\Each\ ([=e]ch), a. or a. pron. [OE. eche, [ae]lc, elk,
ilk, AS. [ae]lc; [=a] always + gel[=i]c like; akin to OD.
iegelik, OHG. [=e]ogil[=i]h, MHG. iegel[=i]ch, G. jeglich.
[root]209. See 3d {Aye}, {Like}, and cf. {Either}, {Every},
{Ilk}.]
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. ``Each of the combatants.''
   --Fielding.
Note: To each corresponds other. ``Let each esteem other
      better than himself.'' Each other, used elliptically
      for each the other. It is our duty to assist each
      other; that is, it is our duty, each to assist the
      other, each being in the nominative and other in the
      objective case.
            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. Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every.
   --Shak.
         I know each lane and every alley green. --Milton.
         In short each man's happiness depends upon himself.
                                               --Sterne.
Note: This use of each for every, though common in Scotland
      and in America, is now un-English. --Fitzed. Hall.
Syn: See {Every}.