The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1081
Out*flank" (?) , v. t. (Mil.) To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.
Outflatter <Xpage=1019>
Out*flat"ter (?) , v. t. To exceed in flattering.
Outfling <Xpage=1019>
Out"fling` , n. A gibe; a contemptuous remark.
Outflow <Xpage=1019>
Out"flow` (?) , n. A flowing out; efflux.
Outflow <Xpage=1019>
Out*flow" (?) , v. i. To flow out.
Campbell.
Outfly <Xpage=1019>
Out*fly" (?) , v. t. [ imp. Outflew (?) ; p. p. Outflown (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outflying .] To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than.
Shak.
Winged with fear outflies the wind. Waller.
Outfool <Xpage=1019>
Out*fool" , v. t. To exceed in folly. [R.]
Young.
Outform <Xpage=1019>
Out"form (?) , n. External appearance. [Obs.]
Outfrown <Xpage=1019>
Out*frown" (?) , v. t. To frown down; to overbear by frowning.
Shak.
Outgate <Xpage=1019>
Out"gate` (?) , n. An outlet. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Outgaze <Xpage=1019>
Out*gaze" (?) , v. t. To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.
Outgeneral <Xpage=1019>
Out*gen"er*al (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Outgeneraled (?) or Outgeneralled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outgeneraling or Outgeneralling .] To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver.
Chesterfield.
Outgive <Xpage=1019>
Out*give" (?) , v. t. To surpass in giving.
Dryden.
Outgo <Xpage=1019>
Out*go" (?) , v. t. [ imp. Outwent (?) ; p. p. Outgone (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outgoing .]
1. To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.
2. To circumvent; to overreach. [Obs.]
Denham.
Outgo <Xpage=1019>
Out"go` (?) , n. ; pl. Outgoes (<?/) . That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of income .
Lowell.
Outgoer <Xpage=1019>
Out"go`er (?) , n. One who goes out or departs.
Outgoing <Xpage=1019>
Out"go`ing , n. 1. The act or the state of going out.
The outgoings of the morning and evening. Ps. lxv. 8.
2. That which goes out; outgo; outlay.
3. The extreme limit; the place of ending. [Obs.]
The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan. Josh. xviii. 19.
Outgoing <Xpage=1019>
Out"go`ing , a. Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer.
Outground <Xpage=1019>
Out"ground` (?) , n. Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land.
Outgrow <Xpage=1019>
Out*grow" (?) , v. t. [ imp. Outgrew (?) ; p. p. Outgrown (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outgrowing .]
1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than.
Shak.
2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.
Outgrowth <Xpage=1019>
Out"growth` (?) , n. That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.
Outguard <Xpage=1019>
Out"guard` (?) , n. (Mil.) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.
Outgush <Xpage=1019>
Out"gush` (?) , n. A pouring out; an outburst.
A passionate outgush of emotion. Thackeray.
Outgush <Xpage=1019>
Out*gush" (?) , v. i. To gush out; to flow forth.
Outhaul <Xpage=1019>
Out"haul` (?) , n. (Naut.) A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite of inhaul .
Outhess <Xpage=1019>
Out*hess" (?) , n. [Cf. LL. uthesium , hutesium , huesium , OF. hueis , and E. hue , in hue and cry .] Outcry; alarm. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Outher <Xpage=1019>
Outh"er (?) , conj. Other. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Out-Herod <Xpage=1019>
Out-Her"od (?) , v. t. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. "It out-Herods Herod."
Shak.
Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. Sir W. Scott.
Outhire <Xpage=1019>
Out*hire" (?) , v. t. To hire out. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Outhouse <Xpage=1019>
Out"house` (?) , n. A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.
Outing <Xpage=1019>
Out"ing , n. 1. The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing .
2. A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Outjest <Xpage=1019>
Out*jest" (?) , v. t. To surpass in jesting; to drive out, or away, by jesting. [R.]
Shak.
Outjet <Xpage=1019>
Out"jet` (?) , n. That which jets out or projects from anything. [R.]
H. Miller.
Outjuggle <Xpage=1019>
Out*jug"gle (?) , v. t. To surpass in juggling.
Outkeeper <Xpage=1019>
Out"keep`er (?) , n. (Surv.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
Outknave <Xpage=1019>
Out*knave" (?) , v. t. To surpass in knavery.
Outlabor <Xpage=1019>
Out*la"bor (?) , v. t. To surpass in laboring.
Outland <Xpage=1019>
Out"land (?) , a. [ Out + land. See Outlandish .] Foreign; outlandish. [Obs.]
Strutt.
Outlander <Xpage=1019>
Out"land*er (?) , n. A foreigner.
