Either (ē&thlig_;&etilde_;r or ī&thlig_;&etilde_;r; 277), a. & pron. [OE. either, aither, AS. &aemacr_;gðer, &aemacr_;ghwæðer (akin to OHG. ēogiwedar, MHG. iegeweder); ā + ge + hwæðer whether. See Each, and Whether, and cf. Or, conj.] 1. One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.
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Lepidus flatters both,
Of both is flattered; but he neither loves,
Nor either cares for him. Shak.
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Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of the three. Bacon.
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There have been three talkers in Great British, either of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists. Holmes.
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2. Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.
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His flowing hair
In curls on either cheek played. Milton.
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On either side . . . was there the tree of life. Rev. xxii. 2.
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The extreme right and left of either army never engaged. Jowett (Thucyd).
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