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every other day
c. every (also †each) other ——: every second ——, every alternate ——. Frequently with a noun denoting a period of time, as every other day, etc.every other while: at alternate periods; every now and then (obsolete).
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a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 1166 Euery oþer day I faste.
a1475 Bk. Hawking in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 296 Loke that thy hawke tire every other day while she is fleyng, for nothyng..woll clense a hawkes hedde as tyryng.
1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 20 Every yer or every other yer ys Chosyn a Duke.
1545 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. (1548) iv. f. 98 An extreme tyrannous deiuill..dooeth euery other while soodainly take hym.
1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. Diii Spending euery other day in such sporte.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 397 Euery other day clense both the woundes and rowels.
a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 94 Umboth, the great Tiend of either half of the Parish: so called because every other year it was changed with the Minister for his half: for the word Umboth signifieth time about.
1713 J. Swift Let. 25 Jan. (1766) I. lxxxiii. 147 We now resolve to..have a committee every other week.
1777 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 266 He made his Horse Dance in & out of every other Tree, Hay Fashion.
1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. i. 11 Though they met at least every other evening..they could not be supposed to meet for the sake of conversation. View more context for this quotation
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iii. 18 They divide the time between them, being on and off duty,..every other four hours.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) Introd. 13 Every other year there was a revolution.
1946 Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 63 189/2 210 mice were sensitized..by 4 consecutive intraperitoneal injections of 1 ml each of undiluted horse serum every other day.
1981 G. Boycott In Fast Lane viii. 42 Reading Joseph was like missing out every other page..one right, miss one; one right, miss one.
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