See Also: pavior(dictionary)

tother (iou) and pavior (iou)


tother (iou)



tother pronoun & adjective. Now chiefly dial. & joc. Also t'Other. ME.

A. pronoun.
The Other one. ME.
tell tother from which tell one from the Other.
The second one (of two or more). Only in ME.
sing. & (rare) in pl. The others, the rest. ME-L17.
b. attrib. adjective.
a. The Other. ME.
tother day, the tother day, tother year, the tother year, etc. (a) the following day, year, etc.; (b) the preceding day, year, etc.; (c) the Other day etc., a few days etc. ago. tother school, tother 'un School slang a preparatory school, a school one attended before public school.
b. After a possess.: Other. L15-E18.
a. The second (of two or more). Only in ME.
b. Additional, another, one more. obsolete exc. Scot. E17.
I. Walton Each man drink the tother cup and to bed.
Comb.: tothersider (chiefly Austral.) a person from the Other side, esp. an eastern state.
? Esp. in Sc. & north. use also the tother.

pavior (iou)



pavior noun. Also paviour, (earlier) pavier. ME.
[Old & mod. French paveur, from paver PAVE verb + -eur -ER2: see -IER, -OR.]
A person who paves roads etc. ME.
A paving-stone. Formerly also, paving. E17.