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8. outdistance (out-dis'tans), v. t. 1. In horse- racing, to distance. Hence-2. To excel or leave far behind in any competition or career. outdo (out-dö'), r. t. To excel; surpa ; per- form beyond. He hath in this action outdone his former deeds doubly. Shak ., Cor., ii. 1. 150. He who before out - did Humanity. IMG:content-1965.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1966.png:[blocks in formation] outdoors (out-dōrz'), n . [ Out -doors was terrible to those who looked out of win- dows, and heard the raging wind, and could not sum- mon resolution to go forth and breast and conquer the bluster. C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 122. out-dre t (out'dres), n. Festal garb; gala- dre . I ha' but dight ye yet in the out -dre , And 'parel of Earine. With this refreshing, able once again To out - dure danger. It is marvel he out - dwells his hour, For lovers ever run before the clock. IMG:content-1967.png:[blocks in formation] And with presented nakedne out face The winds and persecutions of the sky. outfitting (out'fit-ing), n. Equipment in gen- eral; specifically, equipment for a voyage or expedition; outfit. outflank (out-flangk'), v. t . To go or extend beyond the flank or wing of; hence, to out- manœuver; get the better of. See flank1 . out-flemet, n. [ME., out + fleme .] One who is banished; an exile. Me payed ful ille to be out -fleme So sodenly of that fayre regioun. 2. To keep or force by boldne . [Rare.] Then did we two set on you four; and, with a word, out- faced you from your prize, and have it. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 283. 3. To face or stare down; confront with a ur- ance, boastfully, or overbearingly; browbeat. To outface me with leaping in her grave? Be buried quick with her, and so will I. O strange impudence, That these should come to face their sin! Ever . And outface 4. To face out; a good face on. We'll have a swashing and a martial outside, As many other mannish cowards have That do outface it with their semblances. He spake; and, to confirm his words, outflew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim. Milton , P. L., i. 663. outfallt (out-fal'), v. t. [ t . fallen (= D. uitvallen = G. a us fallen = Sw. utthan. [Colloq.] fall a ); out + falll .] To burst forth, as upon the enemy; make a sally. outfall (out'fal), n. [= D. uitval = G. ausfall , sally, falling out, = Icel. utfall , ebbing tide, = Sw . utfall = Dan. udfald , sally, falling out; from the verb.] 1. The point or place of dis- charge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure. Rivers with greedier speed run neere Their out - falls than at their springs. To outrun; go faster External appearance. For Cupid, who (at first) tooke vaine delight In mere out - formes , until he lost his sight, Hath chang'd his soule, and made his object you. 2t. A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified externally; outside; without. Chaucer. place; a sally.-3. A quarrel; a falling out. [Prov. Eng.] out fang theft (out'fang-thef), n. [ME. * out- fangen thef , AS. *utfangen the of: utfangen , ût , out, + fangen , pp. of fön , take; the of , thief. See infangthef .] In law : (a) A liberty or privi- lege whereby a feudal lord was enabled to call any man dwelling in his manor, and taken for felony in another place out of his fee, to judg- ment in his own court. outfrown (out-froun'), v. t. To frown down; overbear by frowning. Shak . , Lear, v. 3. 6. outgatet (out'gat), n. [ outgate ; out + gatel .] An outlet; a pa age outward. Spen- ser , State of Ireland. outgeneral (out-jen'e-ral), v. t. To exceed in generalship; gain advantage over by superior military skill. We haue granted also vnto them of our spec i all grace that they haue outfangthefe in their lands within the Ports aforesaid. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 118. (b) The felon so taken. outfield (out'feld), n. 1. In Scotland, arable land which is continually cropped without be- ing manured, until it is exhausted. See infield . at a distance from the farmstead.-3. An out- lying region; an undefined or indefinite sphere, district, or domain. The enclosure of a certain district, larger or smaller, Trench, Study of Words (1851), p. 174. out-fielder (out'fēl"dėr), n. In ball-games, one of the fielders who is posted in the out-field. outfit (out'fit), n . 1. The act of fitting out or making preparation, as for a voyage, journey, or expedition, or for any purpose.-2. The ar- ticles prepared or expenses needed as outlay, as for an expedition; equipment of any kind and for any purpose, as a stock of goods, a team or rig, etc.