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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Each

/(ēch)/ · IPA /it͡ʃ/
01 a. [or] a. pron. Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or with…
  1. 1.
    Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you.
    “It is a bad thing that men should hate each other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another's throats without hatred.” — Macaulay.
    “Let each His adamantine coat gird well.” — Milton.
    “In each cheek appears a pretty dimple.” — Shak.
    “Then draw we nearer day by day, Each to his brethren, all to God.” — Keble.
    “The oak and the elm have each a distinct character.” — Gilpin.
  2. 2.
    Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every.
    “I know each lane and every alley green.” — Milton.
    “In short each man's happiness depends upon himself.” — Sterne.
Syn. See Every.