Found 2 items, similar to hither and thither.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hither and thither
hither and thither
adv : from one place or situation to another;
“we were driven from
pillar to post” [syn:
from pillar to post]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hither and thither
Thither
\Thith"er\, adv. [OE. thider, AS. [eth]ider; akin to E.
that; cf. Icel. [thorn]a[eth]ra there, Goth.
[thorn]a[thorn]r[=o] thence. See
That, and
The.]
1. To that place; -- opposed to
hither.
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This city is near; . . . O, let me escape thither.
--Gen. xix.
20.
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Where I am, thither ye can not come. --John vii.
34.
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2. To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended
thither.
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Hither and thither, to this place and to that; one way and
another.
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Syn: There.
Usage:
Thither,
There. Thither properly denotes motion
toward a place; there denotes rest in a place; as, I
am going thither, and shall meet you there. But
thither has now become obsolete, except in poetry, or
a style purposely conformed to the past, and there is
now used in both senses; as, I shall go there
to-morrow; we shall go there together.
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Hither
\Hith"er\, adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel.
h[=e][eth]ra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidr[=e]; cf. L. citra
on this side, or E. here, he. [root]183. Cf.
He.]
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1. To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and
implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and
thither; as, to come or bring hither.
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2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a
sense not physical.
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Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the
highest perfection of man. --Hooker.
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Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in
various directions.
“Victory is like a traveller, and
goeth hither and thither.” --Knolles.
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