-3. An establishment of any kind. [Slang, western U. S.] Many outfits regularly shift their herds every spring and fall. T. Roosevelt, The Century, XXXV. 498. IMG:content-1968.png:[blocks in formation] After these an hundred Ladies moe Appear'd in place, the which each other did outgoe . Spenser, F. Q., IV. v. 11. My divine Mosca! Thou hast to-day outgone thyself. IMG:content-1969.png:[blocks in formation] If I should ask thee... which are the outgoings of paradise: Peradventure thou wouldest say unto me, I never went down into the deep, not as yet into hell. 2 Esd. iv. 7, 8. outgoing (out'going), a. Going out; depart- ing; removing: as, an outgoing tenant. outgraint (out-grān'), v. t. To surpa in deep- ne of dye or coloring; outredden; outblush. She blushed more than they, and of their own Blush made them all asham'd, to see how far It was outblushed and out grain'd by Her. out ground (out'ground), n . Ground lying at a distance from one's residence, or from the main ground. Imp . Dict . outgrow (out-grō'), v. t. 1. To surpa in growth; grow beyond; grow taller than. O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth; The prince my brother hath outgrown me far. "I doubt they'll outgrow their strength," she added, look- ing over their heads at their mother. George Eliot, Mill on the Flo , i. 7. 4. To pa beyond the limits of; leave behind or lose in the proce of growth or develop- ment: as, to outgrow one's usefulne . Much their work outgrew The hands' dispatch of two, gardening so wide. Milton , P. L., ix. 202. On my Conscience, he's a bashful Poet; You think that strange no matter, he'll outgrow it. Congreve, Old Batchelor, Prol. outgrowth (out'groth), n. 1. That which Ye'll gie to me a bed in an outhouse For my young son and me, And the meanest servant in a' the place To wait on him and me. Lady Margaret (Child's Ballads, III. 393). outing (ou'ting), n. [ out , v.] 1†. An i uing forth to at- tack; a sally; a foray. Barbour .-2. An air- ing; an excursion; an expedition; a pleasure- trip. 31. A driving forth; expulsion; ejection. The late outing of the Presbyterian clergy, by their not renouncing the Covenant as the Act of Parliament com- mands, is the greatest piece of state now in discourse. Pepys , Diary, I. 330. 41. Avoidance. Prompt. Parv . , p. 375.-5. A feast given by a craftsman to his friends at the end of his apprenticeship. [Prov. Eng.] out-islet (out'il), n. An outlying island. I accordingly will end this booke, purposing to speake of the out-Isles, Orcades, Hebudes or He brides, and of Shetland in their due place. IMG:content-1970.png:[blocks in formation] out - landish Wife; for which they endeavourd to deprive him of his Kingdom. Milton, Hist. Eng., v. I suppose now they are some of your outlandish troops; your foreign He ians, or such like. Sheridan (?), The Camp, i. 2. 2. Strange; unfamiliar; odd; uncouth; bar- barous; bizarre. You must not hunt for wild outlandish terms To stuff out a peculiar dialect. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. Divers good pictures, and many outlandish and Indian curiosities and things of nature. Evelyn , Diary, Nov. 10, 1644. When they preached, their outlandish accent moved the derision of the audience. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., vi. 3. Out of the way; remote from society; se- outlandishliket (out-lan'dish-lik), adv . Out- landishly. Ascham , The Scholemaster, p. 204. outlandishly (out-lan'dish-li), adv . In an out- landish manner. outlandishne (out-lan'dish-nes), n. The state or character of being outlandish. outlasht (out-lash'), v. i. To strike or hit out; make a sudden attack or outburst. outjet (out'jet), n. That which projects from anything. Hugh Miller . [Rare.] out keeper (out'kē"pėr), n. In surv ., a small dial-plate having an index turned by a milled head underneath, used with the surveyor's com outlash (out'lash), n. [ outlash , v.] A lash- pa to keep tally in measurement by chain. E. H. Knight. out labor, out labour (out-la'bor), v . t . To outdo in labor, endurance, or suffering. Still I have fought, as if in beauty's sight,.... Taught fasts, till bodys like our souls grew light; Out-watch'd the jealous, and out labour'd beast. Sir W. Davenant , Gondibert, II. 2. outlagert, n. [Also out licker ; uitlegger = E. outlier , q. v.] An outrigger. B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. Nature and nationality will outlast the transient policy of a new dynasty. I. D'Israeli , Amen. of Lit., L. 79. IMG:content-1971.png:[blocks in formation] Therein two deadly weapons fixt he bore, Strongly outlaunced towards either side, Like two sharpe speares his enemies to gore. outland (out'land), n . and a. [ outland , outland, ütland , foreign land ( utlenda , a stranger) (= MLG. ütlant , outlying land, = G. a us land , foreign countries, Icel. utlönd , outly- ing fields, foreign countries, = Sw. utlandet = Dan. udlandet , foreign countries), ūt , out, + land , land. Cf. inland .] I. n. 1. Land lying beyond the limit of occupation or cultivation; outlying or frontier land. When they [Indians] go a hunting into the outlands , they commonly go out for the whole season with their wives and family. Beverley, Virginia, ii. 28. 