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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'ly-ing, a.p. 927Lying or being at a distance from the main body or design; remote. 2. Being on the exterior or frontier.
  2. Out'ma-neū'ver, v. t.p. 927To surpass in maneuver.
  3. Out′ma-neū′vrep. 927ing.
  4. Out-măn’tle, v. t.p. 927To mantle more than; to excel in covering, as with a mantle. [Rare.] Cowper.
  5. Out-märch', v. t.p. 927To march faster than; to march so as to leave behind. The horse outmarched the foot. Clarendon.
  6. Out-mēas'ure, v. t.p. 927To exceed in measure or extent. Browne.
  7. Out'mōst, a.p. 927Furthest outward; most remote from the middle.
  8. Out-mount', v. t.p. 927To mount above; to excel. Outmounting me in that superlative, Most miserable. Marston.
  9. 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.
  10. 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…
  11. Out-noise', v. t.p. 927To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. Fuller.
  12. Out-năm'ber, v. t.p. 927To exceed in number.
  13. Out'-of-dōor', a.p. 927Being out of the house; in the open air; out-door; extraforaneous; as, out-of-door exercise.
  14. Out'-of-dōors', adv.p. 928Out of the house; out-doors.
  15. Out'-of-the-wāy', a.p. 928Different from the ordinary way or fashion; uncommon; unusual; singular. [Colloq.]
  16. Out-pāce', v. t.p. 928To outgo; to leave behind. [Obs.]
  17. Out-pār'a-mour, v. t.p. 928To exceed in keeping mistresses. Shak.
  18. Out'-pār'ish, n.p. 928A parish lying without the walls, or on the border. Graunt.
  19. 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.
  20. Out-pāss', v. t.p. 928To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.
  21. Out'-pā'tient, n.p. 928A patient who receives medical aid from a hospital, but does not lodge within its walls.
  22. Out-peer', v. t.p. 928To surpass or excel. Shak.
  23. 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.
  24. Out-poise', v. t.p. 928To outweigh. Howell.
  25. Out'pōrch, n.p. 928An entrance. Milton.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. Out-pōur', v. t.p. 928To pour out; to send forth in a stream; to effuse. Milton.
  29. Out-pow'er, v. t.p. 928To excel in power; to overpower. [Obs.] “One who outpowered all the rest.” Fuller.
  30. Out-prāy', v. t.p. 928To exceed in prayer or in earnestness of entreaty. Scott.
  31. 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.
  32. Out-prize', v. t.p. 928To exceed in value or estimated worth. [Obs.] Shak.
  33. Out-quĕnch’, v. t.p. 928To put out; to extinguish. “The candle-light outquenched.” Spenser.
  34. 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…
  35. Out'rage, v. i.p. 928To commit an outrage. Ascham.
  36. 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…
  37. 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.…
  38. Out-rā'geous-ly, adv.p. 928In an outrageous manner; furiously; excessively.
  39. Out-rā'geous-ness, n.p. 928The quality of being outrageous; fury; violence; enormity.
  40. 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.
  41. Out-rānk', v. t.p. 928To take the precedence of, or be superior to, in rank; to rank.
  42. Out-rā'oŭs, a.p. 928Outrageous. [Obs.] Berners.
  43. Out-rāy', v. t.p. 928To surpass; to excel. [Obs.]
  44. Out-rāy', v. i.p. 928To spread out in array. [Obs.] “And now they outray to your fleet.” Chapman.
  45. Out-rāze', v. t.p. 928To raze to extermination. Sandys.
  46. Outré, a.p. 928Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant.
  47. Out-rēach', v. t.p. 928To reach or extend beyond.
  48. Out-rēa'son, v. t.p. 928To excel or surpass in reasoning. South.
  49. Out-rĕck'on, v. t.p. 928To exceed in reckoning or computation. Pearson.
  50. Outrecuidance, n.p. 928Excessive presumption. [Rare.] It is strange outrecuidance! Your humor too much redoundeth. B. Jonson.
  51. Out-rēde', v. t.p. 928To surpass in giving rede, or counsel; to advise better than. [Obs.] In elde is both wisdom and usage; Men may the old outrun, but not outrede. Chaucer.
  52. Out-reign', v. t.p. 928To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of. Spenser.
  53. Out-ride', v. t.p. 928To pass by riding; to ride faster than.
  54. Out-rīde′, v. i.p. 928To travel about on horseback, or in a vehicle. Addison.
  55. Out′ride, n.p. 928A riding out; an excursion; also, a place for riding out. Somerville.
  56. Out'rid-er, n.p. 928A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff. [Obs.] 2. One who travels about on horseback. 3. A servant on horseback who attends a carriage.
  57. Out′rig-ger, n.p. 928(Naut.) Any projecting spar or piece of timber for extending ropes or sails, or for other temporary purposes.
  58. Out′right, adv.p. 928Immediately; without delay; at once; instantly. 2. Completely; utterly.
  59. Out-ring', v. t.p. 928To ring louder than; to surpass or drown by the noise of ringing, as of bells.
  60. Out-rī'val, v. t.p. 928To surpass in excellence. Addison.