And
And ({not transcribed}) , conjunction
[Anglo-Saxon and; akin to Old Saxon endi, Icelandic enda, Old High German anti, enti, inti, unti, German und, Dutch en, OD. ende. Cf, An if, Ante-.]
1.
A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
2.
In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.
At least to try and teach the erring soul.
3.
It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
When that I was and a little tiny boy.
4.
If; though. See An, conj. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
As they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs.
Collocations (1)
And so forth , and others; and the rest; and similar things; and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc. (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.