(heraldry) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

(obsolete) Early (on). / (obsolete) Earlier, previously.

(logic, electronics) Alternative form of OR

(now archaic or dialect) Before; ere. Followed by "ever" or "ere".

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either[…]or".

(heraldry) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

(idiomatic) Highly adverse circumstances; acts of God.

No matter what the adverse circumstances.

No matter what the adverse circumstances.

(logic, philosophy) A supposed paradox concerning whether chickens or chicken eggs existed first. / (logic, philosophy) A question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first.