outwash (outwosh)

t. [= D. uitwa chen = MLG. ütwaschen = G. a us was chen = Sw. ut vaska = Dan. udvaske; as out + wash.] To wash out; cleanse from. Donne. [Rare.] outwatch (out-woch'), v. t. To surpa in watching; watch longer than; observe till the object watched disappears. Let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear. Milton , Il Penseroso, 1. 87. outway (out'wa), n. [= D. uitweg = MLG. üt wech = G. ausweg = Sw. utväg = Dan. udvej ; as out + way1 .] A way or pa age out; an outlet. Itself of larger size, distended wide, In divers streets, and out ways multiply'd. P. Fletcher , Purple Island, v. outwork utterly outweighed, by the blinding influences of a subtler, deeper, and more comprehensive selfishne . Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 155. 2. To be too great a burden or task for; overtask. When we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the erection; Which if we find outweighs ability, What do we then but draw anew the model? Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 3. 45.