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OTHER, adj., pron. For Sc. forms see Ither, adj., pron. The following usages are now obs. or dial. only in Eng.:

I. adj. 1. With sing. n. without the article: a different, another, any other.Rxb. 1920 Kelso Chron. (26 Nov.) 2:
Lo'd whae wad ever think o' the mune risin' in other place but the east?

2. Combs.: (1) othergates, otherroads, adv., otherwise (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.); (2) other some, some other(s).(1) Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.:
He's rich, but it's othergates wi' 'is brother.(2) Sc. 1827 W. Motherwell Minstrelsy 298:
Some of them roosed their hawks, And other some their hounds.Lth. 1854 M. Oliphant M. Hepburn III. viii.:
Rude missionaries, in some cases, but in other some, they were the highest of heart.

3. Esp. before a numeral: more, an additional . . ., besides. Gen.Sc.Sc. 1799 J. Robertson Agric. Per. 564:
A retreat for St Bridget and other nine virgins.Slk. 1837 Hogg's Weekly Instructor (May) 186:
Standing over him with a rung, lending him always the other lounder.Sc. 1907 A. Lang Hist. Scot. II. 532:
He . . . strolled towards his “friends”, asking them to meet him with other six.

II. pron., reciprocally: one another.Fif. 1704 P.S.A.S. LVI. 55:
It is not so bright as a candle, the low thereof being blue, yet it gave such a light as they could discern others faces.Sc. 1717 D. Warrand Culloden Papers (1925) II. 168:
Our house mett this day att the usual tyme, satt till 3 afternoon, looking and laffing att other.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 19:
But tho' the young fouks liked other sair, They never yet had dint o' warld's care.