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elsewhither, adv. Somewhat arch.
[f. else + whither.]
To some other place, in some other direction. Formerly also = ‘whithersoever’.
c1000ælfric Gram. 38 Elleshwider, aliorsum. 1297R. Glouc. (1724) 103 To Yrlond heo flowe aȝeyn, & elles wyder heo myȝte. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. liv. 38 He..sayd he must gone elles whyder. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxxi. 23 That they bee not haried elsewhither. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 570 Send to the towne or elsewhither to buy bread. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1872) III. i. i. 11 The dusty fugitives must shrink elsewhither. |