All and sundry

All and sundry
Sundry Sun"dry, a. [OE. sundry, sondry, AS. syndrig, fr. sundor asunder. See {Sunder}, v. t.] 1. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. ``Sundry wines.'' --Chaucer. ``Sundry weighty reasons.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]

With many a sound of sundry melody. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Sundry foes the rural realm surround. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. Separate; diverse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Every church almost had the Bible of a sundry translation. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

{All and sundry}, all collectively, and each separately. [1913 Webster]


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  • Sundry — Sun dry, a. [OE. sundry, sondry, AS. syndrig, fr. sundor asunder. See {Sunder}, v. t.] 1. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. Sundry wines. Chaucer. Sundry weighty reasons. Shak. [1913 Webster] With many a sound of sundry melody.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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