Other

II. Other ·pron & ·adj Left, as opposed to right.

III. Other ·pron & ·adj Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.

IV. Other ·conj Either;

— used with other or or for its correlative (as either ... or are now used).

V. Other ·pron & ·adj Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.

VI. Other ·pron & ·adj Alternate; second;

— used ·esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.

finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose