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† beˈhither, adv. and prep. Obs.
[f. be- + hither, cf. behind, before, besides, beyond, etc. (A useful word, worth reviving.)]
A. prep.
1. On this side of. (L. cis, citra.)
1521Abp. Warham in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. I. 241 Yt shuld engendre grete obloquy and sclandre to the Universitie, bothe behyther the See and beyonde. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 257 The Italian..calleth the Frenchman..and all other breed behither their mountaines Appennines, Tramontani. 1679Evelyn Diary (1827) III. 14, I called at my cousin Evelyn's who has a very pretty seat in the forest, 2 miles behither Cliefden. 1711J. Greenwood Eng. Gram. 82 The Parlour lies behither, or on this Side the Kitchin.
2. Short of, barring, save.
1633G. Herbert H. Baptism in Temple 36 Let me be soft and supple to thy will..to others, mild, Behither ill. 1671B. Oley Herbert's C. Parson Pref. A ij b (N.), I have not any one thing, behither vice, that hath occasioned so much contempt of the clergie.
B. adv. On this side, on the nearer side.
1650C. Elderfield Tythes 280 Of what is behither..I need say nothing. |