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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Out'-of-the-wāy', a. p. 928Different from the ordinary way or fashion; uncommon; unusual; singular. [Colloq.]Out-pāce', v. t. p. 928To outgo; to leave behind. [Obs.]Out-pār'a-mour, v. t. p. 928To exceed in keeping mistresses. Shak.Out'-pār'ish, n. p. 928A parish lying without the walls, or on the border. Graunt.Out'pārt, n. p. 928A part remote from the center or main part. The outparts were graciously spared, to be a refuge to them who were chased away by the fire. Withers.Out-pāss', v. t. p. 928To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.Out'-pā'tient, n. p. 928A patient who receives medical aid from a hospital, but does not lodge within its walls.Out-peer', v. t. p. 928To surpass or excel. Shak.Out'-pēn'sion-er, n. p. 928A pensioner attached to a hospital, as Greenwich or Chelsea, who has liberty to live where he pleases. [Eng.] Simmonds.Out-poise', v. t. p. 928To outweigh. Howell.Out'pōrch, n. p. 928An entrance. Milton.Out'pōrt, n. p. 928A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seat of trade; a port away from the main custom-house. Simmonds.Out'pōst, n. p. 928(Mil.) (a.) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army. (b.) The troops placed at such a station.Out-pōur', v. t. p. 928To pour out; to send forth in a stream; to effuse. Milton.Out-pow'er, v. t. p. 928To excel in power; to overpower. [Obs.] “One who outpowered all the rest.” Fuller.Out-prāy', v. t. p. 928To exceed in prayer or in earnestness of entreaty. Scott.Out-prēach', v. t. p. 928To surpass in preaching; to produce more effect in inculcating lessons or truth. And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a parson. J. Trumbull.Out-prize', v. t. p. 928To exceed in value or estimated worth. [Obs.] Shak.Out-quĕnch’, v. t. p. 928To put out; to extinguish. “The candle-light outquenched.” Spenser.Out'rage, v. t. p. 928To rage beyond or more than; to exceed in rage. [Rare.] Young. 2. To treat with violence and wrong; to abuse by rude or insolent language; to injure by rough, rude treatment of any kind. Base and…Out'rage, v. i. p. 928To commit an outrage. Ascham.Out'rāge, n. p. 928Injurious violence offered to persons or things; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country where he went. Spenser. Syn.—Affront; insult…Out-rā'geŏus, a. p. 928Involving or performing an outrage; exceeding the limits of reason or of decency; furious; violent; enormous; excessive. “The most outrageous villainies that a base multitude can imagine.” Sidney.…Out-rā'geous-ly, adv. p. 928In an outrageous manner; furiously; excessively.Out-rā'geous-ness, n. p. 928The quality of being outrageous; fury; violence; enormity.Outrance, n. p. 928The utmost extremity. Combat à l'outrance, a desperate fight, often a duel, in which it is understood that one of the combatants must be killed before the combat ceases. Prescott.Out-rānk', v. t. p. 928To take the precedence of, or be superior to, in rank; to rank.Out-rā'oŭs, a. p. 928Outrageous. [Obs.] Berners.Out-rāy', v. t. p. 928To surpass; to excel. [Obs.]Out-rāy', v. i. p. 928To spread out in array. [Obs.] “And now they outray to your fleet.” Chapman.Out-rāze', v. t. p. 928To raze to extermination. Sandys.Outré, a. p. 928Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant.Out-rēach', v. t. p. 928To reach or extend beyond.Out-rēa'son, v. t. p. 928To excel or surpass in reasoning. South.Out-rĕck'on, v. t. p. 928To exceed in reckoning or computation. Pearson.