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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)


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Outfitter Out"fit`ter noun One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business.

Outflank Out·flank" transitive verb (Mil.) To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.

Outflatter Out·flat"ter transitive verb To exceed in flattering.

Outfling Out"fling` noun A gibe; a contemptuous remark.

Outflow Out"flow` noun A flowing out; efflux.

Outflow Out·flow" intransitive verb To flow out. Campbell.

Outfly Out·fly" transitive verb [ imperfect Outflew ; past participle Outflown ; present participle & verbal noun Outflying .] To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than. Shak.

Winged with fear outflies the wind.
Waller.

Outfool Out·fool" transitive verb To exceed in folly. [ R.] Young.

Outfoot Out·foot" transitive verb To outrun or outwalk; hence, of a vessel, to outsail. [ Colloq.]

Outform Out"form noun External appearance. [ Obsolete]

Outfrown Out·frown" transitive verb To frown down; to overbear by frowning. Shak.

Outgate Out"gate` noun An outlet. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Outgaze Out·gaze" transitive verb To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.

Outgeneral Out·gen"er·al transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Outgeneraled or Outgeneralled ; present participle & verbal noun Outgeneraling or Outgeneralling .] To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver. Chesterfield.

Outgive Out·give" transitive verb To surpass in giving. Dryden.

Outgo Out·go" transitive verb [ imperfect Outwent ; past participle Outgone ; present participle & verbal noun Outgoing .]

1. To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

2. To circumvent; to overreach. [ Obsolete] Denham.

Outgo Out"go` noun ; plural Outgoes That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of income . Lowell.

Outgoer Out"go`er noun One who goes out or departs.

Outgoing Out"go`ing noun 1. The act or the state of going out.

The outgoings of the morning and evening.
Ps. lxv. 8.

2. That which goes out; outgo; outlay.

3. The extreme limit; the place of ending. [ Obsolete]

The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan.
Josh. xviii. 19.

Outgoing Out"go`ing adjective Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer.

Outground Out"ground` noun Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land.

Outgrow Out·grow" transitive verb [ imperfect Outgrew ; past participle Outgrown ; present participle & verbal noun Outgrowing .]

1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. Shak.

2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.

Outgrowth Out"growth` noun That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

Outguard Out"guard` noun (Mil.) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

Outgush Out"gush` noun A pouring out; an outburst.

A passionate outgush of emotion.
Thackeray.

Outgush Out·gush" intransitive verb To gush out; to flow forth.

Outhaul Out"haul` noun (Nautical) A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite of inhaul .

Outhees Out·hees" noun [ Confer Late Latin uthesium , hutesium , huesium , Old French hueis , and English hue , in hue and cry .] Outcry; alarm. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Outher Outh"er conj. Other. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Outhire Out·hire" transitive verb To hire out. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Outhouse Out"house` noun A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.

Outing Out"ing noun 1. The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing .

2. A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Outjest Out·jest" transitive verb To surpass in jesting; to drive out, or away, by jesting. [ R.] Shak.

Outjet Out"jet` noun That which jets out or projects from anything. [ R.] H. Miller.

Outjuggle Out·jug"gle transitive verb To surpass in juggling.

Outkeeper Out"keep`er noun (Surv.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.

Outknave Out·knave" transitive verb To surpass in knavery.

Outlabor Out·la"bor transitive verb To surpass in laboring.

Outland Out"land adjective [ Out + land. See Outlandish .] Foreign; outlandish. [ Obsolete] Strutt.

Outlander Out"land·er noun A foreigner. Wood.

Outlandish Out·land"ish adjective [ Anglo-Saxon ...tlendisc foreign. See Out , Land , and - ish .] 1. Foreign; not native.

Him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Neh. xiii. 26.

Its barley water and its outlandish wines.
G. W. Cable.

2. Hence: Not according with usage; strange; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech.

Something outlandish , unearthy, or at variance with ordinary fashion.
Hawthorne.

-- Out*land"ish*ly , adverb -- Out*land"ish*ness , noun

Outlast Out·last" transitive verb To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than. Milton.

Outlaugh Out·laugh" transitive verb 1. To surpass or outdo in laughing. Dryden.

2. To laugh (one) out of a purpose, principle, etc.; to discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down. [ R.]

His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity.
Franklin.

Outlaw Out"law` noun [ Anglo-Saxon ...tlaga , ...tlah . See Out , and Law .] A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Blackstone.

Outlaw Out"law` transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Outlawed ; present participle & verbal noun Outlawing .] [ Anglo-Saxon ...tlagian .]

1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe. Blackstone.

2. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force. "Laws outlawed by necessity." Fuller.

Outlawry Out"law`ry noun ; plural Outlawries

1. The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection.

2. The state of being an outlaw.

Outlay Out·lay" transitive verb To lay out; to spread out; to display. [ R.] Drayton.

Outlay Out"lay` noun 1. A laying out or expending.

2. That which is expended; expenditure.

3. An outlying haunt. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.

Outleap Out·leap" transitive verb To surpass in leaping.

Outleap Out"leap` noun A sally. [ R.] Locke.

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