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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



17 words match “OWHER”

OWHER adv.
Anywhere. [Obs.] "If he found owher a good fellow." Chaucer.
COWHERD n.
One whose occupation is to tend cows.
NOWHERE adv.
Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.
CONVICT v.
ining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. Hooker.
COSMOGRAPHER n.
s the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth. The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancient cosmographers. Robynson (More's Utopia).
DIRECT a.
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. He howhere, that I know, says it in direct words. Locke. A direct and avowed interference with elections. Hallam.
ELSE adv.
Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
GUICOWAR n.
[Mahratta gaekwar, prop., a cowherd.] The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the Guicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country.
NEATHERD n.
A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd. Dryden.
NOWHITHER adv.
Not anywhither; in no direction; nowhere. [Archaic] "Thy servant went nowhither." 2 Kings v. 25.
NULLIBIETY n.
The state or condition of being nowhere. [Obs.]
OUGHWHERE adv.
Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher. [Obs.]
RATHER adv.
ikely than, the other; somewhat. He sought throughout the world, but sought in vain, And nowhere finding, rather feared her slain. Dryden.
TROW v.
aic] So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. Chaucer. A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is. Chaucer. It never yet was worn, I trow. Tennyson.
VARIANT a.
Changeable; changing; fickle. [Obs.] He is variant, he abit [abides] nowhere. Chaucer.
VISUAL a.
ight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. The air, Nowhere so clear, sharpened his visual ray. Milton.
WHITHER adv.
[Obs.] "Any whither, in hope of life eternal." Jer. Taylor. -- No whither, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.] 2 Kings v. 25.