Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Both

/(bōth)/ · IPA /[boʊθ]/

01 a. [or] pron. The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either.

1.
The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either.
“She alone is heir to both of us.” — Shak.

“Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.” — Gen. xxi. 27.

“He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear both, because he is prepared for both.” — Bolingbroke.

“Thy weal and woe are both of them extremes.” — Shak.

“This said, they both betook them several ways.” — Milton.

02 conj. As well; not only; equally.

1.
As well; not only; equally.
“To judge both quick and dead.” — Milton.

“A masterpiece both for argument and style.” — Goldsmith.

“To whom bothe heven and erthe and see is sene.” — Chaucer.

“Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.” — Goldsmith.

“He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.” — Coleridge.