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See Aye,
and Whether, and cf. Either.] A particle that
marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that
is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It
corresponds to either. You may ride either to London
or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or
propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law,
or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into
trade.

If man's convenience, health,

Or safety interfere, his rights and claims

Are paramount.

Cowper.

&fist; Or may be used to join as alternatives terms
expressing unlike things or ideas (as, is the orange sour or
sweet?), or different terms expressing the same thing or idea; as,
this is a sphere, or globe.

&fist; Or sometimes begins a sentence. In this case it
expresses an alternative or subjoins a clause differing from the
foregoing. "Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall
ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone?" Matt. vii. 9 (Rev.
Ver. ).

Or for either is archaic or poetic.

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