Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WHERE, adv. [Sax. hwær; Goth. hwar; Sw. hvar; D. waar.]

1. At which place or places. She visited the place where first she was so happy. Sidney. In all places where I record my name, I will come to thee and I will bless thee. Exod. xx.
2. At or in what place. Adam, where art thou? – Gen. iii.
3. At the place in which. Where I thought the remnant of my age / should have been cherish'd by her child-like duty. – Shak.
4. Whither; to what place or from what place. Where are you going? Where are you from? [These uses where are common, and the first can not be condemned as vulgar.] Any where, in any place. I sought the man, but could not find him any where. Note. Where seems to have been originally a noun, and was so used by Spenser. “He shall find no where safe to him.” In this sense, it is obsolete; yet it implies place, its original signification.