Wood.
Outlandish <Xpage=1019>
Out*land"ish (?) , a. [AS. <?/tlendisc foreign. See Out , Land , and -ish .] 1. Foreign; not native.
Him did outlandish women cause to sin. Neh. xiii. 26.
Its barley water and its outlandish wines. G. W. Cable.
2. Hence: Not according with usage; strange; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech .
Something outlandish , unearthy, or at variance with ordinary fashion. Hawthorne.
-- Out*land"ish*ly , adv. -- Out*land"ish*ness , n.
Outlast <Xpage=1019>
Out*last" (?) , v. t. To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than.
Milton.
Outlaugh <Xpage=1019>
Out*laugh" (?) , v. t. 1. To surpass or outdo in laughing.
Dryden.
2. To laugh (one) out of a purpose, principle, etc.; to discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down. [R.]
His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. Franklin.
Outlaw <Xpage=1019>
Out"law` (?) , n. [AS. <?/tlaga , <?/tlah . See Out , and Law .] A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
Blackstone.
Outlaw <Xpage=1019>
Out"law` , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Outlawed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outlawing .] [AS. <?/tlagian .]
1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe.
Blackstone.
2. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim ; to deprive of legal force. "Laws outlawed by necessity."
Fuller.
Outlawry <Xpage=1019>
Out"law`ry (?) , n. ; pl. Outlawries (<?/) .
1. The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection.
2. The state of being an outlaw.
Outlay <Xpage=1019>
Out*lay" (?) , v. t. To lay out; to spread out; to display. [R.]
Drayton.
Outlay <Xpage=1019>
Out"lay` (?) , n. 1. A laying out or expending.
2. That which is expended; expenditure.
3. An outlying haunt. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
Outleap <Xpage=1019>
Out*leap" (?) , v. t. To surpass in leaping.
Outleap <Xpage=1019>
Out"leap` (?) , n. A sally. [R.]
Locke.
Outlearn <Xpage=1019>
Out*learn" (?) , v. t. 1. To excel or surpass in learing.
2. To learn out [ i. e. , completely, utterly]; to exhaust knowledge of.
Naught, according to his mind, He could outlearn . Spenser.
Men and gods have not outlearned it [love]. Emerson.
Outlet <Xpage=1019>
Out"let` (?) , n. The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
Receiving all, and having no outlet . Fuller.
Outlet <Xpage=1019>
Out*let" (?) , v. t. To let out; to emit. [R.]
Daniel.
Outlie <Xpage=1019>
Out*lie" (?) , v. t. To exceed in lying.
Bp. Hall.
Outlier <Xpage=1019>
Out"li`er (?) , n. 1. One who does not live where his office, or business, or estate, is.
Bentley.
2. That which lies, or is, away from the main body.
3. (Geol.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation.
Outlimb <Xpage=1019>
Out"limb` (?) , n , An extreme member or part of a thing; a limb. [Obs.]
Fuller.
Outline <Xpage=1019>
Out"line` (?) , n. 1. (a) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour. (b) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated. (c) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
Painters, by their outlines , colors, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures. Dryden.
2. Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech .
But that larger grief . . . Is given in outline and no more. Tennyson.
Syn. -- Sketch; draught; delineation. See Sketch .
Outline <Xpage=1019>
Out"line` , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Outlined (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outlining .] 1. To draw the outline of.
2. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign .
Outlinear <Xpage=1019>
Out*lin"e*ar (?) , a. Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, an outline.
Trench.
Outlive <Xpage=1019>
Out*live" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Outlived (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outliving .] To live beyond, or longer than; to survive.
They live too long who happiness outlive . Dryden.
Outliver <Xpage=1019>
Out*liv"er (?) , n. One who outlives. [R.]
Outlook <Xpage=1019>
Out*look" (?) , v. t. 1. To face down; to outstare.
To outlook conquest, and to win renown. Shak.
2. To inspect throughly; to select. [Obs.]
Cotton.
Outlook <Xpage=1019>
Out"look` , n. 1. The act of looking out; watch.
2. One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower.
Lyon Playfair.
3. The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; prospect; sight; appearance.
Applause Which owes to man's short outlook all its charms. Young.
Outloose <Xpage=1019>
Out"loose` (?) , n. A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion. [Obs.]
That "whereas" gives me an outloose . Selden.
Outlope <Xpage=1019>
Out"lope (?) , n. An excursion. [Obs.]
Florio.
Outluster, Outlustre <Xpage=1019>
Out*lus"ter , Out*lus"tre (?) , v. t. To excel in brightness or luster.
Shak.
