adv. [ OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. hēðra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidrē; cf. L. citra on this side, or E. here, he. √183. Cf. He. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of man. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hither and thither,
a.
And on the hither side, or so she looked,
Of twenty summers. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name of
a. Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job xxxviii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. Josh. xvii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. hiderweard. ] Toward this place; hither. [ 1913 Webster ]
Marching hitherward in proud array. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]