othergates, adv. and a. Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈʌðəgeɪts)
[f. as prec., with advb. genitive -es.]
A. adv. In another way, otherwise, differently.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 1588 (Cott.) Bot god had oþer-gates mint [so Fairf.; Gött., Trin. oþer wise]. a 1340 Hampole Psalter cxxxiv. 11 Hit wenys of athing oþergates þen it is. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. x. 204 Þat oþer-gates ben I-geten for gadelynges ben holden. c 1460 Towneley Myst. ii. 121 Other gatis it had beyn seyn. 1528 Lyndesay Dreme 206 Thay dispone that geir all vther gaittis. 1601 Shakes. Twel. N. v. i. 198 If he had not beene in drinke, hee would haue tickel'd you other gates then he did. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss., Othergaits, othergets, otherwise, different. 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board II. 28 My ways have been othergates when I was younger, than they ought to have been. |
† B. adj. Of another fashion or kind, different.
Frequent in 17th c.
| c 1589 Theses Martinianae 22 With whome hee might have other gates welcome. 1612 Day Festivals vi. (1615) 136 It was an other-gates Kingdome hee sought after. 1669 Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xxiv. 151 These are Othergates Children than those, you desire. |