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.
Oth"er (?), adv. Otherwise. "It shall none other be." Chaucer. "If you
think other." Shak.
Oth"er*gates` (?), adv. [Other + gate way. See wards.] In another
manner. [Obs.]
He would have tickled you othergates.
Shak.
{ Oth"er*guise` (?), Oth"er*guess` (?) }, a. & adv. [A corruption of
othergates.] Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess
arguments." Berkeley.
Oth"er*ness, n. The quality or state of being other or different;
alterity; oppositeness.
Oth"er*ways` (?), adv. See Otherwise. Tyndale.
Oth"er*where` (?), adv. In or to some other place, or places;
elsewhere. Milton. Tennyson.
{ Oth"er*while` (?), Oth"er*whiles` (?), } adv. At another time, or
other times; sometimes; &?;ccasionally. [Archaic]
Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more.
Holland.