Determiner

(en determiner)

Each of the two; one and the other.

* (Bible), (w) xxi. 27

Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

* (1678-1751)

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.

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Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

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(obsolete) Each of more than two.

* (Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)

Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.

* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)

He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.