well armed? stood off? on either part?

[Polyester]

The third day out a pirate overhauled us, but when she saw us well armed she stood off after some shooting of arrows on either part.

Source: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C S Lewis.

well armed? stood off? on either part?

 

[bhaisahab]

"well armed" = having a lot of weapons.
"stood off" = stayed away, in a nautical sense.
"on either part" = from both sides, in the context.

 

[Rover_KE]

Polyester, please tell us where you read this sentence.

 

[Polyester]

The author is C.S Lewis.
The book is The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Please help.

 

[emsr2d2]

I have edited the first post to add the source. Polyester, please give the source in post #1 from now on, even if all your quotes come from the same book.

 

[bhaisahab]

The author is C.S Lewis.
The book is The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Please help.

I thought I had helped, in post #2. Did you not understand my answer?

 

[Polyester]

Yes.

But, is the word "either" a conjunction,determiner or adverb here?

 

[MikeNewYork]

What do you think, Polyester?

 

[Polyester]

I checked out the dictionaries. I prefer a conjunction.

Am I correct?

 

[Matthew Wai]

I consider it a determiner, but I am not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I consider it to be an adjective/determiner.