Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

And \And\, conj. [AS. and; akin to OS. endi, Icel. enda, OHG.
   anti, enti, inti, unti, G. und, D. en, OD. ende. Cf, {An} if,
   {Ante-}.]
   1. A particle which expresses the relation of connection or
      addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a
      clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.

   Note: (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, ``there are
         women and women,'' that is, two very different sorts of
         women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of
         which is modificatory of the other, are connected by
         and; as, ``the tediousness and process of my travel,''
         that is, the tedious process, etc.; ``thy fair and
         outward character,'' that is, thy outwardly fair
         character, --Schmidt's Shak. Lex.

   2. In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to,
      especially after try, come, go.

            At least to try and teach the erring soul. --Milton.

   3. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.

            When that I was and a little tiny boy. --Shak.

   4. If; though. See {An}, conj. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

            As they will set an house on fire, and it were but
            to roast their eggs.                  --Bacon.

   {And so forth}, and others; and the rest; and similar things;
      and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc.
      (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.

Forth \Forth\, v.[AS. for[eth], fr. for akin to D. voort, G.
   fort [root]78. See {Fore}, {For}, and cf. {Afford},
   {Further}, adv.]
   1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from
      a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one,
      two, three, and so forth.

            Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the
            sixteenth of the Acts forth.          --Tyndale.

            From this time forth, I never will speak word.
                                                  --Shak.

            I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say
            forth; I said I was taught no more.   --Strype.

   2. Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement,
      confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice
      or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves.

            When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites
            them forth to labor in the sun.       --Dryden.

   3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.

            I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. --Shak.

   4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {And so forth}, {Back and forth}, {From forth}. See under
      {And}, {Back}, and {From}.

   {Forth of}, {Forth from}, out of. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {To bring forth}. See under {Bring}.

Source : WordNet®

and so forth
     adv : continuing in the same way [syn: {and so on}, {etcetera}, {etc.}]