{ There"a*bout` (?), There"a*bouts` (?), }
adv. [The latter spelling is less proper, but more
commonly used.] 1. Near that place.
2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly;
as, ten men, or thereabouts.
Five or six thousand horse . . . or
thereabouts.
Shak.
Some three months since, or thereabout.
Suckling.
3. Concerning that; about that. [R.]
What will ye dine? I will go thereabout.
Chaucer.
They were much perplexed thereabout.
Luke xxiv. 4.
{ There"a*bout` (?), There"a*bouts` (?), }
adv. [The latter spelling is less proper, but more
commonly used.] 1. Near that place.
2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly;
as, ten men, or thereabouts.
Five or six thousand horse . . . or
thereabouts.
Shak.
Some three months since, or thereabout.
Suckling.
3. Concerning that; about that. [R.]
What will ye dine? I will go thereabout.
Chaucer.
They were much perplexed thereabout.
Luke xxiv. 4.