[both] pron, pl in constr [ME bothe, fr. ON bathir; akin to OHG beide both] (12c): the one as well as the other "~ of us" "we are ~ well" "$1000 fine or 30 days in jail, or ~"
[2]both conj (12c)--used as a function word to indicate and stress the inclusion of each of two or more things specified by coordinated words, phrases, or clauses "prized ~ for its beauty and for its utility" "he prayeth well, who loveth well ~ man and bird and beast --S. T. Coleridge" [3]both adj (13c): being the two: affecting or involving the one and the other "~ feet" "~ his eyes" "~ these armies"