conj. As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See Till, conj. [ 1913 Webster ]
In open prospect nothing bounds our eye,
Until the earth seems joined unto the sky. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
But the rest of the dead lives not again until the thousand years were finished. Rev. xx. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
prep. [ OE. until, ontil; un- (as in unto) + til till; cf. Dan. indtil, Sw. intill. See Unto, and Till, prep. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Taverners until them told the same. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them until. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
He and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity. Judg. xviii. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In contracts and like documents until is construed as exclusive of the date mentioned unless it was the manifest intent of the parties to include it. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + tile. ] To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles. [ 1913 Webster ]