*both*

a. or pron. [ OE. bothe, baþe, fr. Icel. bāðir; akin to Dan. baade, Sw. båda, Goth. bajōþs, OHG. beidē, bēdē, G. & D. beide, also AS. begen, bā, bū, Goth. bai, and Gr. 'a`mfw, L. ambo, Lith. abà, OSlav. oba, Skr. ubha. √310. Cf. Amb-. ] The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is generally used adjectively with nouns; as, both horses ran away; but with pronouns, and often with nous, it is used substantively, and followed by of. [ 1913 Webster ]

It frequently stands as a pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

She alone is heir to both of us. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. Gen. xxi. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear both, because he is prepared for both. Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is often used in apposition with nouns or pronouns. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy weal and woe are both of them extremes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This said, they both betook them several ways. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both now always precedes any other attributive words; as, both their armies; both our eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both of is used before pronouns in the objective case; as, both of us, them, whom, etc.; but before substantives its used is colloquial, both (without of) being the preferred form; as, both the brothers. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. As well; not only; equally. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both precedes the first of two coördinate words or phrases, and is followed by and before the other, both . . . and . . . ; as well the one as the other; not only this, but also that; equally the former and the latter. It is also sometimes followed by more than two coördinate words, connected by and expressed or understood. [ 1913 Webster ]

To judge both quick and dead. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A masterpiece both for argument and style. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To whom bothe heven and erthe and see is sene. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

He prayeth well who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bothered (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bothering. ] [ Cf. Ir. buaidhirt trouble, buaidhrim I vex. ] To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The imperative is sometimes used as an exclamation mildly imprecatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without bothering about it. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bothers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A factotum. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He is his master's both-hands, I assure you. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Bothy. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Bothnia, a country of northern Europe, or to a gulf of the same name which forms the northern part of the Baltic sea. [ 1913 Webster ]