2. In feudal law , that part of the land of the manor occupied or enjoyed by the tenants. Also called utland and gesettes - land or gafol - land , as distinguished from inland . IMG:content-1972.png:[blocks in formation] Nursed in our bosoms, The outland pagans, with unlawful claim, Deprived us of. Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. outlander (out'lan-der), n. [= D. uitlander = G. ausländer ; as outland +-er2. Cf. inlander .] A foreigner; a person who is not a native. Wood. outlandish (out-lan'dish), a . [ outland- i h , ütlendisc (= D. uitlandsch = MLG. ütlandesch = G. ausländisch = Sw. utländsk = Dan. udenlandsk ), foreign, of outland origin, ütland , foreign land, + -isc, E. -ish1. Cf. out- Yet another and a very favourite emperor out - herods even this butcher [Gallienus), by boasting of the sabring which he had let loose amongst crowds of helple women. De Quincey, E enes, i. outhe t, n. Same as out as2 . outhouse (out'hous), n. [= Sw. uthus udhus ; as out + house1 .] A small house or build- ing separate from the main house; an outbuild- ing; specifically, in law , under the definition of arson, a building contributory to habitation, separate from the main structure, and so by the common-law rules a parcel of the dwelling- house or not, according as it is within or with- out the curtilage. A rude structure-for example, by the famous riuer of Thames. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 127. Dan. land .] 1. Of or belonging to a foreign country; foreign; not native. [Obsolete or archaic.] No march aunt yit ne fette outlandish ware. Chaucer , Former Age, 1. 22. There is noe outlandish man will us abide, Nor will us come nye. Each lady striving to outlaugh the rest, To make it seem they understood the jest. outlaw (out'là), n. [ outlawe , utlawe , ut- laze (ML. utlagus ), ūtlaga , an outlaw (= Icel. útlagi , an outlaw, ütlaga , outlawed), ut , out, + lagu , law: see law1 .] 1. One who is excluded from the benefit of the law, or de- prived of its protection. Formerly it was law- ful in Great Britain for any one to kill such a person. See outlawry . Got mot thee save, brave Outlaw Murray! Thy lad ye, and all thy chyvalrie! A poor, unminded outlaw sneaking home, My father gave him welcome to the shore. IMG:content-1973.png:[blocks in formation] He was holdun in outlawrie of Domycian ine the yle Wyclif , Prol, on the Apocalips. Patmos. By proscription and bills of outlawry Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus Have put to death an hundred senators. I know her and her haunts, Her layes, leaps, and outlays , and will discover all. Beau . and Fl . , Phil aster, ii. 4. out layer (out'lā"ėr), n. In coöl . , the ectoderm: correlated with inlayer and mid layer or me so- outleap (out'lēp), n. A sally; flight; escape. Since youth must have some liberty, some outleaps , they might be under the eye of a father, and then no very great harm can come of it. Locke, Education, § 97. outlearn (out-lėrn'), v. t. 11. To learn or as- certain from others; elicit. He... oft of them did earnestly inquire, Where was her won, and how he mote her find. But, when as nought according to his mind He could out - learne , he them from ground did reare. Spenser, F. Q., IV. viii. 22. 2. To pa or excel in learning; outstrip in learning.-3. To get beyond the study or learn- ing of; outlive the practice of. IMG:content-1974.png:[blocks in formation] Away to the brook, All your tackle outlook . 4. In zool ., that which is outlying, subtypical, or aberrant, as a genus or family of animals. outline (out'lin), n. 1. The line, real or ap- parent, by which a figure is defined; the exte- rior line; contour; external figure. Penning the contours and outlines with a more even and acute touch. Evelyn, Sculptura, i. 5. A triangle or quadrilateral, with all the sides unequal, gives no pleasure to the eye as a form or outline . A. Bain , Emotions and Will, p. 230. J. A. Symonds, Italy and Greece, p. 43. 2. A style or method of drawing in which an object or a scene is represented merely by lines of contour without shading. In such drawings the lines on the side away from the light; but this method is opposed to the true function of an outline. Compare cuts under Hermes and hawse-hole. 3. A rough draft or first general sketch of the main features of some scheme or design, the details of which can be filled in later if need be; a description of the principal features only. His drama at present has only the outlines drawn. I will close this sketch of Ximenes de Cisneros with a brief outline of his person. Pre scott , Ferd. and Isa., ii. 25. In words, like weeds, I'll wrap me o'er, Like coarsest clothes against the cold; But that large grief which these enfold Is given in outline and no more. I drew this gallant head of war, And cull'd these fiery spirits from the world, To outlook conquest, and to win renown Even in the jaws of danger and of death. Shak., K. John, v. 2. 