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.
☞ 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
conj. As well; not only; equally. [ 1913 Webster ]
Both precedes the first of two coördinate words or phrases, and is followed by
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 ]
n. One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble;
v. t.
☞ 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. 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 ]