OTH'ER, a. [Heb.]

1. Not the same; different; not this or these. Then the other company which is left shall escape. Gen. xxxii. Behold, it was turned again, as his other flesh. Exod. iv. Other lords besides thee have had dominion over us. Is. xxvi. There is one God, and there is none other but he. Mark xii.
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. Matth. v.
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. Exod. xviii.
5. Opposed to some; as, “some fell among thorns – but other fell into good ground.” Matth. xiii.
6. The next. Shak.
7. The third part. B. Jonson. 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. xlix. What do ye more than others? – Matth. v. We were children of wrath even as others. – Eph. ii. The confusion arises, when the one will put their sickle into the other's harvest. – Lesley. 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.

1. Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).
   
   
   [Obs.]

   Other of chalk, other of glass. Chaucer.

2. 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.

3. Otherwise.
   
   
   "It shall none other be." Chaucer. "If you think other." Shak.
4. Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
5. Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.
6. 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.