单词 | othergates |
释义 | othergatesadv.adj. Now regional. A. adv. In another way, otherwise, differently. Also (Scottish and Irish English (northern)): elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adverb] > otherwise elseOE otherwiseOE otherlikerOE otherwaysa1225 anotherc1275 otherc1275 othergatea1375 othergatesa1400 otherwarda1450 elsewise1548 elsehow1666 otherguess1777 otherguise1824 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1588 Bot god had oþer-gates mint. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. x. 209 Þat oþere gatis ben geten for gadelynges ben holden. a1425 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Laud) (1884) 455 Hit wenys of athing othergatis then it is. ?c1450 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (Sion Coll. London) (1907) 1075 Othergates was I noght had hetten, Suthely, ryght þusgates wast. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 121 Other gatis it had beyn seyn. 1559 D. Lindsay Dreme in Wks. (1931) I. 10 Thay dispone that geir all vther gaittis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 192 If he had not beene in drinke, hee would haue tickel'd you other gates then he did. View more context for this quotation 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Othergaits, othergets, otherwise, different. 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 28 My ways have been othergates when I was younger, than they ought to have been. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Othergaits, or Othergeeats, otherwise; by another way or process. 1900 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 258 An authority who could and would ‘tickle othergates’ than the author of that dreadful work. 1965 Sc. National Dict. at Ither Ithergates, (a) otherwise; (b) elsewhere. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. at Other Ithergates, elsewhere. Of another kind, different. Obsolete.Common in 17th cent. ΚΠ 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ 22 With whome hee might have other gates welcome. 1615 J. Day Festivals 136 It was an other-gates Kingdome hee sought after. 1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. xxiv. 151 These are Othergates Children than those, you desire. 1680 R. L'Estrange Citt & Bumpkin 2 We could shew you othergates Lords among vs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.a1400 |
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