Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Other

Other (ut"ẽr) , conjunction

[See Or.]

Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either... or are now used). [Obsolete]
Other of chalk, other of glass. — Chaucer

Other , pronoun and adjective

[Anglo-Saxon ōeer; akin to Old Saxon āear, ōear, Dutch & German ander, Old High German andar, Icelandic annarr, Swedish annan, Danish anden, Gothic anþar, Sanskrit antara: compare Latin alter; all orig. comparatives: compare Sanskrit anya other. r180. Compare Alter.]

1.
Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.
Each of them made other for to win. — Chaucer
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. — Matt. v. 39
2.
Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
3.
Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.
4.
Left, as opposed to right. [Obsolete]
A distaff in her other hand she had. — Spenser
The one shall be taken, and the other left. — Matt. xxiv. 41
And some fell among thorns... but other fell into good ground. — Matt. xiii. 7, 8
To write this, or to design the other. — Dryden
The fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm xlix. 10
If he is trimming, others are true. — Thackeray
No other but such a one as he. — Coleridge
Other lords beside thee have had dominion over us. — Is. xxvi. 13
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid. — 1 Cor. iii. 11
The whole seven years of... ignominy had been little other than a preparation for this very hour. — Hawthorne
Bind my hair up: as 't was yesterday? No, nor t' other day. — B. Jonson

Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun, often in contrast with one, some, that, this, etc.

The one shall be taken, and the other left. Matt. xxiv. 41.

And some fell among thorns... but other fell into good ground. Matt. xiii. 7, 8.

It is also used, by ellipsis, with a noun, expressed or understood.

To write this, or to design the other. Dryden.

It is written with the indefinite article as one word, another; is used with each, indicating a reciprocal action or relation; and is employed absolutely, or eliptically for other thing, or other person, in which case it may have a plural.

The fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Ps. xlix. 10.

If he is trimming, others are true. Thackeray.

Other is sometimes followed by but, beside, or besides; but oftener by than.

No other but such a one as he. Coleridge.

Other lords beside thee have had dominion over us. Is. xxvi. 13.

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid. 1 Cor. iii. 11.

The whole seven years of... ignominy had been little other than a preparation for this very hour. Hawthorne.

Other (ut"ẽr) , adverb

Otherwise.
It shall none other be. — Chaucer
If you think other. — Shakespeare