Outlying <Xpage=1019>
Out"ly`ing (?) , a. Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached.
Outmaneuver, Outman\'d2uvre <Xpage=1019>
Out`ma*neu"ver , Out`ma*n\'d2u"vre (?) , v. t. To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outgeneral.
Outmantle <Xpage=1019>
Out*man"tle (?) , v. t. To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress. [R.]
And with poetic trappings grace thy prose, Till it outmantle all the pride of verse. Cowper.
Outmarch <Xpage=1019>
Out*march" (?) , v. t. To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.
Outmeasure <Xpage=1019>
Out*meas"ure (?) , v. t. To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than.
Sir T. Browne.
Outmost <Xpage=1019>
Out"most` (?) , a. [OE. outemest , utmest , AS. <?/temest , a superl. fr. <?/te out. See Out , Utmost , and cf. Outermost .] Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward; outermost.
Outmount <Xpage=1019>
Out*mount" (?) , v. t. To mount above. [R.]
Outname <Xpage=1019>
Out*name" (?) , v. t. 1. To exceed in naming or describing. [R.]
2. To exceed in name, fame, or degree. [Obs.]
And found out one to outname thy other faults. Beau. & Fl.
Outness <Xpage=1019>
Out"ness (?) , n. 1. The state of being out or beyond; separateness.
2. (Metaph.) The state or quality of being distanguishable from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing marerial quality; externality; objectivity.
The outness of the objects of sense. Sir W. Hamiltom.
Outnoise <Xpage=1019>
Out*noise" (?) , v. t. To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. [R.]
Fuller.
Outnumber <Xpage=1019>
Out*num"ber (?) , v. t. To exceed in number.
Out-of-door <Xpage=1019>
Out`-of-door" (?) , a. Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise . See Out of door , under Out , adv.
Amongst out-of-door delights. G. Eliot.
Out-of-the-way <Xpage=1019>
Out`-of-the-way" , a. See under Out , adv.
Outpace <Xpage=1019>
Out*pace" (?) v. t. [Cf. Outpass .] To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind. [R.]
Lamb.
Outparamour <Xpage=1019>
Out*par"a*mour (?) , v. t. To exceed in the number of mistresses. [R.]
Shak.
Outparish <Xpage=1019>
Out"par`ish (?) , n. A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town.
Graunt.
Outpart <Xpage=1019>
Out"part` (?) , n. An outlying part. [R.]
Ayliffe.
Outpass <Xpage=1019>
Out*pass" (?) , v. t. [Cf. Outpace .] To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.
Outpassion <Xpage=1019>
Out*pas"sion (?) , v. t. To exceed in passion.
Out-patient <Xpage=1019>
Out"-pa`tient (?) , n. A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it.
Outpeer <Xpage=1019>
Out*peer" (?) , v. t. To excel. [R.]
Shak.
Outplay <Xpage=1019>
Out*play" (?) , v. t. To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball .
Outpoise <Xpage=1019>
Out*poise" (?) , v. t. To outweigh.
Howell.
Outport <Xpage=1019>
Out"port` (?) , n. A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seat of trade.
Macaulay.
Outpost <Xpage=1019>
Out"post` (?) , n. (Mil.) (a) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy. (b) The troops placed at such a station.
Outpour <Xpage=1019>
Out*pour" (?) , v. t. To pour out.
Milton.
Outpour <Xpage=1019>
Out"pour` , n. A flowing out; a free discharge.
Outpower <Xpage=1019>
Out*pow"er (?) , v. t. To excel in power; to overpover. [Obs.]
Fuller.
Outpray <Xpage=1019>
Out*pray" (?) , v. t. To exceed or excel in prayer.
Outpreach <Xpage=1019>
Out*preach" (?) , v. t. To surpass in preaching.
And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a parson. Trumbull.
Outprize <Xpage=1019>
Out*prize" (?) , v. t. To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value. [Obs.]
Shak.
Output <Xpage=1019>
Out"put` (?) , n. 1. The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time.
2. (Physiol.) That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the f\'91ces. See Income .
&hand; The output consists of: ( a ) The respiratory products of the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal, consisting chiefly of carbonic acid and water with small quantities of hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen. ( b ) Perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts. ( c ) The urine, which is assumed to contain all the nitrogen truly excreted by the body, besides a large quantity of saline matters and water. Foster .
Outquench <Xpage=1019>
Out*quench" (?) , v. t. To quench entirely; to extinguish. "The candlelight outquenched ."
Spenser.
Outrage <Xpage=1019>
Out*rage" (?) , v. t. [ Out + rage .] To rage in excess of. [R.]
Young.
Outrage <Xpage=1019>