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and Q., 7th ser., III. 25. (g) From among the number of contestants; so as to be no longer in the game: as, B was put out in the third round. 3. Forth as regards extension or protraction; in length or duration: as, to spread out a mat; to stretch out a hand. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? Ps. lxxxv. 5. And my laments would be drawn out too long, To tell them all with one poor tired tongue. Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1616. IMG:content-1946.png:[blocks in formation] 5. Without; outside; forth or away from the place, house, or apartment; in the open air; out of doors: opposed to in or within : as, he went out at noon; to hang out a sign. It is death to have any consultation for the commonwealth out of the council, or the place of the common election. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 3. What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp. Lev. xvii. 3. Search Windsor Castle, elves, within and out . Shak., M. W. of W., v. 5. 60. Did you see Sir Lucius while you was out ? Sheridan, The Rivals, i. 2. The living words Of so great men as Lance lot and our King Pa not from door to door and out again, But sit within the house. Tennyson, Holy Grail. My camera really looked as though it were languishing for "a day out ." Harper's Mag ., LXXIX. 457. 6. Not in or within; absent: as, when the wine is in, the wit is out . (a) Not in the house, at home, or at hand: as, my master is out ; at the library the book was out . When we reached Albion Place they were out ; we went after them, and found them on the pier. Jane Austen, Mans field Park, v. (b) No longer in the game in which one has duly had his turn; not now engaged in playing. He [the striker] is. out if he strikes the ball into the air, and it be caught by any of his antagonists before it reaches the ground, and retained long enough to be thrown up again. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 176. I wish I had space to describe the whole match:...how the Lords' men were out by half-past twelve o'clock for ninety-eight runs. T. Hughes , Tom Brown at Rugby, ii. 8. (c) Not in office or employment; unemployed; disengaged: as, a butler superannuated and out of service. Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too; Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out . (d) Not in place; dislocated. Shak ., Lear, v. 3. 15. IMG:content-1947.png:[blocks in formation] (e) Not in present or personal po e ion or use; let for hire, or placed at interest.