Hither

hi th ′ėr, adv. to this place.— adj. toward the speaker: nearer.— v.i. to come—chiefly in phrase, 'to hither and thither'=to go to and fro.— adj. Hith′ermost , nearest on this side.— n. and adj. Hith′erside , the nearer side.— advs. Hith′erto , to this place or time: as yet; Hith′erward , towards this place.— Hither and thither , back and forward: to and from. [A.S. hider ; Goth. hidrê , Ice. hêðra .]