In the first place; first of all; originally. Obsolete.

= foremost, adj. adv.

At first, in the first instance; originally.

At or from the very beginning; in the earliest stage; at first, originally.

In primitive or ancient times; in the earliest age or time; at the beginning, at first.

With regard to origin; originally, primarily.

Originally; from the beginning; from the source. Now rare.

In respect of origin or derivation; by extraction or descent; indigenously.

in a primeval manner; (also) in the first age of the world.

Hence at a brush, at the first brush, †to stand brush; ator after the first brush: at or after the first encounter or meeting.

In the archetype; originally.