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.
Maugre thine heed, thou must for indigence
Or steal, or beg, or borrow thy dispence.
Or
prep. & adv.
Ere; before; sooner than. [Obs.]
But natheless, while I have time and space,
Or that I forther in this tale pace.