Noah Webster
Hither
HITH'ER, adverb
1. To this place; used with verbs signifying motion; as, to come hither; to proceed hither; to bring hither
2. hither and thither, to this place and that.
3. To this point; to this argument or topic; to this end. [Little Used and not to be encouraged.]
Hither we refer whatever belongs to the highest perfection of man.
HITH'ER, adjective Nearest; towards the person speaking; as on the hither side of a hill; the hither end of the building.