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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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…Out-grĭn', v. t. p. 927To surpass in grinning. Addison.Out'-ground, n. p. 927Ground situated at a distance.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.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.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.Out-gŭsh', v. i. p. 927To gush out; to flow forth.Out'haul, n. p. 927(Naut.) A rope used for hauling out the clew of a boom-sail. Dana.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.…Out-hīre', v. t. p. 927To hire out. [Obs.] Spenser.Out'house, n. p. 927A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an out-building.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.Out-jĕst', v. t. p. 927To overpower by jesting; to surpass in jesting. Shak.Out'jet, n. p. 927That which projects from any thing. H. Miller.Out-jŭg'gle, v. t. p. 927To surpass in juggling. Bp. Hall.Out-knāve', v. t. p. 927To surpass in knavery. L’Estrange.Out-lā'bor, v. t. p. 927To exceed or surpass in laboring.Out'land, a. p. 927Foreign. [Obs.] Strutt.Out'land-er, n. p. 927A foreigner; one not a native. [Obs.] Wood.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…Out-lȧst', v. t. p. 927To last longer than; to exceed in duration.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…Out'law, n. p. 927A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Blackstone.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…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…Out-lāy', v. t. p. 927To lay out; to expose.Out'lāy, n. p. 927A laying out or expending. 2. That which is laid out or expended; expenditure.Out-lēap', v. t. p. 927To leap beyond; to pass by leaping.Out'lēap, n. p. 927Sally; flight; escape. [Rare.] Locke.Out-lēarn', v. t. p. 927To excel or surpass in learning. 2. To find out; to get knowledge of; to learn. [Obs.] Naught, according to his mind, He could outlearn. Spencer.Out'let, n. p. 927The place or the means by which any thing is let out; a passage outward; an exit. “Like the Caspian Sea, receiving all, and having no outlet.” Fuller.Out-lēt', v. t. p. 927To let out; to set free; to emit.Out'lick-er, n. p. 927(Naut.) A small piece of timber fastened to the top of the poop, and standing out astern. Jamieson.Out-lie', v. t. p. 927To exceed in lying. Bp. Hall.Out'li-er, n. p. 927One who does not reside in the place with which his office or duty connects him. 2. (Geol.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond the main body, and from which it has been separated by…Out'limb, n. p. 927An extreme member. [Obs.] Fuller.Out'line, n. p. 927The line which marks the outside of a figure; the exterior line; contour. 2. Hence, a sketch; the delineation of a figure without shading. 3. Hence, a sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general…Out'line, v. t. p. 927To draw the exterior line of. 2. To draw in outline; to sketch; to delineate.Out-lin'e-ar, a. p. 927Pertaining to, or being in, outline; forming an outline.Out-līv', v. t. p. 927To live beyond; to survive. They live too long who happiness outlive. Dryden. 2. To live better, or to better purpose. Scott.Out-līv'er, n. p. 927One who outlives; a survivor.Out-look', v. t. p. 927To face down; to browbeat. 2. To select; to choose. [Obs.]Out'look, n. p. 927The act of looking out; watch. 2. The place from which one looks out; a watch-tower. The outlook, in his vertical position, shut out much of the light that dazzled and obstructed his vision.…Out'loose, n. p. 927A loosing from; an escape; an evasion. [Obs.] That “whereas” gives me an outloose. Selden.Out'lōpe, n. p. 927An excursion. [Obs.] Florio.Out-lūs'ter or Out-lūs'tre, v. t. p. 927To excel in brightness. Shak.Out'ly-ing, a. p. 927Lying or being at a distance from the main body or design; remote. 2. Being on the exterior or frontier.Out'ma-neū'ver, v. t. p. 927To surpass in maneuver.Out′ma-neū′vre p. 927ing.Out-măn’tle, v. t. p. 927To mantle more than; to excel in covering, as with a mantle. [Rare.] Cowper.Out-märch', v. t. p. 927To march faster than; to march so as to leave behind. The horse outmarched the foot. Clarendon.Out-mēas'ure, v. t. p. 927To exceed in measure or extent. Browne.Out'mōst, a. p. 927Furthest outward; most remote from the middle.Out-mount', v. t. p. 927To mount above; to excel. Outmounting me in that superlative, Most miserable. Marston.Out-nāme′, v. t. p. 927To exceed in naming or describing. 2. To exceed in degree or fame. [Obs.] “To outname thy other faults.” Beau. & Fl.Out'ness, n. p. 927The state of being out or beyond; separateness. 2. Specifically, distinguishableness from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing material quality; existence in space, or with spatial…Out-noise', v. t. p. 927To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. Fuller.Out-năm'ber, v. t. p. 927To exceed in number.Out'-of-dōor', a. p. 927Being out of the house; in the open air; out-door; extraforaneous; as, out-of-door exercise.Out'-of-dōors', adv. p. 928Out of the house; out-doors.