115. 'Twill make him more insult to see you fearful. Outlook his anger. Fletcher, Wife for a Month, ii. 1. From magnanimity, all fear above; From nobler recompense, above applause; Which owes to man's short out - look all its charms. out looker (out'lük ér), n. One who looks away or aside; one who does not keep an object steadily in view; an inconstant person. [Rare.] 4. In angling , a set-line. - Outline embroidery, a simple kind of embroidery done usually upon washable materials with crewel-stitch and similar simple stitches, the pattern being produced without any filling up of sur- faces and entirely in slender tracery. - Outline-stitch, any one of the simple embroidery-stitches fit for outline embroidery. See crewel - stitch , stem - stitch , rope - stitch , Syn. Outline , Contour , Profile , Sketch , Delineation . Outline is, litsion. Selden , Table-Talk, p. 78. erally, the outer or exterior line; but the word is freely outlopet (out'lōp), n. used for a representation by the principal or distinguish- ing lines. Contour and profile retain this distinctive mean- ing of the outside line, the former referring to the boun- dary of the whole figure in any position, and the latter to the boundary of face or figure when seen directly from one side, with figurative uses in architecture and survey. ing. A sketch fills up the outline to a greater or le degree, not completely, but so that a lively idea of the original ob- ject or scene is conveyed. Delineation is rather indefinite, but is more than an outline and may be complete. Out- line, sketch, and delineation bear the same relation to one another when used to expre the representation of a sub- ject in words. outline (out'lin), v. t. [ line. Imp . Dict. out list (out'list), n. The extreme edge; the extremity of the border. The out list of Judah fell into the midst of Dan's whole cloth. The people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua. Judges ii. 7. This is old age; but then, thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty. We are not about to start on a squirrel-hunt, or to drive a deer into the Horican, but to outlie for days and nights, 2. To surpa in duration; outlast. and to stretch acro a wilderne where the feet of men seldom go. J. F. Cooper , Last of Mohicans, xviii. outlie2 (out-li'), v. t. [ out + lie2 .] To outdo in lying; be or show one's self to be a greater liar than. A tongue that can cheat widows, cancel scores,... And Old mix on and Burnet both outlie . Pope , Satires of Donne, iv. 61. outlier (out'li"ér), n. [= D. uitlegger , an out- lier, an outrigger (> E. out lager , out licker ); Not marble, not the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme. Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall: A mother's secret hope outlives them all. O. W. Holmes, The Mother's Secret. =Syn. Outlive , Survive. Outlive is generally the stronger, carrying something of the idea of surpa ing or beating another in vitality or hold upon life; it is tenderer to say that Intranet one survives than that he onges outlives his interne wife or friend. Let not this wasp outlive , us both to sting. Shak ., Tit. And., ii. 3. 132. outlivert (out-liv'ėr), n. A survivor. Seven they were in all, all aliue and well in one day, six dead in the other; the outliner becoming a conuert to their religion. Sandys, Travailes, p. 186. All the outlying parts of the Spanish monarchy. Add is on. For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. Thoreau , Walden, p. 145. In the outlying po e ions of either commonwealth greater licence was allowed. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 178. outman (out-man'), v. t. 1. To excel in man- hood or manline ; be more of a man than; outdo as a man. IMG:content-1975.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1976.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1977.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Unusual; uncommon. It was impo ible for a patient of the most out - of - the - way colour not to find a nose to match it. Add is on and Steele , Tatler, No. 260. 4. Departing from the proper path; hence, improper; unbecoming; not the thing. [Colloq.] out-oven (out'uv"n), n. See oven . out-over (out-ō'ver), adv . At a distance: op posed to in - over . [Scotch.] outpace (out-pās'), v. I. trans. To outwalk or measure or extent. And outmeasure time itself.