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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Out-draw', v. t.p. 927To draw out; to extract or pull out. “He must the teeth outdraw.” Gower.
  2. Out-drēam', v. t.p. 927To dream beyond; to dream during the continuance of. “To outdream dangers.” Beau. & Fl.
  3. Out-drīnk', v. t.p. 927To exceed in drinking.
  4. Out-dūre', v. t.p. 927To endure beyond, or longer than; to outlast. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  5. Out-dwĕll’, v. t.p. 927To dwell or stay beyond. “He outdwells his hour.” Shak.
  6. Out'er, a.p. 927Being on the outside; holding a situation in place or position further or more remote than something else; external; — opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer part of a thing; the outer court…
  7. Out'er-ly, adv.p. 927Toward the outside. [Rare.] Grew.
  8. Out'er-mōst, a.p. 927Being on the extreme external part; remotest from the midst; as, the outermost row. Engle.
  9. Out-fāçe’, v. t.p. 927To face or look out of countenance; to resist by bold looks or effrontery; to brave. “Having outfaced all the world, both about them and above them, too.” South.
  10. Out'-fall, n.p. 927A fall of water; a canal. 2. A quarrel; a falling out. [Prov. Eng.]
  11. Out-fāng'thef, n.p. 927(Anglo-Saxon & O. Eng. Law.) (a.) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord’s fee or liberty. (b.) The privilege of trying such a thief. [Obs.] Burrill.
  12. Out-fawn', v. t.p. 927To exceed in fawning or adulation. Hudibras.
  13. Out-fēast', v. t.p. 927To exceed in feasting. Bp. Taylor.
  14. Out-fēat', v. t.p. 927To surpass in performing a feat.
  15. Out'-field, n.p. 927Arable land which is continually cropped, but is not manured. See INFIELD. [Scot.] 2. Uninclosed land situated at a distance from the homestead; a field lying far from the homestead. [Scot.]
  16. Out'fit, n.p. 927A fitting out, as of a ship for a voyage; the equipment of any one who goes out from home; hence, an allowance for the payment of expenses connected with any special service or duty.
  17. Out′fit-ter, n.p. 927One who furnishes outfits for a voyage or journey. Howitt.
  18. Out-flānk', v. t.p. 927To go beyond on the flank or side; to get the better of, as by extending one's lines beyond or around that of one's enemy.
  19. Out-flāsh', v. t.p. 927To surpass in flashing.
  20. Out-flăt'ter, v. t.p. 927To flatter more than; to exceed in flattering. “Outflatter favorites.” Donne.
  21. Out'flōw, n.p. 927A flowing out; efflux.
  22. Out-flōw', v. i.p. 927To flow out.
  23. Out-flȳ', v. t.p. 927To surpass in flying. “Winged with fear outflies the wind.” Waller.
  24. Out-fōōl', v. t.p. 927To exceed in folly. Young.
  25. Out'fôrm, n.p. 927External appearance. [Obs.]
  26. Out-frown', v. t.p. 927To frown down; to overbear by frowning. Shak.
  27. Out'-fū'ner-al, n.p. 927A funeral held at a distance or away. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  28. Out'gāte, n.p. 927An outlet; a passage outward. [Obs.]
  29. Out-gāze', v. t.p. 927To surpass in gazing, or in sharpness of sight; to see further than. [Rare.]
  30. Out-ġĕn'er-al, v. t.p. 927To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill.
  31. Out-ġĭve', v. t.p. 927To surpass in giving. Dryden.
  32. Out-gō', v. t.p. 927To go beyond; to advance before in going; to go faster than. 2. To surpass; to excel. Dryden. 3. To circumvent; to overreach. Denham.
  33. Out-gō', v. i.p. 927To go out; to come to an end; to terminate.
  34. Out'go, n.p. 927That which goes out; outlay; expenditure; — the opposite of income.
  35. Out'go-er, n.p. 927One who goes out or departs.
  36. Out'go-ing, n.p. 927The act or the state of going out. Ps. lxv. 8. 2. That which goes out; outgo; outlay. 3. The closing portion; the limit; the border; the end; — hence, the complete thing. The outgoings of the border…
  37. Out-grĭn', v. t.p. 927To surpass in grinning. Addison.
  38. Out'-ground, n.p. 927Ground situated at a distance.
  39. Out-grōw', v. t.p. 927To surpass in growth. 2. To grow out of; to become too large to make use of, or too old or infirm to exhibit; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness or efficiency.
  40. Out'grōwth, n.p. 927Growth to excess, or beyond the limits of any thing. 2. That which has grown out or proceeded from any thing; offshoot; result.
  41. Out'guärd, n.p. 927(Mil.) A guard at a distance from the main body of an army; or a guard at the furthest distance; hence, any thing for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.
  42. Out-gŭsh', v. i.p. 927To gush out; to flow forth.
  43. Out'haul, n.p. 927(Naut.) A rope used for hauling out the clew of a boom-sail. Dana.
  44. Out-Hĕr'od, v. t.p. 927To surpass in violence or cruelty; to excel in the resemblance to Herod; hence, to go beyond in any excess of evil or deformity; to surpass. “Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times.” W.…
  45. Out-hīre', v. t.p. 927To hire out. [Obs.] Spenser.
  46. Out'house, n.p. 927A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an out-building.
  47. Out'ing, n.p. 927The act of going out; an airing. 2. That which goes out; an evacuation. 3. A feast given to his friends by an apprentice when he is out of his time. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  48. Out-jĕst', v. t.p. 927To overpower by jesting; to surpass in jesting. Shak.
  49. Out'jet, n.p. 927That which projects from any thing. H. Miller.
  50. Out-jŭg'gle, v. t.p. 927To surpass in juggling. Bp. Hall.
  51. Out-knāve', v. t.p. 927To surpass in knavery. L’Estrange.
  52. Out-lā'bor, v. t.p. 927To exceed or surpass in laboring.
  53. Out'land, a.p. 927Foreign. [Obs.] Strutt.
  54. Out'land-er, n.p. 927A foreigner; one not a native. [Obs.] Wood.
  55. Out-lănd'ish, a.p. 927Foreign; not native. [Obs.] “Many outlandish and Indian curiosities.” Evelyn. Nevertheless, even him did outlandish women cause to sin. Neh. xiii. 26. 2. Hence, not according with usage; strange…
  56. Out-lȧst', v. t.p. 927To last longer than; to exceed in duration.
  57. Out-läugh', v. t.p. 927To surpass or outdo in laughing. 2. To discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down. A young man of modesty . . . is hereby discouraged from attempting to make any figure in life; his…
  58. Out'law, n.p. 927A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Blackstone.
  59. Out'law, v. t.p. 927To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to proscribe. Blackstone. 2. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force. “Laws…
  60. Out'law-ry, n.p. 927The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man is deprived of that protection, as a punishment for contempt in refusing to appear when called into…