\And\, conj. [AS. and; akin to OS. endi, Icel. enda, OHG.
anti, enti, inti, unti, G. und, D. en, OD. ende. Cf, {An} if,
{Ante-}.]
1. A particle which expresses the relation of connection or
   addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a
   clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
Note: (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, ``there are
      women and women,'' that is, two very different sorts of
      women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of
      which is modificatory of the other, are connected by
      and; as, ``the tediousness and process of my travel,''
      that is, the tedious process, etc.; ``thy fair and
      outward character,'' that is, thy outwardly fair
      character, --Schmidt's Shak. Lex.
2. In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to,
   especially after try, come, go.
         At least to try and teach the erring soul. --Milton.
3. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
         When that I was and a little tiny boy. --Shak.
4. If; though. See {An}, conj. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
         As they will set an house on fire, and it were but
         to roast their eggs.                  --Bacon.
{And so forth}, and others; and the rest; and similar things;
   and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc.
   (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.