage in a gam, or (Local, U. S.) in social intercourse anywhere.
NOWHERE adv.
Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.
OMNIVAGANT a.
Wandering anywhere and everywhere. [R.]
OUGHWHERE adv.
Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher. [Obs.]
OWHER adv.
Anywhere. [Obs.] "If he found owher a good fellow." Chaucer.
PASSE PARTOUT n.
That by which one can pass anywhere; a safe-conduct. [Obs.] Dryden.
QUEUE n.
A line of persons waiting anywhere.
SORRENTO WORK n.
nlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere.
TRIVIAL a.
Found anywhere; common. [Obs.]
WHITHER adv.
ense 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.
WRESTLING n.
ng, the wrestlers complete in strong loose linen jackets, catching hold of the jacket, or anywhere above the waist. Two shoulders and one hip, or two hips and one shoulder, must touch the ground to constitute a fall, and if a man is thrown otherwise than on his back the contestants get upon their feet and the bout reco…