hereaˈbouts, adv.
[f. prec. + adverbial -s.]
1. = prec. 2.
| 1592 Shakes. Rom. & Jul. v. i. 38 And here abouts dwells. 1617 Moryson Itin. ii. 130, I thinke it fittest to stay here⁓abouts a while. 1732 Fielding Mock Doctor iv. Wks. 1882 IX. 256 Is there no physician hereabouts famous for curing dumbness? 1862 Trollope Orley F. i, The land hereabouts ceases to be fertile. |
† 2. = prec. 1. Obs. rare.
| 1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xvi. iii. (1886) 400 He receiued some trouble himselfe hereabouts. 1649 Roberts Clavis Bibl. 381 The dissenting Opinions of learned writers heareabouts. |