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t. telligence. What arts did Churchmen in former times use when they did so much out - wit and out-wealth us! Bp . Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 253. ( Davies .) 2. To surpa in plots or stratagems; defeat or frustrate by superior ingenuity; prove too clever for. He never could get favour at Court, because he outwitted all the project ers that came neere him. Evelyn , Diary, March 22, 1675. Do they [men] design to outwit infinite Wisdom, or to find such flaws in God's government of the World that he shall be contented to let them go unpunished? Stilling fleet , Sermons, I. ii. I little thought he should outwit me so! Shelley, The Cenci, i. 1. outwit2+ (out'wit), n. [ME., out + wit .] The faculty of observation, or the knowledge gained by observation and experience: opposed to in wit. With inwit and with outwitt ymagenen and stud ye, As best for his body be. Piers Plowman (B), xiii. 289. outwith (out' with or with), adv . and prep. [ outwith , outewith ; out + with1 ; a trans- posed form of without .] I.t adv . Without; on the outward side; outwardly; externally. That signede Ihesu crist for sake of vre kuynde Was nout out with so cler bote with-inne he was clene. Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. T. S.), 1. 186. II. prep. Without; outside of. [Scotch.] Uthir places outewith the borowis. Quoted in Ribton - Turner's Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 339. The evidence, outwith her family, of the major having previously said that he meant to marry her, was extremely meagre, and rested upon the testimony of two witne es. Lord Deas. If any think brave death outweighs bad life, And that his country 's dearer than himself, Let him, alone, or so many so minded, Wave thus. Shak., Cor., i. 6. 71. It was a fault; A fault, Bellario, though thy other deeds Of truth outweigh'd it. Beau, and Fl ., Phil aster, v. 5. Custom, that prepares the partíai scale In which the little oft outweighs the great. Words worth, Prelude, xii. One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools'. Browning, Bishop Blougram's Apology. The immense advantages which leisure and learning have conferred are largely neutralized, and in some cases a woman; excel in womanline . [Rare.] She could not be unmann'd - no, nor out woman'd. Tennyson, Queen Mary, iii. 1. outwoodt (out'wud), n. An outlying wood. "But yonder is an out wood , " said Robin, "An out wood all and a shade." Robin Hood and the Old Man (Child's Ballads, V. 259). outwork (out'werk), n. 1. Work done outside, out of doors, or in the fields, as distinguished from indoor work. [Scotch.] -2. In fort ., one of the minor defenses constructed in advance of the main work or enceinte. Outworks are works raised within or beyond the ditch of a fortified place, for outwork the purpose of covering the place or keeping the besiegers at a distance. The principal outworks of a fortification are the covered way, the demilune, the redout, the tenail, the tenaillon, the counter-guard, and the crownwork and hornwork. Meantime the foe beat up his quarters And storm'd the out - works of his fortre . S. Butler , Hudibras, III. i. 1136. Hence-3. A bulwark; any defense against violence from outside. I will recommend unto you the care of our outworks , the navy royal and shipping of our kingdom, which are the walls therof. Bacon, Advice to Sir George Villiers. outwork (out-wėrk'), v. t. [= D. uitwerken = MLG. ütwerken = G. auswirken = Sw. utverka = Dan. udvirke , work out, complete; as out + work .] 1. To surpa in workmanship. [Rare.] IMG:content-1994.png:[blocks in formation] outwringt (out-ring'), v. t. To wring out; shed. Youre teres falsely outewronge. Chaucer , Good Women, 1. 2527. outwrite (out-rit'), v. t. To surpa in writing. Add is on, Ancient Medals, ii. outyetet, v. t. [ME. outyeten, outzeter, outzetten (= D. uitgieten = MLG. ütgēten = G. ausgie en = Sw. utgjuta = Dan. udgyde ); Oleum effusum nomen tuum. That es on Inglysce "Oyle owt-zettide es thi name." Hampole , Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 1.